Chickens are not thought of as birds capable of flight. But they have wings, and all chickens know how to use them! It turns out that most chicken species can fly, if in a limited way, making short trips to reach higher vantages or cover more ground quickly. Though their flight capability has diminished with …
Pretty much everyone knows that sheep are herbivores, and that they live almost entirely on a diet of greenery. Grass, hay and other such foliage is a staple of every sheep’s diet. But did you know they can eat other plant matter, like produce and even some grains? Foods like this are an important supplemental …
A nutritional powerhouse, spinach is one of the most popular and important vegetables grown today, and one with global significance. This is a great crop that almost anyone can grow, even on a small scale, so long as you give it the right amount of light. Among the leafy vegetables, spinach has a reputation as …
It’s happened to all of us – you’re enjoying a nice dinner party at your house, when suddenly someone throws up all over your carpet. Or maybe your pet has an accident and throws up right in the middle of the floor. And let’s not forget the havoc that a sick kid can wreak on …
Pigs can eat all sorts of foods, including produce. Pretty much everything that you and I can eat pigs can eat also when it comes to vegetables. But there are a few that might give owners pause. Take tomatoes for instance. Tomatoes are juicy and nutritious, but they have a reputation for being a bit …
Celery is often derided as a nothing vegetable, one that contains water and not much else nutritionally. But, perhaps surprisingly, celery is actually pretty nutritious and contains a good assortment of vitamins and minerals. This begs the question if it can be a good supplement in the diets of our animals. How about our pigs? …
Pigs are mammals, and that means that females raise young on milk. But after a piglet weans, most owners probably don’t think about giving their pigs any more dairy products in their diet. Maybe our pigs are missing out on a convenient and important source of nutrients because of this. So what’s the story? Can …
Pigs can be challenging animals to raise. They grow quickly, have high-calorie requirements, and still require a varied, balanced diet if they are going to thrive. Sometimes it keeping them in food means you need to improvise with what you have on hand, but nobody wants to feed their pigs something that could hurt them. …
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As most keepers of livestock already know, fruit can form an important missing link in the diet of most animals. Fruit contains lots of vitamins and minerals that are easy to digest, and there’s sweetness can give your charges a quick boost of energy. And most animals seem to really like it! What’s not to …
Goat owners know that their animals will eat just about anything they take a liking to. Some of their usual menu items are positively inedible to our sensibilities, including bark and even whole branches off trees. Put perhaps the most disturbing to watch is when your goats tuck into a spiny, thorny plant. Even thinking …
