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Welcome to the second post in the series "Incubating Chicken Eggs"! This three post series is designed to help you…
Chickens are often considered the gateway animal to homesteading. However, just because they are one of the smallest livestock animals…
What’s your biggest on-going chicken keeping expense? If I could hazard a guess, I would say it’s buying feed for…
Egg eating can become a real bahviour problem once a hen aquires a taste for her own eggs. While egg…
I love diving into a new poultry book and seeing what helpful nuggets I can dig out to apply to…
Living sustainably is one of the goals on the homestead, and one way to do that is to be wise…
Chicks can be resilient, but given their small size, they are more vulnerable to health issues and disease. Keeping your…
Chicken knowledge is my specialty, and I love reading and learning anything I can about these unique homestead creatures! Over…
Chickens are on their feet all day. Even when they roost, perch or relax, they are still on their feet!…
A chicken's diet is essential for keeping it healthy and productive. Sudden diet changes can be hard for your homestead…
Any kind of poultry parasite is annoying, but I have found that northern fowl mites are terribly persistent little buggers…
Just like chickens are the gateway animal for raising homestead livestock, I feel like herbs are the gateway plants for…