ANIMALS

Livestock and wildlife from rural America


Celebrate Pets, Livestock and Wildlife

Explore articles that feature the animals that make country life special. Decide which breed of sheep you need, enjoy barn cats, or learn to make bee boxes.

Livestock 
  Cattle 
  Horses 
  Mules/Donkeys 
  Pigs 
  Sheep 
  Goats 
  Chickens 
  Other Livestock 

Do It Yourself 
Pets
  Dogs 
  Cats 
  Other Pets 
Wildlife 

 

A Field Guide to Heritage Cattle
Jennifer Nemec and Oscar H. Will III 
Find a cow – and lend a hand in keeping livestock history alive.
Perfect Chickens
Oscar H. Will III 
A nitty GRIT-y guide to heritage breeds.
Pig Breed Guide
Caleb Regan 
A hog guide, for you to select the best swine for your farm.  

Browse more great rural know-how in the GRIT archives: Animals 


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All About Chickens

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Community Chickens.com

A joint GRIT and Mother Earth News project, the Community Chickens website serves as a focal point and resource for all things poultry. As part of our commitment to poultry enthusiasts everywhere, we are hatching eggs, trialing incubators, brooding chicks, raising and processing broilers and writing articles and reports that chronicle our efforts every step of the way. Our collective goal is to get more people raising poultry for food, fun, pest control and profit. Don't miss a cluck!

BLOGS

Backyard Poultry with the Chicken Whisperer

Russ-Stick Ramblings
Featured Reader Blogger

Becky and Andy Sell

THE FOXWOOD FARM – TRANSITIONAL TRADITIONS 

by Becky & Andy Sell

Andrew and Rebekah live on a fourth generation farm in Omro, Wisconsin, where they are transitioning the farm to an organic, grass-fed meat and produce CSA along with educating friends and family on the wonders of raw foods.  For more information, check out their day to day blog at The Foxwood Farm.

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TUB-STYLE MECHANICAL CHICKEN PLUCKER PLAN

If you have chickens to pluck, you'll want to build this tub plucker. To use a tub plucker, you simply drop one or more scalded birds into the tub, turn it on, and watch them spin around while their feathers disappear. This book tells you everything you need to know to easily build your own, inexpensive Whizbang Plucker.

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FARM FRESH: DIRECT MARKETING MEATS & MILK

Do you know how, at what price, when and where to sell your grass-fed meats or milk for the highest profit. Farm Fresh offers nearly 100 real farm examples of grass farmers throughout the USA who are direct marketing their products.

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