Raising livestock

You have your land, beautiful grass growing, and even some fencing up, and now you find yourself asking the question all new homesteaders ask – What livestock should I raise? If you want to be as self sufficient as possible, producing your own families food with as few outside inputs as possible we are going to help you select the right type of livestock and how many you should purchase.

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Ever wondered about the top pig breeds to start raising? Here's what to know about each pig breed along with if they are good for meat. We also answer FAQs.

Saanens—the breed Hooper and his wife, Daryll Breau, raise at Ayers Brook Goat Dairy in Randolph, Vermont—are recognized as the highest-producing goat breed in the world. Originally from Switzerland, with snowy white fur and pink-tinged ears and noses, the average doe can give milk for 150 to 300 days on a single lactation cycle.

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If you're raising livestock on your homestead you need to know how to protect your animals from predators. This post offers tips for homesteaders of every level. No matter if you're raising chickens, goats or llamas, you need to know how to protect them from all kinds of predators. #homestead #livestock #animals #homesteading #chickens #goats #sheep

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Their principal enterprise was dairy farming, they would purchase 500 ewes each year, lamb them out in the spring and then sell them with lambs at foot.

The cattle feed is simply a food item ingested by domestic animals during the practise of Animal Husbandry. The success of commercial livestock production is heavily reliant on the consistent availability of high-quality nutritional feeds. When compared to traditional feed, the market potential for packaged feed is projected to expand at a rapid pace in the next few years.

Why all producers need a handling system… It never ceases to amaze us that so few US sheep producers have serious handling setups—and fewer still have a good one. Visit any sheep operation in England, Australia or New Zealand and you will find such setups—be it mobile or fixed. But not in North America. Here […]

Whether you've had chickens for a while and are getting ready to add other livestock to the farm, are just getting ready to add chickens to your farm, or simply worried about introducing chickens to your other pets, you be wondering, will other animals get along just fine with my chickens? Are there any benefits or drawbacks to raising other animals along with my chickens? Chickens are amazing versatile, and generally get along just fine with other livestock, but it's not always that…

Can you add small farm animals to your urban homestead? You sure can! But, before you do, here are some things you really need to consider. #homesteading #livestock #urban #chickens #goats

Sandra Stalker ‏@rattycastle nominated this picture of a shed full of sheep for #sheepoftheweek. https://twitter.com/rattycastle

We are the benefactors of our own rich heritage from our ancestors and I'm excited to share with all of you why raise heritage livestock breeds.

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