Quality tested semen is available from a number of agricultural institutions , giving farmers a chance of getting good service in the field of AI. Direct importation of semen is also possible for the keen breeder, […]

Excessive drinking, or drinking more than is typical (known as polydipsia) has a variety of possible causes. A rabbit with polydipsia will likely have polyuria, or excess urine, as an increase in thirst and an […]

When it comes to eating, rabbits are probably more similar to cows, horses and guinea pigs. Rabbits are herbivores, they are designed to graze throughout the day, rather than ingest their daily ration in a single […]

One of the most well-known, natural behaviors of pigs is wallowing. Happy pigs and mud seem to go hand in hand, but what is it that drives a pig to seek mud, and what makes it so enjoyable?

The main reason it […]

Quality milk production begins with feeding your dairy animals good fodder to using clean milking equipment. However, while many farmers adhere to the two factors for maximum profit, they forget about offering […]

Foot and Mouth Disease is a highly contagious viral disease. It spreads through contact, contaminated water, feed and air.

FMD is rarely fatal for adults, however the milk production, fertility in females and d […]

The hatchery’s legal responsibility is usually limited to the first week of a chick’s life – a sensitive period, when development is its fastest. A good, smooth start is essential and determines the final resul […]

Feed Conversion Ratio (FCR): or Feed Conversion Efficiency (FCE): is the measure of a pig’s efficiency in converting feed mass into increased body mass. Specifically, FCR is the mass of the food eaten divided by t […]

If your cows produce discolored urine when fed on avocados, then stop feeding them.

There are cows feeding on avocado leaves and fruits with no side effects, except choking when they swallow the […]

There are several reasons why a rabbit eats her young ones

Stillborn: Where a baby was stillborn, your rabbit will proceed to eat the body.

Placenta: The rabbit was eating the afterbirth and placenta, and b […]

Laminitis is also known as lameness is defined as the inflammation of the sensitive structures of the hoof which may be of infectious or nutritional in origin. Non-infectious causes of lameness affecting the […]

Deaths in your poultry flock can occur due to a number of reasons. These include the following:-

Leaving out predators such as foxes, wild dogs or even hawks, there are more causes of sudden death in your po […]

A meat goat enterprise creates cash income from the sale of extra kids and culled adults. When starting, a good understanding of goats and the goat market will enable you to adapt a suitable production plan that […]

With 80% of lamb performance based on a farmer’s management and only 20% on feeding, there’s a lot a farmer can do to ensure optimal growth.

A lamb’s life actually begins four to six weeks before it is born. […]

Rabbits reach sexual maturity as young as 3 months of age. When this happens, they will seek to breed. This could even be with a parent or sibling, so the kits should be separated to prevent unwanted […]

The hatchery’s legal responsibility is usually limited to the first week of a chick’s life, a sensitive period, when development is its fastest. A good, smooth start is essential and determines the final res […]

Even with all the right tools and plenty of experience, lambing season can still be a particularly challenging time. There are so many things that can go wrong to complicate a lamb’s birth that sometimes a […]

It’s a reality of taking care of animals that often you need to know what sex they are. You can very easily tell what sex a kid is immediately after they are born. 

There is often more than one way to do t […]

Hoof trimming is vital to the health of any pig for a number of reasons. If your boar’s feet hurt, he’s not going to want to breed your sows, exercise to reduce constipation risks,won’t move out of messy areas […]

If you find your chicks blind, they may be suffering from Fowl pox, a viral disease of poultry. The virus is highly resistant in dried scabs and under certain conditions may survive for months on contaminated […]