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Livestock Handling to Reduce Stress and Keep You Safe

11.16.2017 by thriftyhomesteader // 10 Comments

If you've ever wished you could read your animal's minds, then Temple Grandin is the person who can get you closer to that goal. Before reading her books, I never thought about how being a prey animal affects the personality of livestock. Imagine how nervous you would be if you knew intuitively that you could literally be someone's lunch. Understanding that one fact has helped … [Read more...]

Categories // cows, goats, I wish I'd known, pigs, sheep

Quarantining new animals

04.29.2012 by thriftyhomesteader // 9 Comments

It's spring, which means babies on the farm, and often, buying babies from other farms! A couple of months ago a fairly new farmer was telling me about a boar he bought that brought a whole lot of health issues to his whole herd, and he said the vet told him, "All of your health problems are bought and sold," meaning that you buy new animals and bring health problems onto your … [Read more...]

Categories // goats, I wish I'd known, livestock health, pigs, sheep, Uncategorized

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