Many Americans were raised on the theory that eggs were loaded with artery-clogging cholesterol, and that eating them was a surefire way to promote coronary heart disease. That couldn’t be further from the truth, though. When Wake Forest University researchers reviewed some of the top scientific studies, they found no link between eating eggs and heart disease.
In fact, many leading...
The Cost of Raising Chickens
An adult standard hen eats about 84 pounds of feed per year, according to Ohio State University (she’ll need less commercial feed if she is free-range, penned on pasture or given lots of table scraps). Bagged feed at a retailer, such as Tractor Supply Co., currently costs about 35 cents per pound, so feeding one hen for a year will cost...
A fish farm in Whitehorse is part of a new research project into breeding a stock of Arctic char that is all female.
Jonathan Lucas, the manager at Icy Waters, said it’s already common practice for cows and pigs on farms as well as some other species of farmed fish. This is the first time it's being done with Arctic char.
The fish farm has 220,000 thousand fish in its tanks and...
No matter what type of goats you need, buy healthy ones; don’t make the same mistakes we've made in choosing goats of poor health and form. Consult the images in the Image Gallery for traits that should and shouldn’t be present in the goats you’d like to buy. In particular, you’ll want to consider the prospective goats’ udder and teat conformation, as well as mouth structure.
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With its vision of an intimate connection between the urban habitat and ecological principles The Integral Urban House (New Catalyst Books, 2008) will inspire and empower people to act within their own communities to create places where they can live more sustainably. The following excerpt from Chapter 10, “Raising Small Stock,” explains one effective way to control chicken manure: the...
Dave Halpine wanted to try out farming and teach his kids about local food
A family living in Inuvik, N.W.T., is learning how to run a farm.
The Halpine family farm is subsidized in part by the territorial government, which is promoting agriculture in the North.
Dave Halpine steps inside his shed to check on his 22 chickens, five rabbits and two goats. He said...
This urban goat story began with a desire to have fresh goat milk and goat cheese. The idea of urban agriculture and the novelty of downtown goats was a plus. Goats seemed a good fit for the City, being adorable creatures in addition to their ability to produce valuable milk.
The fence was almost complete when the goats arrived. My father drove from Alberta in June 2011 with a load of...
Here is the link to a newspaper article from the Yellowknifer of May 5, 2012 which talks about Yellowknife's new chicken coops. Yellowknife resident and chicken owner Jamie Bastedo took visitors on a tour of two local coops.
You can find the article by cutting and pasting this link into your browser: http://www.nnsl...
While there are many subject areas to consider when deciding to build up a flock of chickens (or ducks, or geese, or turkeys etc.) this article focuses specifically on the housing of poultry. The beauty of chicken coops is they can (nay should) be as individual as the owners themselves. There is no "one size fits all" style of coop and they range from over the top two story show homes to “...
How to Choose a Healthy Goat
No matter what type of goats you need, buy healthy ones; don’t make the same mistakes we've made in choosing goats of poor health and form.