Your financial resources Raising farm animals can be costly, especially when the markets go awry or when your animals suffer from diseases. Make sure you have enough money to spare should unexpected expenses show up. Your time Being an owner of farm animals means devoting much of your time feeding your lambs, treating sick horses, and cleaning the barn, among many other tasks. An example of such safety risk is having the rakes and pitchforks leaning against a wall or dumped on a corner instead of arranged in a rack. These loose tools can be trip hazards or fall over near a nervous animal. The noise it creates can cause panic to animals which can result to danger. Feed Equipments The first step to safety is minimize potential risks in an already accident prone area. For the underlying layer, a mixture of hay, manure and bedding with moisture content between 40 to 50 % is advisable. Odor is kept to a minimum by ensuring the covering material has carbon sources such as straw, sawdust or hay. To avoid gas buildup and possible explosion, it is advisable to puncture the rumen on cattle. As a livestock farmer, you also have to know your reasons for doing so, as this will help you determine the right breed to choose and the feeding systems you will use for your animals. Some people raise sheep for its environmental benefits. Sheep are ideal farm animals to raise for vegetation control because of their small size as well as preference for mixed diet and upland grazing. The healthier the certain animal would be, the larger the profit would be if it were sold. Also, no livestock owners want a weak animal in his farm and the better way to prevent that is to mate their animals with healthier animals and of good quality and breed. An animal farm would die down if the animals residing in it is unhealthy and always sick. It is considered the best meat-yielding goat breed because of its quick growth rate and strong immunity against goat diseases. Other goat breeds that yield quality meat include Brush, Spanish, West African Dwarf, Kiko, and Myotonic. When choosing a meat-yielding goat, don t just choose any breed. You must inspect the goat carefully to make sure that its appearance is healthy enough for your purpose.