Give a cat an empty box and it will ignore the expensive bed you bought. Every single time. Cats love small, snug spaces. A little house makes them feel safe, warm and hidden, whether it sits in your living room…
Honestly, the first time I put a harness on my cat, she flopped over like someone had switched off her legs. If yours does the famous harness flop too, welcome to the club. In my experience, most cats can learn…
Honestly, I bought my cat a fancy bed once. She slept in the box it came in. If that sounds familiar, you already know why a hammock works. Cats love a soft spot that hugs them back, and a DIY…
Cats are strange about water. Mine would ignore a full bowl all day, then sit by the kitchen tap and wait for me to turn it on. That is pretty normal, honestly. A lot of cats prefer moving water. It…
An open chicken run looks great on a sunny day. Then the rain comes, and it turns into a mud pit overnight. I learned this after one wet autumn when my run was ankle deep in sludge and the hens…
A good fence decides everything with chickens. Where they roam, what they dig up, and whether they are still there in the morning. My first fence was a roll of cheap chicken wire tied to a few sticks. The hens…
Bored chickens get into trouble. Feather pecking, egg eating, endless squabbles over nothing. I learned that the hard way during one long rainy spring when my hens were stuck in the run for days. By the end of the week…
The first feeder I ever bought lasted one week before I noticed the problem. Half the feed was on the ground. The chickens were scratching it everywhere, and at night the mice were having a party. That is when I…
If you keep chickens, you already know the open water dish problem. Ten minutes after you fill it, there’s straw in it, mud in it and somehow, every single time, poop in it. Then the hens knock it over and…
Anyone who keeps goats learns one thing fast: goats are the pickiest, messiest eaters on the farm. They pull out a big mouthful of hay, eat the best bits, drop the rest on the ground, and then refuse to touch…
