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How to Care for Baby Chicks
The main things to attend to for the first 60 days of a chicks’ life are housing, temperature, food and water, cleanliness. Chicks should be kept indoors (or in a heated brooder) until they have their feathers, which appear at about 5-8 weeks. The chicks’ first home is called a “brooder”. For one-time or once-in-a-while […]
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Are Dogs Colorblind? Sort Of
It is not true that dogs are completely colorblind. While dogs do not have the same color vision as humans, they are able to tell yellow from blue. Like a human with red-green colorblindness, they are unable to tell the difference between red and green. The reason for this limited range, in both the colorblind […]
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Rutland County Humane Society Offers Free Programs
The Rutland County Humane Society (RCHS) offers a “Spay The Mom” program that is simple and free. If you’re a Rutland County resident, and have a mom dog or cat with babies, you can bring the litter of kittens or puppies to us RCHS. In exchange, RCHS will schedule an appointment to “Spay The Mom,” […]
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Sheep Are Still Thriving 10,000 Years After Domestication
Sheep is a term for selective grazing animals that may be domesticated or wild. Behaviorally, sheep are gregarious, precocial, defenseless creatures. But what does that mean? Gregarious means that they flock together or like to be with a group. It is rare to see a sheep by itself because of their gregarious nature. Precocial means […]
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How Birds Fly
Ever since people have existed, we have watched birds fly and wondered how they did it, wondering also if we too could fly. Only in the 20th century have people been able to build machines that can fly and this article explains how carefully studying birds helped achieve that goal. The birds however do a […]
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Did You Know This About Llamas and Alpacas
Many prominent people, including William Randolph Hearst, imported llamas to the U.S. in the late 1800s and early 1900s. Since the mid-1970s, the animal has gained popularity. The alpaca was first imported to the United States in 1983. Ninety-nine percent of all alpacas reside in South America. There are two types of alpacas, the Huacaya […]
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9 House Training Tips for Puppies
Puppies are quick learners and they loved to be praised. The joy of having a new puppy in the home can quickly become annoying when you must start cleaning up their messes. It does not have to be that way. Here are 9 training tips for your puppy that will help make house training your […]
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Humane Society of Chittenden County Hosts Annual Walk for the Animals & 5K Doggie Fun Run
The Humane Society of Chittenden County (HSCC) is gearing up for its largest fundraiser of the year, the 28th Annual Walk for the Animals & 5K Doggie Fun Run on Saturday, June 5th, 2022, at Burlington’s Battery Park. Participants may choose to complete a 1 mile walk or 5K fun run, with or without their […]
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Proper Prepping of Dairy Cattle Leads to Better Milk Production
The little things we do during milking time have a profound effect on udder health and milk quality. It is important to remember that every quarter of every cow must be prepped for milking the same way by every milker at every milking. Specifics of milking procedures may vary from farm to farm. For example, […]
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Rutland County Humane Society Needs Volunteer Community Cat Room Cleaners
The Rutland County Humane Society (RCHS) is looking for volunteers to help with the cleaning of our community cat rooms. Our community cat rooms are a great way for adoptable cats to socialize, and visit with potential adopters, and with the warmer weather comes more occupants. Volunteers need to be 16 years old or older […]
