Small Acreage Management - Animals Resources
Animals
To most of us, animal health, care, and enjoyment are our main focus on the farm or ranch. Caring for your animals includes providing proper housing, feed, and water. Additionally proper animal manure management must be considered. Proper animal management techniques will not only keep your animals healthy, it will also help sustain your plants, soil, and water.
Sustainable Manure Management Practices
- Dispose of manure, bedding, and feed wastes by composting, spreading on crops, or hauling it to a composting or disposal facility.
- Store manure at least 200 feet from water sources including wells and streams.
- Eliminate animal access to streams, ditches, ponds, and wetlands.
- Locate corrals and pens downslope of streams and wells.
Manure Management
Livestock and Animals
- ATTRA Livestock, beef, dairy, sheep, goats, hogs, and poultry info
- Animal Mortality Management
- Livestock Factsheets
- Poisonous Plants
- Rabies in Horses: Should Horses be Vaccinated in Colorado?
- Resources for Equine Management
- Short Courses for Horse Owners, CSU Equine Reproduction Laboratory
- Stretching Your Horse’s Hay Supply During Drought
- Sugar Content in Feed and Forage Effects Horses Health
- Weeds and Horses In Colorado
