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Raising turkeys on the homestead is an easy way to provide meat for your family. Smart homesteaders raise a variety of poultry and…

Goats – horns or no horns? That is a very controversial question right now. Honestly, though, it’s an entirely personal decision. You have…

We have been raising meat rabbits for about 9 months now. Like any new venture, it has come with a learning curve. I…

Spring is on its way, and you may be considering raising chicks. Feed stores and hatcheries will be soon announcing the arrival of…

Growing your own food is a big venture that usually takes quite a lot of effort. So why do people do it? While…

We butchered our meat chickens a few months ago, and it’s taken me a little while to write this. You can read part…

First of all, I would like to apologize for my absence last week. I had the best of intentions to post a new…

Now that we’ve had the meat chickens for 5 weeks, I wanted to give an update. You can see part 1, with mistakes…

I have been thinking a lot lately about what animals every homestead beginner should learn to raise. The one that sits firmly at…

This week on the farm, we got some meat chickens. And boy, we have already learned so many things NOT to do. The…

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