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Raising Livestock

Our best tips and resources for getting started with raising farm animals + livestock. Here you will learn the basics for raising goats, chicken care, cattle, ducks, and more. All of our best information for raising animals on a small farm or homestead!

Learn the basics of keeping chickens & raising livestock here:

  • A beginner’s guide to raising baby chicks
  • Best goats for clearing brush and weed control
  • 9 best chickens for colorful eggs
  • How-to build a goat feeder
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Chickens | Raising Livestock

5 of Our Favorite & Best Chickens for Pets

goat grazing hay in pasture
Goats | Raising Livestock

Are Goats Browsers or Grazers?

pygmy goat in goat pen
Goats | Raising Livestock

Raising Goats for Beginners

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Goats | Raising Livestock

Pygmy Goat – How to Raise as a Pet

goats grazing in grassy pasture
Goats | Raising Livestock

Using Goats for Grazing & Land Clean Up

baby goat on a pallet
Goats | Raising Livestock

Guide to Baby Goat Care

pregnant goat in a pasture
Goats | Raising Livestock

Pregnancy and Postpartum Goat Care

mama cow with newborn calf
Raising Livestock

Cow Calving Stages – What to Expect When Your Cows Expecting

alpine goat eating hay from a feeder
Goats | Raising Livestock

Alpine Goats (all about this dairy breed)

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Chickens | Raising Livestock

How to Introduce New Chickens to the Current Flock

two Rhode Island Red chickens
Chickens | Raising Livestock

How to Raise Chickens for Beginners

grazing cattle in pasture
Goats | Raising Livestock

Livestock Safe from Poisonous Plants

brahma chicken next to an electric fence
Chickens | Raising Livestock

How to Protect Chickens from Predators

farm dog
Goats | Raising Livestock

How to Put Your Homestead Animals to Work

ducks and chickens together in a pen
Chickens | Raising Livestock

Ducks VS Chickens: What is the best option for your homestead?

chickens and ducks together in outdoor run
Chickens | Raising Livestock

Raising Ducks and Chickens Together

side face view of an alpine goat
Goats | Raising Livestock

10 Awesome Benefits of Goats

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