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Free-Ranging Your Family Flock
Click here to view as a pdf: Free-Ranging Your Family Flock By Alex Austin, B.S. Raising and keeping your own small flock of poultry has grown in popularity over the last few years. These small backyard flocks are often allowed out of the chicken run to free-range around the property. Free-ranging is believed to improve…
Livestock Nutrition Fundamentals That Can Have Big Returns
Click here to view as a pdf: Livestock Nutrition Fundamentals That Can Have Big Returns By Dan Leiterman In any life endeavor it is critically important to get the fundamentals done right, or else the whole project is at risk, no matter how much added effort and resources are applied. This is true in any…
Water: The Forgotten Nutrient
Click here to view as PDF: Water: The Forgotten Nutrient By Cassy Golburg, B.A. Livestock Specialist Water is the most vital nutrient for livestock and crucial to many functions in the body. An animal’s body is made up of 50-80% water and it helps regulate temperature, spread nutrients throughout the body and eliminate waste.…
Mineral Nutrition: Advancements Over Time
Click here to view as a pdf: Mineral Nutrition: Advancements Over Time By Darren Zimmerman, D.V.M. The use of minerals in livestock feeds is constantly evolving. The English word mineral comes from the Latin word minerale, which means “to be mined from the earth”. The first livestock minerals were rocks mined from the earth, then…
The Science Behind Aloe’s Use In Livestock
Click here to view as a pdf: The Science Behind Aloe’s Use in Livestock By Ryan Leiterman, D.V.M. Director of Technical Services With the passing of the Veterinary Feed Directive in 2015, which requires a veterinary prescription for most antibiotics to be added into feed, many livestock producers have become interested in non-prescription alternatives to…
Ordering Spring Chicks
Order your Spring Chicks with Crystal Creek today! We’re cooperating with 2 Wisconsin hatcheries that are providing our customers with healthy baby chicks: Sunnyside Hatchery & Abendroth Hatchery Find all available breeds and prices in our chick order form: Crystal Creek Chick Order Form 2023 We offer many different breeds of chicken. Layer breeds like…