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home made incubator

this is my home made incubator hope the pics work

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Beekeeping for Beginners

For those of you who are just starting off with keeping bees, we have a page for bee keeping for beginners which we hope you will find useful. On this page you will find some DIY bee hives, honey...

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Raising Alpacas

We have built a page for those of you who are looking for some basic information on how raising and farming alpacas.

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Tractor Parts - New and Used

We supply aftermarket tractor parts to the farming community. We can also help you get hard to find parts for most tractors. Tractor Parts Supplier

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Hello from Oklahoma

I just joined and hope I'm doing this right. I'm ok_cntrygrl7, I'm from Oklahoma, I have a 40 acre farm, love animals. I have 2 cows, 3 heifers almost a year old, 5hens a rooster, 2 geese Ricky and...

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new member

hi people I'm brent new to this forum, want to know more about sheep care

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Buy and sell cattle, sheep, horses, alpacas for your farm

Breedersales.com is an Australian online market place where buyers can access upcoming sales information as well as private sale listing. Currently Breedersales has a wide range of: sheep for sale,...

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Ask Gypsy a Question

Ask Gypsy a question! Gypsy is our resident Homestead Blogger, and she has a wealth of experience in homesteading. She has experience in raising livestock, in making cheese and soap, using herbs for...

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What to Bait a Rat Trap With?

I have rats or mice at the moment that are going through my veggie patch and eating all my butternuts and the odd tomato. I have tried baiting a rat trap with carrots, tomatoes, meat, even pumpkin, but...

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Chickens and Soft Shells

Hi Gypsy First of all I just want to say that I enjoy reading your blog. I have a question regarding the hardness of chicken shells. Of late, some of the eggs that my chickens are laying we have to...

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What do sheep eat?

can they get by just eating lawn?

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The Leaves on my Lemon Tree are Turning Yellow

Can anyone tell me what is wrong with my little lemon tree? It was growing fine, and now all of a sudden the leaves are turning yellow. The soil is acidic, so I am not sure what the problem is. Does...

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VH1's DoSomething Awards

I agree that fresh farming is especially important, and people everywhere need to do support local farming! I’m helping spread the word about VH1’s Do Something Award: City Division. Five cities have...

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Direct From Mexico - Farm Equipment

Direct From Mexico-Farm Equipment http://www.Concepcion-Agricultural.infohttp://www.concepcion-agricultural.info

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WANTED: Old scooters

Any make or model considered in any condition especially Lambretta and Vespa Contact Darren on 07939150542

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Are Farmers being overcharged for feed and fertilizer?

Farmers claim that they overpaid for livestock feed and fertilizers containing magnesium oxide. They are blaming Premier Chemical and other chemical suppliers of fixing the price of caustic and...

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Are Farmers being overcharged for feed and fertilizer?

Farmers claim that they overpaid for livestock feed and fertilizers containing magnesium oxide. They are blaming Premier Chemical and other chemical suppliers of fixing the price of caustic and...

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Are Farmers being overcharged for feed and fertilizer?

Farmers claim that they overpaid for livestock feed and fertilizers containing magnesium oxide. They are blaming Premier Chemical and other chemical suppliers of fixing the price of caustic and...

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What do you think about a Seed and Plant Swap Page?

Countryfarm Lifestyles is thinking about creating an heirloom seed and plant swap section on the website, where open-pollinated seeds and plants can be saved and passed on to others. However, it would...

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Converting goat fencing for containing chickens?

I moved to a 2 acre "ranchette" property. There is an existing 10x 15 foot corrugated metal shed that I could use for the chickens I plan to get soon to roost in. (I am leaning towards getting Guinea...

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Radionic Agriculture

Hello to all Farmers I have just joined and I am here to provide Farmers with unique opportunities for solving plant or animal problems effectively, harmlessly and naturally using Radionic Agriculture....

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German Shepherds

Well, this list is very quiet, so I thought that I would put my tuppence in as well. We have had some wonderful dogs in the past, some pedigreed and some pavement specials. But the dogs we have at the...

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new member

Hi, i am new to this.I live in a small village in Lancashire,north west England.I have recently retired after many years working in agricuture.Many years ago i had an uncle who worked on a ranch in...

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New user here!

Hi! My name is Roger, and I am a new user and a "newbie" farmer from MN! I am looking forward to reading this forum!

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Want to buy milking equipment

Hello! I am considering buying milking equipment for my small farm to help me save time and energy, needed for other work on a farm. I have some cattle and I want to make my work easier. I am looking...

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Mark says hi:)

mark says hi!

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new born calf

we recently changed AI man, and this year, more and more calves are being born with a strong veil. thiis was alright when we were there to help but we have allready lost one calf to this. is this a...

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New In Every Way

Hello Everyone! My husband is active duty military and we are currently stationed overseas. We are looking at getting out and joining the civilian world in about 6 months and our dream is to have a...

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Hello from eastern Canada...

...nice to be here, looking forward to some good conversation!

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Pictures of heavy machinery!

Hey! Do you have any cool heavy machinery pictures that you'd like to share? I prefer those taken by you personally, but any good pictures are apprecieated! I have to blogs that I would like to share,...

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Hi to all from South Africa

Hi to all from South Africa, Gauteng. New to the Forum and would like to get some perspective on starting something small that can be profitable. I am a divorced mother of one and offcourse my son has...

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Modern Farming

Ultramodern cultivation capital husbandry using bodoni techniques and engineering. That capital farming with the facilities of redbrick science and technologies. Using bodoni bailiwick and technologies...

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greetings from England

Hi,i live in a small village in north west England. I have recently retired from work.Over the years i have kept all manner of stock,now i just grow a few potatoes and also tomatoes and cucumbers in my...

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farm dogs in England

Most farms over here in the UK have Border collies.They are good all round dogs and work sheep and cattle and they are very loyal and obedient.Some farms up in the hills keep various terriers for fox...

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Hello from Tn

After 35 years of homesteading I'm always willing to learn more, and help when I can. We do about everything here raise our own livestock, goats, chickens, rabbits, pigs, worms, plant our herbs and...

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From Upstate N. Y.

I love to grow herbs, veggies, and flowers. I like to make something out of nothing. If I can't make it myself or buy it second hand than I don't need it. I know I will gain knowledge, and inspiration...

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Hello from Ohio

Hello all. I am Robert, new to this forum,,,,Ohio gentlemens farm, raising beef cattle. Hope everyones having a great weekend. lets talk.

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Australian Cattle Dog

Australian Cattle dog is the most common type of dogs in Australia. They drive cattle over long distances across rough terrain.

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Hi from Canada

Hi all from Canada!!! My husband, children and I own and operate a beef farm! We make Maple Syrup in the Spring and I have my own little hobby farm with llama's, alpaca's, pot belly pigs and miniature...

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Surplus Chickens

We use day-old chickens as feed for the owls in our centre (Owl Rescue Centre). Due to a lack of space in terms of freezers, we buy a large amount of live chicks from time to time when we have many...

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Our Farm dog Jake

We have 4 dogs on our farm.  Our beagle Dixie loves to go hunting with my husband and son!!  Massey is our golden lab, Boo is our shih Tzu.  I had wanted a little dog in the house but she prefers...

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Pink eye in cattle

Last year my herd got hit with pink eye. I had 5 calves that were affected with 2 recovering fully and 2 that have partial site. the last one is blind. How do other cattle farmers deal with pink eye. I...

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new member intro

I wondered on to this forum while looking for what to do about a weak bottle lamb. I raise sheep in NE Ohio and have had some kind of sheep since 1997. Now, I have 14 registered Icelandic sheep and my...

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our farm dogs

We have three dogs and only one would I consider 100% a farm dog. He’s an English Shepherd (a collie based American breed). I picked his breed because they are supposed to be good all around farm dogs...

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Did my doe miscarry?

Hi, new here. Was wondering if anyone could advise me on whether or not my doe has miscarried. She is a smaller doe, bred for the first time this fall and is often picked on by the larger, older does....

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Shetland lambs fencing

Hi, our Shetland ewes will be lambing for the first time this Spring. The pasture is fenced with field fencing having 6x6 inch spaces. Knowing that Shetland lambs are very tiny, can anyone tell me if...

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Greetings from Arizona

Just stumbled across this forum while seeking a replacement to a forum to which I belonged for the past ten years. My name is KC in the female sense. I have a small stead in southeastern AZ in the high...

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Guinea hens

Hello! I currently have 16 Guinea hens, I am not sure if any are male or even what male Guineas are called LOL. I am just wondering if they will lay eggs when they get a bit older? I know they are not...

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Hi from Arkansas!

Hi Yall, Arkyrick here, My wife and I live on a 7 acre homestead in NW AR. and have access to several other acres to farm vegetables and raise cattle, chickens, goats and pigs. We have been doing this...

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