Dairy and beef cattle production is certainly a daunting undertaking, especially for beginners, perhaps the reason many people opt for dairy farming, which they consider easy as they can readily learn from other […]

For people that crave for a new chicken taste, attention has turned to Sasso chicken. Established in Sabret, France in 1978, by Selection Avicole de la Sartha and Sud Quest, a major player in France’s chicken b […]

Pigs are smart! Their intelligence is higher than a dogs, some primates and even young human children.

In their natural state, pigs are very clean animals. They keep their toilets far from their living or […]

Diarrhoea in goat kids is also known as scouring. It is one of two main causes of mortalities and other young animals, the other being pneumonia.

Scouring may be caused by infectious agents finding their way […]

Pathogenic diarrhea is the most common cause of depressed performance in recently weaned piglets. Interestingly, the origins of piglet diarrhea can be not only from pathogenic causes but also from faulty feed de […]

Chicken feeds comes in different forms. These include whole grains, crushed grains or scratch, mash, pellets, crumble, and micro-pellet and grain mix. 

The term mash refers to crushed grains that have been b […]

When acquiring breeding stock, you will want to avoid buying rabbits before they are 8 weeks old, which is typically when they should be weaned. Rabbits that are weaned early often develop enteritis, a […]

Cows would rather spend their days grazing, looking after their young, or napping in a meadow, and most cattle have considerable experience with farmers and other humans and aren’t likely to attack unless they […]

Sheep are ruminants, and they start eating pasture from about a week old. They are efficient ruminants by about a month old. 

Sheep can graze more closely than cattle as they have a split upper lip. They gr […]

When bulls start to become territorial and difficult to handle it’s tempting to assume that putting a ring in their nose will solve the problem. It may not, and along with nose ringing you should develop some b […]

Sheep are the classical social “flocking animal”. They use the flock for a defense against predators, running away a short distance to form a flock and then turning round to face the predator. On closer approach t […]

Goats have no top teeth and instead have a hard dental pad that their bottom incisors bite against. 

You can estimate the age of goats by the age at which the milk teeth are replaced by permanent […]

In order to ensure your piglets get the best start in life, you should supplement their foraging diet with some high-quality hog feed.

While they are just little, offer your piglets a feed that is 18 – 21% pro […]

In a breeding herd, you need to select animals that possess traits for a long life, reproductive efficiency, efficient feed to meat conversion, and a type that will produce desirable carcass composition and […]

Unless proper precautions are followed, pig, dog and cat manure can be harmful to human health. The composting process that can kill organisms harmful to man requires high temperatures and special conditions […]

Drench resistance means that some or all of the worms in the goats are not being removed by the drench used. Once you have drench resistant worms in pasture and in livestock on your farm, it is very difficult or […]

Chicks dehydrate quickly at the high temperatures of rearing, so they must find water quickly after hatching and learn to drink. Drinking often starts with the chick pecking at a bubble, and some water movement […]

Rabbits’ teeth are part of a complex digestive system that promotes efficient assimilation of plant materials that are indigestible to many other species. The front teeth include four sharp, chisel-like i […]

Sight

Cattle have a well-developed eye that sees some colour but not as much as humans. They generally avoid bright light if given preference.

The position of each eye allows very wide peripheral vision […]

Senses in Sheep Sheep have generally very good vision. The position of the eye allows for wide peripheral vision – with each eye they can span some 145°. Bi […]