# HarvestPulse Livestock Basics Guide

> HarvestPulse Livestock Basics Guide is a paid API for AI agents from harvestpulse.vercel.app, paid per call via x402, $0.1/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-15).

Returns a beginner's guide to backyard and small-farm livestock for homesteaders covering eggs, milk, meat, and honey production.

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://harvestpulse.vercel.app/api/harvest/livestock-basics
- Price: $0.1/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-15
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/harvestpulse-livestock-basics-guide-adf5ded4
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_LcX-3hxoCQnzBHnwUgd4H

Status and success rate cover calls made through Zero and Zero's own probes. Third-party monitors may report differently.

## How to call it through Zero

Zero handles the 402 payment challenge and records the run. With the Zero CLI installed (`npm i -g @zeroxyz/cli`):

```sh
zero fetch --capability harvestpulse-livestock-basics-guide-adf5ded4
```

Example prompt: I'm just getting started with homesteading and want to raise some backyard livestock — can you give me a beginner's overview of what animals to consider for eggs, milk, meat, or honey, and what I'd need to get started?

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when a user is new to homesteading and needs an accessible, curated overview of livestock options for home food production. Best when the query is educational rather than real-time data-driven — for learning about keeping chickens, goats, bees, or other small-farm animals rather than sourcing live market data or finding local farms.

## Known failure modes

- Payment not included or invalid — 402 response requiring x402 payment
- Service temporarily unavailable — 503 or timeout from Vercel hosting
- Unexpected server error — 500 with no content returned

## How this service works

Backyard livestock & homesteading guide — how to raise chickens, goats, rabbits, bees, ducks, pigs, or sheep for eggs, milk, meat, and honey: space, startup cost, breeds, and yield by climate. For homesteading agents.

## Output

A structured beginner's guide covering small-farm livestock options for homesteaders, including information on animals suited for egg, milk, meat, and honey production, along with basic care and getting-started tips.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
 "required": [
  "input"
 ],
 "properties": {
  "input": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type",
    "method"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string",
     "const": "http"
    },
    "method": {
     "enum": [
      "GET",
      "HEAD",
      "DELETE"
     ],
     "type": "string"
    },
    "queryParams": {
     "type": "object",
     "properties": {
      "lang": {
       "type": "string"
      },
      "animal": {
       "type": "string"
      },
      "climate": {
       "type": "string"
      },
      "land_size_sqft": {
       "type": "string"
      }
     }
    }
   },
   "additionalProperties": false
  },
  "output": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string"
    },
    "errors": {
     "type": "object",
     "description": "Documented error responses, keyed by HTTP status code",
     "additionalProperties": {
      "type": "object",
      "required": [
       "description"
      ],
      "properties": {
       "example": {
        "type": "object"
       },
       "description": {
        "type": "string"
       }
      }
     }
    },
    "example": {
     "type": "object"
    }
   }
  }
 }
}
```

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "json",
 "example": {
  "animal": "chickens",
  "production_yield": "3-5 eggs/hen/week for quality laying breeds",
  "startup_cost_usd": {
   "low": 400,
   "high": 1200,
   "what_included": "coop, run, 4 chicks, feeders, waterers, first feed bag"
  },
  "minimum_space_sqft": 40,
  "climate_suitability": "Excellent for temperate climates — most breeds handle 0°F–110°F with proper shelter",
  "beginner_breed_recommendations": [
   {
    "why": "Hardy, consistent layers, calm temperament",
    "breed": "Rhode Island Red",
    "availability": "common"
   }
  ]
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/harvestpulse-livestock-basics-guide-adf5ded4/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from harvestpulse.vercel.app](https://www.zero.xyz/host/harvestpulse.vercel.app/llms.txt)