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What Is Laying Mash?
If you're thinking about keeping laying hens on your farm, then you may be wondering what the best diet for these hens would be. Laying mash is a type of feed specifically for laying hens formulated...
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Salt licks are a food supplement for animals that provides nutrients and minerals lacking in the regular diet. They are routinely given to livestock to balance out the diet. They can also be created...
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How Often Do You Bottle Feed Newborn Goats?
Baby goats usually don't have to be bottle fed. Sometimes, though, a mother goat will reject a kid for reasons that only Mother Nature understands. If a doe has not accepted a kid within 24 hours, you...
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What Is a Barrow Hog?
A male, un-castrated pig is known as a boar -- a male pig that has been castrated after sexual maturity is known as a stag, or a hog -- and a pig that has been castrated before sexual maturity is known...
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Why Do Cattle Need Salt Blocks?
Salt blocks are a common way for cattle ranchers and dairy farmers to supply their herds with salt. Salt is needed as a dietary supplement in many regions where sodium and chloride cannot be obtained...
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How to Get Chickens to Drink Out of Nipple Waterers
Teaching chickens something new requires patience, but once they master a skill, it becomes a habit. Nipple watering devices allow chickens to get a drink on demand without soiling the rest of the...
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How to Raise Sheep for Meat
Raising sheep for meat can be a rewarding and profitable endeavor, especially if you live in an area where such meat is in particularly high demand. There are several things to consider when attempting...
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What Is Layer Mash?
Hens consume feed for body maintenance and the excess goes into the production of eggs. In order for hens to reach their full egg-laying potential, poultry feed must contain the necessary nutrients and...
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Are Sulfur and Salt Blocks Harmful to Cattle?
It is a common practice to set out sulfur and salt blocks for ruminants to supplement their mineral and vitamin requirements. Hence, these blocks are not considered harmful to cattle. However, the...
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How to Wean Calves by the Moon
Weaning calves can be stressful for all parties involved. Calves first separated from their mothers can bawl for days and restlessly move around their enclosure, tiring themselves and stirring up dust....
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How to Build a Cover to Protect Round Bales
Buying hay in round bales is more cost-effective than buying small standard bales of hay, but many people do not have enough room to store them inside out of the weather. With a few simple tools and...
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Do It Yourself Concrete Cattle Trough
Building a concrete water trough for cattle that is strong and secure is essential to herd health. On average, a cow drinks 12 gallons of water per day, eats one to five pounds of grain per day, and...
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DIY Square Bale Accumulator
Many farmers switched from producing square bales to round bales in the '90s, because of the lower labor required. Nonetheless, there are customers -- such as horse owners -- that still need square...
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What Do You Need to Raise a Pig?
There are many reasons why you would want to raise a pig: to ensure that the meat you eat comes from humane, drug-free sources; as a 4H project; or to teach your kids how to be more self-sufficient....
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How to Make a Rodent-Proof Chicken Feeder
Raising chickens requires providing protection from dangerous predators. Hen houses, coops and sheltered runs are vital to a chicken's well-being. But taking all the necessary precautions to fend off...
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What Do Ducks Eat in Captivity?
Your quacky friends will eat to their bellies' content regardless of what you give, so give what's best: pelleted mash with veggies on the side. Ducks can sparingly eat many grocery foods. For...
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How Much Will Ducklings Eat?
Whether you're raising ducklings as pets or for eggs or meat, you'll find them somewhat easier to care for than chicks. They're more disease-resistant. Whatever type of feed you give your ducklings,...
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Yellow Oleander Poisoning in Cattle
Cattle generally stay away from the yellow oleander plant when it grows in an open, green pasture. But when hay's harvested, the plant can mix into the diet. That lays a heavy burden on farmers and...
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What Plants Are Dangerous for Chickens?
Free-range chickens spend hours each day searching for food. Often much of their diet consists of plant parts and seeds, but some plants may prove dangerous for them. Consumption of certain plants may...
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Where Does a Baby Chick Gets Its Food Inside the Egg?
Your hen will sit on her eggs and keep them warm and safe for approximately 21 days after she lays them before the eggs begin to hatch. Inside the eggs, the chicken embryos develop into fully formed...
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