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Healthy Does for Healthy Kids

The birth of healthy kids starts with healthy does. It goes without saying that breeding a doe that is in top condition will give you the best odds for producing strong, healthy kids. A good breeding program begins with good management and superior nutrition prior to breeding, during gestation and...

Hot Weather Tips for Goat Enthusiasts

Some people think goats are low maintenance. But successful goat owners know it takes a lot of care to keep goats healthy and happy, especially in hot weather. Here are some tips to help you keep your goats cool and comfortable this summer: Position water containers in the shade. Algae grows...

Riding into the Sunset: Ways to Keep Your Senior Horse Active

As your horse reaches his or her late teens, they may lose some of the sprightliness it showed in its earlier years. The key to keeping your senior horse active is just that: focus on keeping up with consistent exercise, though you may need to reduce the pace and challenge of daily workouts. Below...

What to Do If Your Horse Is Injured On a Trail Ride

Most injuries that take place on the trail are generally not serious in nature. Consulting your veterinarian is the suggested and number one step toward preparedness. A prompt response to the injury can reduce damaging complications. Prepare For Your Trail Ride:Being prepared for whatever can...

How Nutrition Affects Hoof Growth

Hoof quality is affected by several factors including genetics, environment and nutrition. Some horses inherit weak hooves and that can’t be changed, but proper care and nutrition can help develop and maintain the best hooves genetically possible. On the other hand, a horse may have the genes for...

Tips for Keeping your Poultry Hydrated During Hot Weather

Water is essential in your poultry surviving the hot weather. Here are some tips for keeping your poultry hydrated during the summer months. Position water containers in the shade. If water is too hot (or too cold) chickens will not drink enough to keep egg production up. Adjust waterers to...

Effectively Creep Feeding Your Foals

Creep feeding foals is one of the best ways to help with the weaning process away from dependence on the mare. Here’s what it is and how it is done properly:What creep feeding isCreep feeding is when you want to give your foals a very specific feed that you don’t want your mares to be able to get...

Hot Weather Tips for Show Animals

Summer time can really heat up. Not only with an increase in temperature, but also humidity and wind velocity play a role in ambient conditions that affect show animals. Heat stress can manifest in several ways in animals on feed for show. Some of the adverse affects of excessive heat are: - Poor...

How to Prepare For Summer Birds

Preparing for the best and long awaited backyard wild bird feeding experience possible starts with understanding a wild bird’s seasonal changing feeding habits.• Early Summer: Wild birds have just finished nesting. They aggressively begin searching for food to feed their young. Hatchlings begin...

Helping Your Pet Reptile Through Climate Changes

The increasing popularity of pet reptiles means one can find them all over the world—finding homes in environments they would never survive in naturally. As the owner of a reptile, it is your responsibility to construct a substitute environment that still meets all of your reptiles' needs. Be...

Nutrition Tips for Your Senior Horse

Just like humans, horses will begin to show signs of deterioration as they reach their senior years. We typically define a “senior” horse as one about fifteen to eighteen years old, although you may notice these changes well outside of this age bracket. Our first and most important tip is to remain...

Controlling Horse Stall Odors

Controlling horse stall odors begins with the building of the stall itself, so take care to consider the materials you choose in stall flooring. For instance, while concrete and asphalt retain little odor (as opposed to wood or materials such as clay or topsoil), they can be hard on your horse’s...

Tips for Making it a Better Winter for Wildlife

Winter is just around the corner, and that means deer, elk, game birds, squirrels, chipmunks and wild birds are shifting into survival mode. Because it’s a time of particular stress for wildlife, it also happens to be a time when your actions can have a tremendous impact. Here are a few steps you...

Winter Care for Horses

Cold weather presents horses with some specific nutritional and management demands. As winter approaches it is a good idea to evaluate your horses housing and feeding programs to insure that they get through the cold weather in good shape. All warm-blooded animals have a critical temperature. This...

Tips for Adjusting your Pet to the Holidays and Changing Seasons

At this time of year, most dogs and cats shed their summer coats in preparation for putting on their winter fur. Tangled, matted hair cannot provide insulation as nature intended. Daily or weekly brushing can help keep fur tangle-free and healthy. Cats and kittens love to nap in warm places, so a...

Preparing your Goats for the Winter Months Ahead

Autumn is a good time to make sure everything is in tiptop shape for the cold weather that’s just around the corner. The preparations you make now can have a long-term impact on the health and comfort of your goats, so here are a few fall tips: Even hardy animals like goats need a warm, dry place...

Autumn Cow Calf Management Tips

Here are some general cow-calf management reminders for the fall season. This information has been adapted from the “Beef Cow Herd Calendar”1 developed by the Oklahoma State University Cooperative Extension Service. October Beginning in late October or November, provide supplemental feed for...

Walking Your Dog: 4 Simple Ways to Keep it Interesting

Walking your dog is an essential activity but that doesn't mean you can't keep it interesting for both you and your dog. These tips below can help you achieve this while keeping safe, too: Go to new placesAs I’m sure you’ve witnessed, your dog loves to experience new sights and smells. Taking a...

Choosing The Right Dog Food

Whether you've acquired a new dog or whether you've decided you want to change your current dog’s food, you should do some research. Different dog foods have different ingredients that are essential for the health of different aged and sized dogs. Here are some ways to conduct your research:Look...

Supplying Your Horse with Water

Horses are not unlike people, in that they too enjoy fresh, clean water. Not only will it keep your horse content, it will help keep away many easily preventable sicknesses, too. Colic is one example. According to About.com's Katherine Blocksdorf, here are some basic ideas concerning water for your...

Identifying Horse Colic And What To Do About It

Often times the thing most people associate with horses is racing. Whether it's at the Kentucky Derby or Saratoga Springs, horses prove time and again to be powerful animals. But along with their strength is a sickness that can be a major weakness. According to ultimatehorsesite.com, horse colic,...

Cleaning Horse Hooves

The importance of cleaning your horses’ hooves is two-fold: The first is that they need to be cleaned and the second is that by cleaning your horses’ hooves when they need it is a proactive way to spot potential problems that may develop there. Here are some ideas from Jayne Pedigo of Equisearch...

Weaning a beef calf

While dairy calves are typically taken away from their mothers a bit sooner, beef calves are left with their mothers to help them grow. Consequently, it is harder to wean them off of their mother’s milk. Here are some tips to make their transition to eating solid feed a bit easier for you and less...

Storing Hay Effectively

Making sure that the shed that you store your hay in is in good condition is important. First of all, if it’s not in good working order hay can be wasted (which means your money, too) and secondly it can seriously harm your animals. Here are a few ideas from Equisearch.com to keep your hay in great...

Feeding your Pet Rabbit

When you’re feeding your pet rabbit you may be inclined just to use pellets. A diet high in pellets can lead to health problems so you will need to substitute other things in as well. Here are some other foods that should be included according to Lianne McLeod, DVM of About.com: Hay While they may...

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