What Is Heritage Breed Pork? Sorting Out The Confusion
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What Is Heritage Breed Pork? Sorting Out The Confusion

Heritage pork and heritage pig breeds are hot topics! Everyone is talking about heritage pork, but everyone seems to have their own definitions. The information is confusing, at best! Now to the big question, what exactly is heritage breed pork? Heritage breed pork is pork from a traditional breed of pigs.  Actually, that definition looks pretty straight forward to me. A heritage breed is a…

Need A Family Cow? 12 Breeds You Should Know
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Need A Family Cow? 12 Breeds You Should Know

Thinking of getting your own cow? Fresh milk from your own cow is wonderful! It’ll ruin you for store milk, seriously. Your cow’s milk and store milk are not even on the same planet when you consider taste or nutrition. 12 dairy cattle breeds in the United States are: Holstein, Brown Swiss, Ayrshire, Guernsey, Jersey,…

11 Breeds of Sheep With Black Faces:  How Many Do You Know?
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11 Breeds of Sheep With Black Faces: How Many Do You Know?

Why do some people raise sheep with black faces? Are they any different than sheep with white faces? Let’s look into some breeds. Sheep breeds with black faces include: Suffolk, Hampshire, Shropshire, Black Welsh Mountain, Dorper, Karakul, Romanov, Scottish Blackface, Clun Forest, Valais Blacknose and Swartbles. Any sheep can have a black face if it…

Sheep Breeds For Handspinning:  Breed/Fleece Suggestions
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Sheep Breeds For Handspinning: Breed/Fleece Suggestions

Looking for a new type of fleece to experiment with? It’s easier than ever to get fleeces, or prepared wool if that’s more to your liking, and there are tons of choices. Let’s look at a few of the options! The wool from any sheep can be used for handspinning, with medium wools being the most beginner friendly. I love to play around with…

Why Does A Cow Eat Grass?  Beginner Basics
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Why Does A Cow Eat Grass? Beginner Basics

Why does a cow eat grass? A cow has a pretty big body to support and grass doesn’t look too filling. How can cow and a bunch of other large animals wild or domestic survive and actually thrive on grass? Cows are biologically designed to eat and thrive on grass. Cows have a specially adapted stomach that has four compartments,…

Why Does A Cow Need To Be Milked?  Sorting Out Myth From Reality
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Why Does A Cow Need To Be Milked? Sorting Out Myth From Reality

Is milking a cow good for her or just plain mean? I’m sure you’ve run across both ideas searching around online. What is the real deal? Those two statements are pretty far apart, so where is the truth? A cow needs to be routinely milked to keep her healthy and encourage her to keep producing milk in the future. Not…

Easiest Duck To Raise For Meat:  What To Feed Your Ducklings And How Fast They Will Grow
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Easiest Duck To Raise For Meat: What To Feed Your Ducklings And How Fast They Will Grow

Ducks are easy to raise and some breeds grow very quickly. Why don’t more people raise ducks? They are missing the opportunity here. Let’s get cracking so you can start raising some of your own ducks! The easiest duck breed to raise for meat is the Pekin.  Pekin ducks are fast growing, easy care, economically priced and commonly available. To be honest, ducks are overlooked as a backyard bird! That’s a…