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You are Never too Small to Make a Difference!
You are Never too Small to Make a Difference!
Who’s only 17 ½ inches tall with a heart as big as Texas?  Thumbelina a miniature sorrel brown mare, the world’s smallest horse, that’s who.  Little Thumbelina was born at... Read more...
Alpacas - Valuable Farm Animals
Alpacas - Valuable Farm Animals
Sweaters and tomatoes:  what do they have in common with the alpaca?  Besides being two of my all time favorite things, tomatoes and sweaters that is, well you can get... Read more...
Cow Facts: What You May Not Know About Cows
Cow Facts: What You May Not Know About Cows
Cows come in all colors, give milk, meat and sometimes are seen as family members.  We use their milk to drink and to make ice cream to name just a... Read more...
Flyspray Solutions
Flyspray Solutions
Bugs and summer seem to go hand in hand.  Most people have a great aversion to the ever annoying mosquito or stinging wasp.  They sting first and then their itch... Read more...
Becomming a Zookeeper
Becomming a Zookeeper
Every classroom has at least one teacher’s pet, no matter the grade.   Then there are those students then turn into party animals later on in their student careers.  All... Read more...
National Farriers Week: Farriers are Family
National Farriers Week: Farriers are Family
If you have a horse, then you probably have your farrier’s number stored on your cell phone.  Farriers are a cornerstone to equine life and BOSS TOOLS is celebrating with... Read more...
Swine Smarts
Swine Smarts
Pigs are one of the top 5 most intelligent animals on the planet according to Huffington Post.  That is something to squeal about for us swine owners and farmers!  Working... Read more...
Dewclaws - Vestigial or Vital?
Dewclaws - Vestigial or Vital?
Felines, canines, and swines are very different animals, but they all share one specific thing in common, and that is dewclaws.  The main dewclaw difference among all of these animals... Read more...
DIY Summer Heat Hacks for Swine
DIY Summer Heat Hacks for Swine
Welcome to Summer!  Hot weather marks the beginning of the summer season and all creatures can benefit from ways to keep cool when the temperatures rise, including both domesticated and... Read more...
Got Goats? Moo-ve Over Cows!
Milk and cookies are as American as apple pie and ice cream.  They still are, but now cows and their milk are getting a run for their money and having to mooo-over to make way for dairy goats.  Dairy goats are the decade’s fastest growing livestock segment in America according to the Sun Journal.  The USDA reported that goats have had a 61 percent growth from 2007 to 2017 whereas other types of agriculture livestock like broiler hens and beef cattle were relatively flat in growth during that same time... Read more...
Goat's Milk ~ Not Just for Drinking
Goat's Milk ~ Not Just for Drinking
GMO, non-GMO, organic, free-range, all natural, and chemical free are all terms that most of us have grown accustomed to seeing when reading the labels of the food that we... Read more...
Rescue Hooves
Rescue Hooves
Humans and animals have existed side by side throughout time from dogs being domesticated to horses as a mode of transportation.  During this time, humans have mostly done their best... Read more...