We often hear nurses and village health workers talk about eating nutritious foods.  Energy‑giving foods give us the strength to work and exercise.  Body‑building foods help us repair damaged body tissue.  Vitamins and minerals protect us from disease. Cattle are like us: they need nutritious food to keep healthy. Many farmers have trouble keeping their…

Content: Keep rabbits in the city and profit from their meat, skin, fur, and dung. You can sell rabbits in the market to earn money, and eat rabbit meat to improve your family’s diet. Rabbits do not take up much space, they have lots of babies, and they are cheap and easy to feed. So…

Which is better?  One healthy cow or five skinny, sick cows?  Which will make more money for the owner?  One healthy cow or five scrawny, sick cows? Many small-scale farmers think that it is better to put more work into keeping one animal well-fed and healthy than to keep a number of animals that fend…

Do your hens lay eggs with thin shells or no shells at all? Usually the older birds in your flock are the ones that lay eggs with thin shells. They are the birds which have been laying eggs for a long time. The eggshell is the hard, inedible part of an egg. It gives shape…

By keeping a few chickens in your backyard you get protein from eggs and meat. And you can make extra money by selling the eggs or meat. In fact, you might start thinking about increasing the number of birds you have and making a business of selling eggs and meat. First of all, decide how…