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What Kind of Rooster Do I Put in With Sizzle Hens?
Sizzle chickens result from a cross between a silkie and a frizzle feathered breed. Not yet recognized as a breed by the American Poultry Association or the American Bantam Association, the standard...
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How to Mate & Breed Pigs
Pigs produce large litters, and breeding them is a relatively straightforward process. Pigs have a gestation period of a little over a hundred days, so a sow can breed multiple times a year. They can...
View ArticleHow Do I Breed a Fawn-Colored Rabbit?
A fawn-colored rabbit is marked with deep gold fur along the back, flank and chest, with white fur on the belly, inner ears, under the neck and on the tail. You can also identify a fawn-colored rabbit...
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What Is a Broody Hen?
Most chicken keepers explain broodiness, or the instinct that a mother hen has over a brood of baby chicks, as a cyclical phase that chickens may experience from time to time. A broody hen is a female...
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How Do I Know if My Cow Is Calving?
Cows give birth to calves approximately 283 days after mating with a bull or artificial insemination. Birth can occur up to 10 days earlier with small cows or heifers (young females who have not given...
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How to Wean a Dairy Calf
Weaning a dairy calf can be easy or it can be difficult, especially if you don't provide company for the calf during the weaning process. Making it as easy as possible for the calf will lead to the...
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How to Help a Cow During Calving
Approximately 6 to 10 percent of all calves born in the United States do not survive during the birthing process or the first few hours afterwards, according to the University of Missouri Extension...
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Steer Vs. Bull
The calm-natured tendencies of steers make them easier to manage than bulls, which are more aggressive. However, steers also provide less and lower-quality meat after slaughter. Studies are beginning...
View ArticleHow to Breed Spangled English Game Bantams
Spangled English Game Bantams -- a type of chicken also known as Spangled Old English Game Bantams -- have a reputation for being loud and arrogant birds. These chickens are usually bred as pets or for...
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How to Brood a Chicken
Hens provide heat for their chicks by keeping them close to their bodies during the critical stage of early development. As many commercial and hobbyist farmers purchase chicks from farm suppliers, the...
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How to Feed Water Monitor Crayfish
Keeping crayfish serves many valuable purposes due to the animals ease of care and versatility. While simple enough to capture in the wild, captive crayfish make an accessible food source and are bred...
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How to Make a Chicken Brooder From a Litter Box
When raising chickens, it is important that baby chicks have the proper environment in which to develop and grow. A chicken brooder is a necessary part of that environment, as it provides heat, shelter...
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How to Incubate Chicks
When well-cared for, chickens make excellent pets that can quickly yield dozens of eggs. Whether you're planning to breed your chickens to produce pets or to sell, you'll need to incubate the eggs...
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How to Help Hatch an Unhatched Egg on Day 24
Hatching chicks can be an intriguing and exciting project. Chickens normally hatch in 21 days, and the best hatches are conducted under the broody hen. Using an incubator creates a more complicated...
View ArticleHow to Breed Micro Pigs
Micro pigs, or micro potbellied pigs, are not an officially recognized type of pet pig, much like teacup-sized dogs are not officially recognized as a variety. However, this term is applied to pet pigs...
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Reproductive System of a Rooster
Why do some chicken eggs end up as cute, fluffy little chicks and others end up in the refrigerated section of your favorite grocer? The difference is the rooster. Baby chickens come from eggs that...
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What Are the Signs of a Cow Getting Ready to Calve?
Calving is an exciting event on a farm. The birth of new calves is planned carefully. Cows carry their calves anywhere from 280 to 290 days according to the farming breeding records. When the cow is...
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Tools to Breed the Queen Bee
Breeding bees is complicated. In order to maintain a genetic record, the ideal is to know which drones the queen bred with, and when. Genetic selection for queens that will lay heavily, not lay all...
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How to Read Bull Weight & Description
When evaluating a bull for breeding, a prospective buyer must keep intention and purpose in mind. Bulls are bought and sold for beef, for rodeo or further breeding. Each of those final destinations has...
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How to Wean a Newborn Lamb
Weaning is the practice of removing lambs from the ewes and replacing the milk diet with a grass- or grain-based diet. Weaning ages vary by farm and depend on the availability of feed, pasture and the...
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