In beekeeping, the place where you keep your beehives is called an Apiary, or a bee yard. Because beekeeping has different practices around the world, there are many different kinds of apiaries.  Commercial a […]

Fresh cassava leaves can safely be fed to growing pigs at levels up to about 25 per cent of the diet.

But in fresh cassava leaves, there is a high content of glucosides, linamarin and lotaustralin, which are […]

Keeping our coop and field clean from chicken waste is the key to raise healthy and thriving chicken.

You must daily shovel their waste from the coop, because they smell and attract flies and insects.

Sand […]

The average goat can mate at an age of 1-1,5 years old (there are some striking exceptions to this rule). The pregnancy period lasts about 5 months. Once the goat gives birth, she starts producing milk right […]

Rabbits are grazing animals. In the wild, they largely feed on grasses, wildflowers, vegetable plants, clover, twigs, and bark. They keep on eating throughout the day and are likely to eat, tastier, […]

Petroleum fractions have been used alone or as part of external parasite control product mixtures to combat flies and ticks in cattle for many years. In appropriate applications, they may be applied to the skin […]

Water indeed is an important element for every living thing. As a matter of fact, water makes up 80 per cent of the blood volume and of importance to you, milk is 80 per cent water.

For every litre of milk a […]

When piglets are feeding off of mama, mama decides when and how often to feed them. Life’s a breeze when you’re a piglet. When they are weaned, the piglets are suddenly responsible for feeding themselves. Some […]

Polydipsia is the medical term for excessive thirst in rabbits. It’s not a condition or disease in itself, but rather a symptom of an underlying problem. The issue which is causing polydipsia in your rabbit co […]

Foot rot is an infectious condition that causes swelling, heat and inflammation in the crevasse between cattle’s hooves, causing some of them to become lame in severe cases. Lame animals can lose weight quickly i […]

Honeybees often suffer from various pests and diseases. Some of them are minor and can be managed even after their spread. Hence they will not threaten the colony survival.

Some others are devastating if they […]

Feeding cattle in order to obtain the right amount of fat in the muscle and in a higher carcass mass, this  can be done in many ways is one of the ways farmers can fatten their Beef cattle.Farmers can use […]

The deep litter system of rearing birds is one of the popular methods embraced by commercial poultry farmers in Uganda. However, the system comes at the expense of big spaces, and a couple of other challenges. […]

Choose a place where you can keep an eye on the rabbits. But the rabbit cage should be away from where children play, as rabbits hate noise. 

The rabbit cage is built on posts which should be 180 […]

There are diseases that goats seem to commonly suffer from. As a goat owner, you need to make sure that you are aware of them and do what you can to prevent them. If you are not properly educated on goat health […]

Pigs are not living garbage disposals that can eat anything, but they can eat most things. Pigs are omnivores, able to eat plants and meat sources, and they are hefty eaters with voracious appetites. But there […]

Whether you’ve just begun raising animals on your small farm or you’ve been doing it for some time, you may ask yourself whether certain species of animals can be housed and raised together. There are some anim […]

Beginning a poultry hatchery is a profitable venture to take to in East Africa. However, it’s imperative to plan out the business in detail before you begin. Here are some pieces of information to enhance your s […]

Rabbit breeding is increasingly being practised by many farmers across the globe. Some people keep them as pets. In order for breeders to ensure healthy animals, it is necessary to acquire knowledge on various […]

During lambing and kidding season, baby animals born at night can get chilled.  In cases of baby goat hypothermia (often paired with hypoglycemia) immediate action is necessary and there is no time to call the […]