Animals

ANIMALS

Livestock and wildlife from rural America

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
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Chickens
Other Livestock

Do It Yourself
Pets
Dogs
Cats
Other Pets
Wildlife

Farm Animal Intelligence: How Smart Are Your Cows?

Jerry Schleicher

These tidbits about farm animal intelligence — goats that do math, cows with social skills and chickens that play tic-tac-toe — may surprise you. Do you have Einstein on your farm?

Prevent Coccidiosis in Chickens with Plums, Tea and Probiotics

Hank Will

Green tea and probiotics keep your chickens healthy.

An Introduction to Goat Breeds

Laura Childs

This guide to goat breeds includes dairy goats, fiber breeds, meat goats and more.

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

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!

Back to the Land

Modern Homesteading

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TRANSITIONAL TRADITIONS

by Becky & Andy

Andrew and Rebekah live on a fourth generation farm in 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.

HANDY FARM DEVICES AND HOW TO MAKE THEM, 2nd EDITION

Handy Farm Devices, Second Edition, is as useful and pertinent for homesteaders and small-scale farmers today as it was when it was first published nearly 100 years ago. A wealth of labor- and money-saving projects fills this century-old guide to low-tech property maintenance along with easy-to-follow instructions and practical illustrations. Within the pages of this book you will learn to make:

Spill-proof chicken wateres
Portable chicken coops
A lightweight orchard ladder
A small truss bridge
An ea…

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THE PASSIVE SOLAR PRIMER: SUSTAINABLE ARCHITECTURE

Architect David Wright helped pioneer the concept of passive solar architecture, and his thoughts and experiments have helped shape the evolution of solar design throughout the world. His years of exploration are distilled in this comprehensive book, which provides simple graphics and language to illuminate concepts including greenhouse effect, heat storage, surface-to-volume ratio, ventilation and cooling.

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