Getting Hoovers Hatchery Mail-Order Chicks for Eggs & Meat
When we first started keeping chickens we usually stopped by a local feed store and picked up a handful of baby chicks from the cheeping-fluff-filled cages in the back corner. It didn’t take us long to...
View ArticleWood Ash For Mite-Free Hens
Using DE (Diatomaceous Earth) for mite prevention on your chickens sounds like a good thing, right? After all, it’s a natural substance and it seems innocuous to anything else. But did you know that it...
View ArticleA Predator-Free Chicken Coop
When building a chicken coop, you have to think about keeping your chickens safe, right? The little darlings are greatly desired by predators like racoons that will sometimes go to great lengths to get...
View ArticleHow to Make Money Raising Chickens at Home
You know there is nothing like naturally grown, organic eggs and chicken meat fresh from your own backyard in terms of taste and quality. This could actually be your marketing pitch when you begin...
View ArticleThe Modern Homesteader’s Guide to Keeping Geese Book Launch and Giveaway
I’ve kept chickens and turkey and now quail, but I had never kept geese before. So I was so excited to get a chance to review The Modern Homesteader’s Guide to Keeping Geese by Kirsten Lie-Nielson...
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