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Tips for Protecting Your Livestock from Predators

12.18.2017 by thriftyhomesteader // 6 Comments

protecting livestock

One of the biggest challenges for anyone raising livestock is preventing predator attacks. This is true whether you have 300 head of sheep in Wyoming or 3 hens in Chicago. Predators are not simply big scary animals like lions and tigers and bears. They can also be your neighbor's dog or cat. All carnivores have an instinct to kill animals. I'll never forget how surprised I … [Read more...]

Categories // alpacas, camelids, chickens, dogs, donkeys, ducks, goats, llamas, peafowl, pigs, poultry, sheep

Raising Peafowl

08.31.2017 by thriftyhomesteader // 31 Comments

raising peafowl

For more than a dozen years every animal on the farm had a practical purpose for being here. For example, goats give milk and barn cats kill rodents. Many animals are multi-purpose. Heritage chickens give us meat and eggs. Shetland sheep gave us wool and meat. So, many people are surprised that we have peafowl. People often ask with a smile, "Why do you have peacocks?" (because … [Read more...]

Categories // peafowl, poultry

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