Category: Rabbits, Guinea Pigs, and other burrow animals

Do you have a few acres or are you looking to purchase a small homestead? Raising farm animals for a profit with a few acres is a different endeavor than if you have hundreds of acres to raise large...

Rabbits are one of the easiest and cheapest animals to raise. There are several reasons that people raise rabbits including for meat, pelts, pets, or to show. Rabbits are one of the easiest animals...

Like many of you, I have wanted to achieve greater self-sufficiency. It is hard to become completely self-sufficient without raising certain farm animals. But, What farm animals are the best animals...

My 7 yr old daughter wants a pet and we live in farm country so I started wondering; “What farm animal makes the best pet?”  When considering a farm pet for yourself or for your child, there...

Before I moved to rural Idaho, I had 0.24 of an acre. Some people assume that you can’t own a farm animal because you only have a backyard. That isn’t true. There are 12 great farm animals that...

Five years ago, I moved into a house with several acres, including at least ½ acre of lawn. I wondered what the best animals are to control grass. So I checked and found five animals that are great...