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How to Treat Chicken Lice & Preventative Care Tips

LAST UPDATED SEPTEMBER 12, 2023 Behavioral Indicators of Lice Infestation: Do my chickens have lice? Handle your birds often or […]

Once again, it’s mushroom season in Maine. Periods of rain, foggy mornings, early frosts and insulative leaf litter summon the

LAST UPDATED SEPTEMBER 12, 2023 Let’s tease out the best ways for how to tell a hen from a rooster. The

Leg bands are used for many reasons. This article will show you how to put a leg band on a

Count your chicks before they hatch by calculating the number of mature birds with this in-depth, situation-specific formula.

Here is your first Dairy Goat 101 tip: Learn how to milk a goat before you bring two goats home

The featured photograph at the top is of my grandparents’ farm in Winterport, Maine. They are at the very heart of my

LAST UPDATED JAN 6, 2017 If your chickens are anything like mine, they go on vacation near the winter solstice.