Animal & Livestock Care

Animal & Livestock Care

Getting Started with Cattle

Are you daydreaming about getting a herd of beautiful bovines to graze your small farm?  Keeping larger livestock like cattle requires preparation and planning but

Animal & Livestock Care

Animal husbandry 101

Basic Livestock Care for Beginners If you are just starting out in small farming without much experience in raising animals, you’ll need to commit to

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5 ways to make shearing day run smoothly

Making Shearing Day Stress-Free Do you have a small flock of sheep on your farm? Most breeds of sheep, excluding those that shed (such as

Animal & Livestock Care

Controlling Blowfly Strike in Sheep this Spring

Ah…springtime. Birds cheeping, baby animals frolicking, wildflowers blossoming…blowflies striking? It’s an unpleasant fact that the time of year that many of us enjoy the most

Animal & Livestock Care

Controlling Blowfly Strike in Sheep

Fly blown sheep are one of the worst aspects of sheep farming.  Due to the rain, we have had so far this season there has

Animal & Livestock Care

Cattle Parasite Control

Worms in Cattle  Worms in cattle are associated with ill-thrift and diarrhea, as sheep that are affected by worms are.  Single Macrocyclic Lactone (ML) drenches