Raising Turkeys For Beginners
Raising turkeys on the homestead is an easy way to provide meat for your family. Smart homesteaders raise a variety of poultry and animals on …
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5 Best Farm Animals To Raise When You’re Starting Your Homestead
Raising farm animals can be intimidating when you’re first starting your homestead, but it doesn’t have to be. If you choose some of these best …
Dual Purpose Chickens (and Why You Should Raise Them)
Dual purpose chickens are the best chickens to raise for anyone who wants to be more self sufficient. We mostly raise dual purpose chickens, but …
Controlling Odors In The Chicken Coop
Chickens can be stinky, smelly creatures. There, I said it. I love my chickens, but they can smell bad if not properly cared for. If …
How To Keep Your Chickens Laying In Winter
If you’ve had chickens before, you know how it goes. You feed them, give them treats, hold them, and love them, but sometimes they are …
Treating Chicken Lice and Mites
I remember it like it was yesterday. I picked up my favorite hen for a few minutes, put her down, and felt a creepy crawly …
Deep Litter Method for Chickens
I love the deep litter method! What is the deep litter method, you ask? It is a way of turning old chicken litter into deep, …
Manure Management On The Homestead
If you have a homestead with animals, you probably have lots of manure to deal with. But what do you do with manure? Believe it …
Why You Should Consider Keeping A Rooster
By this time of year, even newbie chicken owners can distinguish all of their new spring chicks as hens or roosters. There are countless posts …
Raising A Years Supply Of Meat On The Farm
When we first moved to our little farm 3 years ago, our big goal was to raise as much of our own food as possible. …
