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green lynx spider, peucetia viridans and her spiderlings, the next generation!

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raising silkmoths (silkworms) - Sericulture, Moriculture, and the wild ones

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goats and sheep

Folly or fantastic - I'm growing a cloak!

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diatomaceous earth

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Weird things cats have done

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wildlife

Wildlife at Wheaton Labs

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Vancouver Island fibreshed - what are we getting right? what's missing?

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chickens

weird things chickens have done

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dogs and cats

Just checking in

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predators

Who are my new neighbours? (apparently now yellow jackets afterall)

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chickens

best perennial chicken feed

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critter care

organic war on fleas!

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goats and sheep

Raising sheep only for wool

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honey bees

One Solution to the Crisis: Landrace Everything

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goats and sheep

"Backyard Dairy Goats" book

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bugs

Post Cool Bug Pics

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dogs and cats

Weird things dogs have done

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goats and sheep

I would love to see the woolen industry rise from the ashes

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bugs

I thought permaculture insect control had failed me, but land racing saved the day!

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chickens

making the best of raising cornish rock cross

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ducks and geese

Help. Goose eggs too thick shell to candle?

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bugs

Small white moth ID?

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chickens

Chicken Feeder Design - What do you use?

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bugs

Gnats Gnats Gnats Gnats HOW DO I GET RID OF GNATS!!

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bugs

Euptoieta claudia - Variegated Fritillary...caterpillar and chrysalis and now a butterfly emerged!

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chickens

Avian flu: When/if to freak out?

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chickens

chickens eating eggs

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chickens

Egg Prices

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goats and sheep

Ramming ram, what to do...

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chickens

Avian flu concerns

27 replies 2 13

pigs

Can Pigs add?

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chickens

Should I get chickens?

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chickens

What do you grow for your chickens?

28 replies 1 4 11

nibblers

How could a Permie deal with Voles?

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bugs

need legit help - Ticks

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ducks and geese

Chickens and Ducks

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bugs

Before I do this... Mosquito dunks

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pigs

Livestock guardian pig

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wildlife

Making a net

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bugs

Ant question

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honey bees

African bees don't like their hive

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dogs and cats

Itchy Dogs - Treatment Ideas

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rabbits

Hasenpfeffer

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chickens

Rare Rooster

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chickens

Avian flu: When/if to freak out?

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chickens

What do you grow for your chickens?

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rabbits

Raising Rabbits

3 days ago 31 replies

honey bees

Looking for a good online bee course.

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nibblers

cornmeal and baking soda to kill voles

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shelters and habitat

How to Create a Habitat for Hummingbirds

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chickens

Soybeans are cheap, why isn't chicken feed?

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quail and pigeons

Storing hatching eggs

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bugs

Where did all the tomato horn worms go?

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chickens

Screaming Silkies

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chickens

Impatient Mom

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chickens

Notes on how to build a salad bar for Chickens

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chickens

My Bielefelder Roo, "Cooper"

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Chicken tractor on steroids- alpaca manure?

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chickens

How Big Should a Chicken Coop Really Be? (Do the Charts Get It Wrong?)

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dogs and cats

The (Un)Official Permie's Dog Picture Thread

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chickens

How to catch a chicken?

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quail and pigeons

Could pigeons be kept and considered somewhat essential like bees?

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chickens

Keeping Chickens Cozy Without Electricity—How Do You Do It?

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chickens

First-Year Chicken Keeper Mistakes That Cost Me $500+

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How long does daily chicken chores take you?

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chickens

Chicken jobs - Turn over garden beds

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chickens

Chicken jokes and quotes

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butchery

What to do with chicken hearts and livers

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chickens

Lost a few birds and not sure what to do

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goats and sheep

Any folks raising sheep on mostly browse?

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dogs and cats

Cat poop and potatoes (and other root crops)

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wildlife

What is your favorite bird?

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chickens

forage for chickens

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bugs

Fruit Flies

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goats and sheep

Looking for Icelandic Sheep (WI/U.P./Eastern MN)

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chickens

Chicken Tractor Idea - Thoughts?

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chickens

A Salad Bar for Chickens (That Actually Works)

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critter care

Jerusalem Artichoke for General Animal Feed?

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pollinators

Euptoieta claudia - Variegated Fritillary...caterpillar and chrysalis and now a butterfly emerged!

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bugs

Green caterpillar with horn on his arse.

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pigs

DIY pig feed

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bugs

fly control

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dogs and cats

Livestock Guardian Dogs vs Mutts

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bugs

Wild black soldier fly distribution and how to attract them

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