Body Condition Scoring and Reproductive Performance Body condition scoring (BCS) helps guide your decisions on herd nutrition and maintain reproductive performance of your cows.
Winter Horse Care Horses can live outside year round, but winter care requires feed modifications, attention to detail, mud/ice management and shelter from the elements.
Take Advantage of Corn Residue Learn how beef cattle producers can extend grazing season into early winter by taking advantage of crop residues, particularly corn.
Getting Your Chickens to Get Along Learn about steps you can take to make adding new chickens to your flock a smooth and stress reducing process.
Keeping Your Chicks from Getting Sick: Top Health Concerns It’s always good to at least be aware of these common chick health concerns.
How to Pick the Best Baby Chicks Here are some tips on what to look for and how to decide what chicks are right for you to get your own Chick Days going in the right direction.
Top Reasons to be a Chicken Keeper No matter why you choose to raise chickens, there’s a breed that will be perfect for you!
Feeding Dairy-Beef Cross Calves for Top Performance Over the past few years, dairy farms have been benefiting from crossbreeding their dairy cows to beef bulls. Angus bulls are usually the breed of choice in these programs, however, I have seen a variety of other beef breed bulls used with similar results. When compared to straight bred Holstein calves, dairy-beef cross calves have … Feeding Dairy-Beef Cross Calves for Top Performance Read More »
Tips for Using EnergiLass® With Your Cow Herd EnergiLass® offers self-fed protein and/or mineral blocks to make supplementing your cattle easy. Here are 5 tips to help make your supplement program work for you.
Winter Bunk and Pen Management Feeding cattle in winter weather presents a variety of challenges. Not only do we have a variety of forms of precipitation with which to deal, but we can have wild barometric swings that can have a large influence on feed intake.
Maximize Winter Grazing Meeting cow herd nutritional requirements takes on many different forms depending on forage availability, location and management, and can be especially challenging with winter grazing situations.
Winterizing Your Chicken Coop and Run While chickens are extremely cold hardy and do well in most climates there are a few things you can do to keep your birds more comfortable during the winter months. Continue reading to learn a few tips and tricks to winterize your chicken coop and run.
What to Expect When You’re Eggspecting Between 18-22 weeks your hens should start laying eggs. Continue reading to learn the importance of providing the proper nutrition to your “eggspecting” hens and what you can expect before, during, and after.
Pros and Cons of Raising Fall Baby Chicks Deciding what time of year to order and receive your baby chicks can be a difficult decision and depends heavily on your local climate and the resources you have available at home. This article discusses several factors you should consider when making the decision to raise chicks in the fall.
The Fall Molt Each fall, starting when chickens are about 18 months old, chickens lose their feathers and grow shiny new ones in preparation for winter. Read to find out what to look for and what to expect as the molting season approaches.
Managing Spring and Summer Feed Inventories Managing inventory across four distinct seasons is challenging and can have a tremendous impact on profitability. While spring and summer can be the two most challenging seasons, steps can be taken to combat and lessen these issues. Learn some tips and methods to best manage spring and summer feed inventories.
Why Cattle Need Supplements in Spring and Summer Grass tetany and fly control are two primary concerns for cattle on pasture in the spring and summer. Learn why and how you should use cattle supplements to keep your herd safe.
Are you taking the right steps to keep your animals warm this Winter? With Winter upon us, it is important to consider the animals in your care that will be exposed to the cold, ice and snow.
Christmas Tree Preservation and Disposal Great tips on how to keep your tree from drying out so it will remain lush and living throughout the season.
Pet Safety Tips for the Holidays By PETMD.com Keeping your furry family members safe during the holidays can be a difficult task. There are the ornaments, plants, presents, lights — oh, and who could forget the Christmas tree (if do you decide to put one up this year)? Let’s take a look at some simple steps that will allow your pets to join in the holiday fun this year, while avoiding any trips to the animal emergency room.
Winter Birds Myths and Facts When it comes to winter birds, it seems there are more myths than usual. Here are a few of the common ones I’ve heard. Hopefully, I can help debunk these winter birds myths once and for all with the correct winter birds facts.
Attracting Wild Birds in Winter Weather If you want to keep a variety of species visiting your feeders, then you’ll want to offer a variety of food. Check out Blue Seal’s selection of seeds specially formulated to entice a wide variety of birds.
Where are the birds? I have been flooded with calls asking about this year’s bird population (or lack of), so I want to share why their numbers are down and when we can expect to see a rise in the population.
8 Hunting Season Safety Tips For Your Dog Whether you let your dog out by the woods, go hiking or hunting with dogs, or live by a hunting area, autumn is a great time to remember these dog-friendly safety tips.
Preparing for Winter Unlike us, chickens don’t need sweaters to stay warm in the winter (but wouldn’t that be cute)? Lisa Steele shares important tips to keep your flock happy and healthy in cold temperatures.
The Ins and Outs of Molting Season What can you do to help your flock through molting season? Lisa Steele talks about how quality nutrition can make all the difference for your girls!
What Do I Feed My Layers and When? Did you know chicks, pullets and layers all require different feed? Find out what Lisa Steele of Fresh Eggs Daily gives her girls to keep them healthy and productive at every stage.
Top Secret Tips For Feeding Squirrels In Your Backyard Do you need some backyard squirrel feeding tips? Well, we’ve got you covered. Squirrel watching can be a VERY relaxing experience, with benefits for both the mind and body. However, if we’re going to be able to watch the little guys, we need a way to attract them to our backyard.
Homemade Fall Bird Feeder Want to attract more birds into your yard? Need something to keep the kids busy? Have too many pine cones laying about? We have a fun, inexpensive fall craft project that might be perfect for you.
The Inspire Horse Feed Story Your horse inspires you to be your best, to go the extra mile. So why not treat him to a horse feed that was designed to inspire him to achieve his best.
Get Your Home and Yard Fall Ready Fall is a beautiful season and taking the time now to get ready for winter may help you avoid last minute cleanup and costly repairs.
Putting the Lawn and Garden to Bed for the Winter Here are a few things you can do to reduce the chances of diseases in the garden, enhance the soil and get a jump on a green lawn for next year.
Now Is The Time To Plant Fall Greens There’s still time to seed seasonal crops that actually taste better once cool weather arrives. Gardening advice from our friends at UNH.
Mrs. Wages Fresh Style Dill Pickles Recipe With the help of Mrs. Wages you and your family can enjoy the wholesome goodness of homemade pickles in no time.
8 Expert Tips For Autumn Lawn Care Many people stop thinking about their lawns aside from raking leaves at this point in the year. Unfortunately, if you ignore your lawn once the cooler weather hits, you may just be creating more work for yourself in the spring and summertime. There are a few steps that you can take as a homeowner every autumn to improve and maintain the appearance of your lawn once spring hits and your lawn thaws.
Fall Lawn Care Feed and seed your lawn now, when the air is cooler but the soil is still warm and it’ll come back healthier and greener next spring.
Preparing the Garden for Winter All of your hard work and dedication is paying off as your summer garden is brimming with a bountiful harvest and you are busy canning, freezing and storing fruits and veggies for use during the colder months. With a bit of preparation this Fall, you can get on the right path for a successful growing season next year.
Fall Seeding and Fertilizing Contrary to popular opinion, fall is the best time of the year for lawn care.
Mrs. Wages Pickling Recipes With the help of Mrs. Wages you and your family can enjoy the wholesome goodness of homemade pickles, salsa and canned vegetables in no time.
Latest Trends in Chicken Keeping By Lisa Steele, Blue Seal Brand Ambassador The excitement around backyard chicken keeping doesn’t appear to be abating any time soon. Certainly not if you take a look at the vast number of “chicken centric” blogs, social media accounts and the like. Consider the million followers of Fresh Eggs Daily each month on Facebook, Instagram, … Latest Trends in Chicken Keeping Read More »
Canning With Mrs. Wages With the help of Mrs. Wages you and your family can enjoy the wholesome goodness of homemade pickles, salsa & canned vegetables in no time.
Feed ‘Em Right From the Start: What and When to Feed Your Chicks Learn what and when to feed your flock all the way from chicks to hens.
Preparing Chickens for Summer Heat | How to Help Them Keep Their Cool Keep your flock cool in the summer heat with these tips and tricks.
Coop, Sweet Coop: How to Set Up a Home for Your Chickens Chicken coops come in all shapes and sizes. No design is perfect, but all good chicken coops do share some common characteristics. You can buy a prebuilt coop or a coop kit that you put together yourself. You can also build from scratch, or you can even convert a garden shed or other outbuilding into a perfectly serviceable coop.
Why are my chickens losing feathers? As the leaves start to fall from the trees, so do the feathers from your chickens. The cold weather triggers the chickens “molt” where they shed their old feathers and gain new, glossy feathers.
Summer Lawn Care Considerations Most of the grasses commonly used in New Hampshire lawns are cool season grasses. This includes; Bluegrass, Fescue and Rye grass, all are sod forming turf grasses; they grow best when the soil temperature is around 60 degrees and at least 1 inch of water is applied each week.
Vegetable Garden Insect Pests and Disease: Prevention and Control So, our short New Hampshire growing season is in full swing. You spent the end of May preparing, selecting and planting the vegetables and herbs that you and your family love. While you wait for the plants to grow, mature and produce there are a few things you should know in order to prevent the loss of your crops to insects and disease.
Safety tips for taking your dog on the boat! Summer is here, which means many sea-faring folks will begin taking their dogs out on the open ocean!
Preventing Weeds with Safe ‘N Simple Pre-Emergence Weed Control Safe ‘N Simple® 9-0-0 provides weed control and an excellent source of slow-release nitrogen in an easy to spread crumble form.
Raising Chickens: Basics for Beginners Whether you want a small flock of chickens to produce fresh eggs or supply your family with meat, there are a few things you’ll need to know. This post is meant to provide the basics to get through the first three to four weeks of raising chickens and avoiding beginner’s mistakes.
Starting Seeds at Home When you grow your own seedlings, your transplants can be ready for the garden as soon as the danger of spring frost has passed, giving you a head start on Maine’s short gardening season.
Formulated for a Lifetime of Health and Production Raising poultry at home is a rewarding activity the entire family can enjoy.
Pets deserve quality nutrition Your pets trust you to take care of them and in return they give you unconditional love.
Serious Hydration Hydration is your body’s ability to manage this loss and return to its prime working condition.
Tips to Grow Great Seedlings at Home When planning to germinate your own seeds, three major factors should be considered first and foremost: soil moisture, temperature, and light.
Organizing Your Barn An orderly, clutter-free barn is aesthetically pleasing, saves time during daily chores and is a healthy place for the horses that live there.
Understanding The Veterinary Feed Directive A new federal requirement called the “Veterinary Feed Directive” or VFD. Will require that specific animal drugs that are intended to be “used in or on animal feed” will “require the supervision of a licensed veterinarian.”
Beneficial Insects & Spiders In Your Backyard Practical advice for encouraging beneficial arthropods from our friends at UNH.
Grow Great Blueberries at Home Practical advice for growing blueberries at home from our friends at UNH.
Protect Your Picnic Keep your food, your friends and your family safe with these tips from our friends at UNH.
Recycled Garden Want to recycle worn out home goods our create your own tools? Check out these tips and tricks from our friends at UNH.
Introducing: The Naked Bee Blue Seal is now carrying products by The Naked Bee, read all about what makes them unique.
Tapping Trees at Home Sap starts to flow between February & March. So have your supplies ready to start collecting sap today.
Making Dog-Safe Ice Cream Dogs generally find frozen treats irresistible, but human ice cream contain ingredients like sugar or dairy that can be harmful to dogs.
Tick Prevention When enjoying outdoor activities, don’t forget to take steps to prevent bites from ticks that share the outdoors.
Care Tips For Pet Rabbits Some bunny out there wants to be a part of your family—but he has special requirements to stay happy and healthy. Here’s what to do.
How to Control Japanese Beetles Control of Japanese beetles requires an understanding of their life cycle and a two-pronged attack – one strategy for the grubs, and one for the beetles.
Fruit Preserve Recipes From Mrs. Wages With the help of Mrs. Wages you and your family can enjoy the wholesome goodness of homemade fruits and jellies in no time.
Weed Control For Your Lawn Getting the better of weeds means denying them the things they need and hitting them with the correct weed killer.
How To Safely Remove Ticks There are a number of different types of ticks found in the USA. Blue Seal carries the most efficient tools you’ll need to confidently remove ticks anywhere and from any location from both people and animals.
Raising Pigs If you’re considering raising pigs, there are a couple of things you may want to first consider.
Dogs and Food Allergies What is a food allergy? What are the signs? Our Specialty Nutritionist walks you through how to spot the symptoms, signs and what you can do for your dog.
Veggie Garden Preparation Proper preparation will improve your vegetable yield and the health of your garden over the years.
Bringing Home New Chicks If you’re prepared, tending young chicks isn’t difficult and need not be lavish.
Sowing Seeds For Spring Want to grow your own saplings? You’ll need to start now to have your seedlings ready for spring!
Get Ready for Lambing Blue Seal is ready to help with a few tips and supplies to relieve the pressures of lambing.
Feeding Your Pets Quality Pet Foods There are a wide range of benefits that can come from feeding your pets quality pet food at each and every meal. Whether these foods are organic, grain free, raw or holistic, they not only benefit the pet, but also the owner. You will realize that it is advantageous to buy quality pet food when compared to the rest of the food in the market.
