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Article / Updated 09-01-2022
Goats are mammals and are similar to other mammals in some ways. But they also have unique features that indicate whether they are healthy, tell you how old they are, and even give clues about their parents. © Milya Shaykh / Shutterstock.com Parts of the body You can own goats and not know the names of parts of their bodies.
Article / Updated 09-01-2022
The average length of time that a person owns goats is only around five years. One reason is that they have unrealistic expectations of what owning goats requires. So what exactly do you need to understand before becoming a goat owner, and what are some of the common missteps you can avoid? © lakov Filimonov / Shutterstock.
No buts: discover the addictive joy of raising goatsGoats are amazing, multi-talented creatures that have been domesticated for over 10,000 years. As well as being a source of food, clothes, and milk, they're wonderful companions: cute, intelligent, and playful—and often as friendly and attentive as dogs. In addition, they make endearing noises and—according to ancient Ethiopian legend—discovered coffee.
Article / Updated 09-23-2020
With all the different beehives to choose from, how do you decide? Maybe you just like the look of one hive over another. A better way to decide is to determine the primary reason you are beekeeping and select the hive best suited for that reason. This table will help you make these decisions. Hive Checklist — Which Hive Meets Your Needs?
Article / Updated 09-23-2020
The Flow hive, shown in the figure, is an award-winning invention of Australian father-and-son team Stuart and Cedar Anderson. It’s basically an 8-frame Langstroth hive, but they invented a patented way of harvesting the surplus honey from the hive without having to smoke the bees and remove the honey supers.There is no slicing cappings off the comb, no spinning the frames, nor is there a need for an extractor.
Article / Updated 09-23-2020
For beekeepers, it's all about the queen bee: Is your queen healthy? Is your queen still in the hive? Is she safe? But, what differentiates the queen been from the other honey bees? What makes a queen bee a queen? © Konstantin Gushcha / Shutterstock.comAll female bees start out the same way: from a fertilized egg.
Article / Updated 09-23-2020
The Apimaye beehive represents the next generation of the Langstroth-style beehive. Its impressive, award-winning design was engineered in Turkey and is now available in the USA, Canada, Australia, and Europe.It’s a thoughtfully conceived concept, with all kinds of built-in features as standard offerings. But what’s really important about these hives is that they are very well insulated.
Article / Updated 09-23-2020
Typically, beekeepers are able to harvest 40 or more pounds of honey from each of their hives. That’s a lot of honey. Unless you eat a whole lot of toast, you may want to consider other ways to use your copious crop. Honey is not only wholesome, delicious, sweet, and fat-free, but it’s also incredibly versatile.
The single best and most comprehensive guide for prospective, new and experienced hobbyist beekeepersBeekeeping For Dummies, 5th Edition, is one of the most popular titles in the For Dummies series available today. Including the latest information regarding every aspect of backyard beekeeping and honey production, this book describes how to get started, how to care for and safely handle bees, and how to maintain healthy and productive colonies.
Your hands-on guide to modern chicken-raising methods Thinking about raising chickens? You've come to the right place! This new edition of Raising Chickens For Dummies provides the most up-to-date, thorough information on the many aspects of keeping chickens in your backyard. Inside, you'll find hands-on, easy-to-follow instructions on choosing and purchasing chickens, constructing housing for your birds, feeding your chickens for optimal health, combating laying issues, controlling pests and predators, optimizing egg production, and much more.