Whether you are producing eggs to sell or just for home consumption, the way you care for and store eggs is a key part of […]
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Implementing Biosecurity In Egg Production
Maintaining your biosecurity in egg production will help to protect your hens and customers from harmful germs and parasites. This will form an important part […]
How To Start An Egg Business
The small farmer who is considering how to to start an egg business needs to take note of a number of factors. Is the farm […]
Plants That Are Poisonous For Livestock
Livestock keepers need to be able to identify poisonous plants for livestock. It is important to know what is dangerous for sheep, goats and cattle […]
Choosing The Best Chickens For Eggs
When starting an egg production project, whether as a home-grower or as a commercial producer, it is important you start with the best chickens for […]
How To Introduce New Chickens To Your Flock
Introducing new chickens to an already established flock will need careful handling. But before you deal with this, the first step is quarantining the new […]
Egg Production: How Does An Egg Form?
When wanting to learn about egg production, it is important one understands the basic mechanics of how an egg is actually formed first before you […]
Establish A Recycling Depot On Your Plot
Starting a recycling depot on your smallholding may meet a number of needs. Most of us are quite willing to do our bit for the […]
Keeping A Cow For Milk
There is much that a smallholder should consider when keeping a cow for milk. Consider the whole process of keeping a cow in milk. The […]
Keeping Cattle: Preliminary Considerations
Why keep a cow on a plot? Unless you have plenty of land with good grazing and adequate water, some good outbuildings, some experience with […]