Recommended Supplies
We’ve gathered our favorite supplies — from feed, bedding, toys, treats, and other essentials for a variety of farm animals and livestock — along with a few general farm must-haves.
Every product listed below is something we personally use or have carefully researched and found to be a great choice for your animals, homestead, or hobby farm.
This page will be updated regularly as we discover new items worth sharing, so check back often for additional recommendations for horses, rabbits, poultry, and more.
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Alfalfa Pellets
Alfalfa is the most complete feed you can offer a horse in our opinion. Pellets are an easy way to feed alfalfa. Our older riding horse Gus is on alfalfa & topline support only.
Regular Horse Feed – we feed this to the minis unless they’re one that tends to be overweight.
Ration Balancer – for the super easy keepers so they get all their nutrients without the fat.
Mare & Foal Feed – we feed this to our mares at the end of their pregnancy & throughout nursing. Foals stay on this until the summer of their yearling year.
Topline Support
This high protein topline supplement is a great option for nursing mares, older horses, weanlings, or hard keepers.
Small Bite Horse Treats. Great for mini horses!
Horse/Cattle Cookies
Our full size horses & cattle love these treats.
Mini Halters, Leads, & More – this tack shop is incredible & very affordable!
Young Rabbit Food
Adult Rabbit Food
BULK Rabbit Food
A much more cost effective option if you’re feeding more than about 2 rabbits.
Rabbit Probiotic Good to have on hand in case your rabbit ever has an upset stomach. We’ve used these to entice bunnies that just didn’t feel great to eat again.
32oz Water Bottle
Guinea pigs do not do well with water bowls. We recommend bottles at all times. A 32oz bottle will provide about 3-4 days of water for a single guinea pig or 2-3 days of water for a pair. We use these bottles for the rabbits too.
64oz Water Bottle
This is a great option if you have more than 2 guinea pigs or rabbits as they’ll go through water pretty quickly!
Food & Water Bowls
If you prefer bowls to bottles we recommend something that attaches to the cage or a very heavy crock so they don’t spill water.
Food Bowl
Guinea pigs & Rabbits tend to tip their food bowls and make a mess. We recommend a ceramic crock for their food bowl to minimize waste.
Rabbit Litter Box
Rabbit Cage
Rabbit Cage
Rabbit Cage
Rabbit Cage
Rabbit Playpen
A good option for a play space for your rabbit in your yard. Do not use anything shorter than 24″ or they will be able to jump out! *There are diseases that they can get from the ground outside, proceed with caution with outdoor time.
Guinea Pig Cage
Litter for Rabbits
Litter for Rabbits
Guinea Pig/Rabbit Bedding
A less dusty option for indoor pigs.
Scented Guinea Pig/Rabbit Bedding
Another great option for indoor pigs.
Edible Guinea Pig Hide
Our Favorite Guinea Pig Hide
Young Guinea Pig Food
This is a great option for guinea pigs under 6 months of age. Oxbow foods are the best for small animals.
Adult Guinea Pig Food
The best food for your guinea pigs over 6 months of age.
BULK Guinea Pig Food
This is what we feed due to the size of our herd. It’s much more cost effective if you’re feeding more than about 3-4 pigs.
Timothy Hay
This is a small amount of hay but it is NOT the most cost effective option. Please see below for bulk buying options.
BULK Timothy Hay This is a much more cost effective way to buy Timothy hay for multiple guinea pigs or rabbits.
Enrichment Toy for Guinea Pigs & Rabbits
Assorted Guinea Pig & Rabbit Chews/Toys
Treats for Guinea Pigs & Rabbits
Guinea Pig/Rabbit Hay Feeder
We prefer the wire hay feeders to the cute hay bags because your guinea pig will likely eat the bag, possibly causing intestinal obstructions.
Our Favorite Shavings
These are not dust free but they’re cheap & do the trick in most situations. We will splurge & buy larger flaked, more expensive pine shavings from Tractor Supply for the trailer floor because they stay put better while hauling.
High Velocity Industrial Fan
We bought 2 of these fans for our 36’x48′ barn last summer & they kept air moving throughout most of the space. These fans kept our rabbits alive for sure!
Heated Water Bowl
We use these bowls for the exotics.
Plastic & Metal Safe Stock Tank Heater
Miniature Pig Food
IF you need to feed your pig this is a great option. Our Daphne is a scavenger deluxe & stays quite healthy stealing bits of everyone else’s food & grazing with the cattle.
Goat/Lamb Nipples
We use these nipples on empty pop or smart water bottles. They’re MUCH cheaper here than at the farm stores! You likely will need multiple nipples, the babies tend to chew them up as they get a bit older.
Goat/Lamb Bottle
If you don’t want to mess with saving bottles, this setup includes the bottle & nipple. Again, this is cheaper than buying at a farm store.
CHEAP Raised Beds
We use these beds in addition to old, rusted out stock tanks & they’re fantastic. Plus, you get 2 8x4x1 beds for less than $75!!
Garden stakes
We use these to grow squash & zucchini vertically, which makes controlling the squash bugs so much more manageable!
Garden Tie Tape
We use this to tie our squash & zucchini to their stakes & to tie tomato plant to their cages. It’s cheap & effective.
Cedar Garden Beds
If you’re not a fan of the metal raised beds this is a good option!
Wireless Trailer Camera
We bought this for my horse trailer. It connects to your phone & you can watch the live feed from an app while hauling your livestock. It’s wireless & works great.
Nurture Right 360 Incubator
We have had great success with this incubator with chicken & quail eggs. It can be used for duck & turkey eggs or even emu eggs with the appropriate turners & risers.
Okkobi Incubator
This is a new incubator for us. I wanted a second one but didn’t want to spend the money on another Nurture Right. So far I’m quite happy with this much more cost effective option.