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How To Build A Nesting Box

If you have laying hens, you need a nesting box!

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Poor Little Chick

Just not sure this one’s gonna make it.

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Persnickety Pig

I always imagined that pigs would eat anything that you’d give them. Well, I don’t know about other pigs, but our Porkchop is one picky eater!!

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They’re Hatching!

I was so thankful that my kids got to watch the entire process of a chick hatching from its shell! How exciting!

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Worming Livestock In The Old Days

Here’s a surprising way that farmers used to worm their pigs without the use of manufactured drugs!

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Candling Eggs- Checking For A Chick

Use this simple method to get a sneak peak at what’s inside that egg!

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How To Use An Incubator

Step-by-step: What you need to know to get started hatching out your own eggs!

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You Can Always Tell When She’s Laying An Egg

When the whole flock starts going nuts, we know that a hen is laying. Now, if we can only find where she’s hiding her eggs!

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Giving A Pig A Shot

We totally should have gotten an oral de-wormer instead of the injectable kind!! Fun, fun.

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Do I Need An Incubator?

Ever wonder why you would need an incubator if the hen will sit on her eggs anyways? Here are two good reasons you may not have thought of!