animal-behavior
How to Identify a Snapping Turtle
Learn about the North American snapping turtle, common snapping turtle facts, and how to identify a snapping turtle in the wild.
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Can Animals Feel Pain? Pain Recognition in Livestock
Can animals feel pain like humans? Learn about pain recognition in livestock and animal pain signs to ensure proper care and management.
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Learning to Cull the Herd
Raising animals for any reason eventually ends with hard decisions about whether or not to keep stock. Eventually, you have to cull the herd.
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Homesteading For A Living
Add to Favorites By Kenny Coogan “Our original goal was to produce as much of our own food as possible,” Landis Spickerman, 53, of High Bridge, Wisconsin, says. She and her husband Steven, …
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The Importance of Animal Husbandry: New Insights
Animal husbandry currently focuses on health, reproduction, and security. We have built efficient and hygienic systems, which have been optimized commercially for production. However, recent research reveals a holistic dimension encompassing animals’ behavioral and psychological needs that improve health, longevity, and welfare.
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Working Like A Dog
Add to Favorites By Kenny Coogan For hundreds of years, dogs have worked with humans in mutually beneficial relationships. Historically and presently, dogs help us hunt, protect our homes, kill vermin …
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Grow A Moringa Tree
Add to Favorites By Kenny Coogan You might know Moringa oleifera by a different name, like benzolive tree, drumstick tree, horseradish-tree, West Indian ben, murungai, ben-oil tree or moringa. No matter what you call it, …
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Composting And Compost Bin Designs
Add to Favorites By Kenny Coogan With spring cleaning behind us, it is time to start the odd jobs of summer. Composting is a fundamental aspect of homesteading and is …
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