Animals

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Complete Information and Guidelines for Raising Sheep

July 6, 2011

Generally, gestation period of sheep is between 148 and 152 days, it is generally accepted as lasting five months. During this period, and especially during the 4th and 5th months of the pregnancy, sheep should be fed with quality dry grass, clover and straw. Transporting the sheep, keeping them in wet places, feeding them with [...]

Milking

June 14, 2011

The purpose of dairy farming is the same as all other animal husbandry branches, profit. Milk is the most important product of dairy farming. Amount of profit made from this depends on efficient production and quality of the milk produced. For this reason; raising and care of cattle and proper barn conditions play a big [...]

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Fodder Plants, Everything you want to know.. – A Featured Article

June 3, 2011

Fodder plants are plants which are grown in order to provide the nutritional needs of animals. They are given to animals in the form of wet, dry, grain or tuber, or silaged. These plants can be grown in agricultural fields as well as they can grow themselves in natural meadows and pastures.
The easiest and cheapest [...]