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If you want the short answer, the best commercial fryers for a busy kitchen are the dual-tank electric countertop models on this list, because two independently controlled vats let you cook two foods at two temperatures at the same time. Our top pick, the ROVSUN 22.8QT, pairs that layout with the largest review base of … Read more

Electric fencing stopped being a ranch-only product years ago, but the shopping experience has not caught up. Listings all call themselves an “electric fence kit” while shipping a bare energizer with no wire, no posts, and no ground rod, which is the single biggest source of returns in this category and the reason forum threads … Read more

Most backyard flock losses are not disease. They are predation, and the netting you choose is the single biggest physical barrier standing between your birds and a raccoon at 2am. This roundup covers the best poultry netting available in across twelve real products, from budget hexagonal chicken wire to welded half-inch hardware cloth, portable electric … Read more

The best chicken feeder is a gravity-fed, no-waste hopper or a treadle feeder that keeps feed dry, off the ground, and out of reach of rodents and wild birds. For most backyard flocks, a port-style hopper with a locking lid is the easiest win. Treadle feeders are worth it when rats are a genuine problem. … Read more

Short answer: the best chicken waterer depends almost entirely on two things — how many birds you keep and how hard your winters hit. A small flock in a mild climate is served perfectly well by a simple gravity fountain, while a 30-bird flock in a place where water freezes in the pipe needs a … Read more

Plucking feathers by hand takes 10 to 20 minutes per bird and it is the step almost every new poultry keeper dreads most. The best chicken plucker turns that into 15 to 30 seconds per bird by spinning a scalded bird around a drum lined with soft rubber fingers. After comparing ten machines across multiple … Read more

The best chicken scalder for most backyard flock owners is the Rite Farm Products Pro Scalder: a 15 gallon stainless steel tank on four welded legs, heated by a 3000 watt 240V element with electronic temperature control. It handles the 25 to 100 birds a year range that almost every home processor works in, and … Read more

Most rabbit hutches on the market fall into one of two camps: cheap flat-packs that leak urine, smell of fresh varnish and give a rabbit nowhere to stretch out, or bulky timber builds that finally give a bonded pair real room. The best rabbit hutches sit in the middle, with a solid lined floor, a … Read more

If you want one machine that covers a single family cow through a small hobby herd without a fixed pipeline, the Hantop 12L Cow Milking Machine is the pick we kept coming back to. It has the largest body of owner feedback of anything we reviewed, at 528 reviews, and its rechargeable battery means you … Read more

Milking a goat twice a day from floor level is how people end up with sore backs and bad knees. A stand fixes that in one move: it lifts the animal to waist height and holds its head still so you can work without wrestling. It also turns into a hoof-trimming table, a grooming rack … Read more