Caring and feeding young Rabbits Unless the mother rabbit is known to be dead, there is a good chance that she is feeding her babies, even if she seems to be ignoring them. A […]

Caring for new born Goat kids Make sure newborns are breathing. Remove any material from around the mouth and nose, clean and dry newborn with clean towel or rag. A piece of […]

Care of laying ducks. Ducks lay their eggs in the early morning. An average duck egg weighs about 65-70 g. Ducks normally lay when they are about 5-6 months of age. […]

Importance of Water to Pigs. When moved to the weaning facility, one of the first things a pig should do is look for water and take a drink. Unfortunately, the stress of […]

Dealing with Dirt-eating calves Most young calves nibble dirt and some ingest great quantities—creating a blockage in the stomach. Sometimes they ingest sand and gravel, and t […]

More about Giant Brahmas poultry. Imagine a chicken that stands tall and proud, exuding an air of magnificence. That’s the Giant Brahma. With males weighing between 5.4-8.2 kg a […]

Trimming Rooster Spurs. A rooster’s spurs gradually grow, and after a year or two, they may be an inch or two long. If you run a rooster in with your hens, he will m […]

Managing Tick load in Goats. Goats have a reputation for being tough and resilient but they can and do succumb quickly to disease if they are not treated in time. With Goat […]

Quality egg production is the primary goal for keeping layers. It is, therefore, important to monitor production of your flock, identifying poor layers that eat into your profits with minimal or simply no […]

For top performance, breed your heifers a month before your cows and keep the breeding period short at around 45 days. This will allow heifers to calve at the peak of the calving season and provide more time for […]

It is always advisable in business to minimize expenses, maximize production and thus profits. Livestock farmers are particularly famous for employing an array of methods to cut expenses.

Unfortunately, not […]

Marketing is the number one problem with rabbit raisers in the country today. In theory, the demand is great considering the current population explosion and world wide food shortages. In actuality, the demand […]

As chicks start to grow up and lay eggs, you may find a double yolk egg in your egg collecting basket. To be clear, double yolk eggs are just that. When you crack a single-shelled egg open, you won’t find a fu […]

Body factors vs feed in-take. A number of body factors have been shown to be closely correlated with feed intake (R2 value ranging from 0.7 to 0.9), as there are: Volume of […]

How to deal with Goiter in Cattle. Goiters are lumps on the throat or neck. They range from the size of a marble to huge masses and are caused by the thyroid gland growing larger […]

Farming with pigs on a small scale can be economically viable, but invest in proper infrastructure and good feed from the start. It’s not easy to farm with pigs, but the industry offers a lot of support to e […]

Calcium plays a significant role in phosphorus (P) utilization, which is important for broiler production performance. Therefore, optimizing available calcium levels, relative to phosphorus, can contribute to […]

If you’re raising chickens or other livestock, you know that animal feed can get quite expensive. Growing fodder to supplement their diet is an easy endeavor and one that will keep your flock happy. 

Fodder is […]

Trypanasomiasis/ Nagana disease. Mainly occuring in Africa, Trypanosomosis, or Sleeping Disease, is a infection affecting both animals and humans.( zoonotic disease). The disease m […]

The normal color of urine from rabbits is yellow. Sometimes the urine can become red, pink, brown, or orange. This condition, often simply called “red urine,” can occur in healthy rabbits as well as those who are […]