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Enjoying Farm Fresh Eggs
One of the most enjoyable reasons to have chickens is the regular supply of delicious farm fresh eggs. Here are a few tips on egg production from your backyard flock.
Cheree Miller
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Getting Your Chickens Ready for Winter
If you live in a mild climate, you probably don't need to do anything special to your chicken coop in the winter. But, if you live in a harsher climate, there are a few steps you can take to safeguard the health of your flock, and ensure continued production through the winter months.
Cheree Miller
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The Great Pig Escape
The adventures in farming with pigs on the loose. Trying to convince two 400 lb pigs to go back into their pen in the backwoods of Maine.
Cher King
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Pygmy Goats Sunning on the Porch
Pygmy goats reach with immediacy to life's challenges and opportunities. Perhaps if humans could just bash their foreheads together and celebrate their animal existence there would be less stress in the world and more chance to resonate with the lebenswelt absent the debilitating mediation of culture.
Steven Grant
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Horse Dentist - What Do They Do?
A dentist for your horse may seem like a far fetched idea. After all, we have trainers, farriers, veterinarians, do we really need a horse dentist as well? Some believe that as the training for a veterinarian is all encompassing, it only gives cursory attention to the horse's mouth. A horse dentist may just be what the Vet ordered!
Leona Douglas
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Raising Backyard Chickens
The sound of a rooster crowing at dawn; delicious, farm fresh eggs for breakfast; pest control; these are just a few of the benefits of raising backyard chickens. In a fairly small amount of space and with very few supplies, you can easily start a backyard flock of your own.
Cheree Miller
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Equine Massage Therapist - Your Horse Will Love You
Massage therapy for your horse is something most people are slow to embrace. In reality, every time you stroke your horse, or "warm up" before exercise and cool down afterward, you are performing a type of massage therapy. And your horse thanks you for it.
Leona Douglas
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Alpaca Farming
Many people are surprised to learn that the start up costs for alpaca farming are far less than many other franchises or home business ventures they may have explored in the past. In fact, you can begin a fully functioning alpaca farm with a beginning price tag of just $40,000.
James Carpenter
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Skunked Again?
A small farm in Maine dealing with wildlife problems. Problems and solutions of skunks on a farm.
Cher King
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Hog Wild
Author buys pigs to raise and show in the 4-H stock show. He gets far more than he bargained for and soon finds out that being an ultra cool champion show animal guy sounded much better in the brochure.
Wes O'neill
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