How to Feed Chickens for Free
How to Feed Chickens for Free NOTE: This information is intended for keeping layer flocks (not meat chickens). There are lots of …
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6 Steps to a More Sustainable Homestead (Premium)
6 Steps to a More Sustainable Homestead Sustainability is big. Anytime sustainable agriculture is implemented it is beneficial to us all. Sustainability …
Raising Small Livestock – Great Animals for Smaller Homesteads (or those just starting)
Great Animals for Smaller Homesteads When you first get started raising animals, smaller is probably better. You could start with a cow, …
How to Get a Hen to Hatch Eggs (Premium)
How to Get a Hen to Hatch Eggs It should be simple. Right? Chickens were made to sit on eggs. How hard …
Why You Should Let Your Hen Go Broody
Why You Should Let Your Hen Go Broody If one of your hens goes broody – don’t brush her off the eggs …
How to Stop a Dog from Killing Chickens (Premium)
How to Stop a Dog from Killing Chickens This post is going to get some of your britches in a wad. Others …
A Peek Behind the Scenes (March ’18) – This Isn’t Chicken (Premium)
What a week I've had. If you've missed it - DH had shoulder surgery on Thursday of last week and has been …
How to Sex a Chick – 2 Ways – with video (premium)
How to Sex a Chick A chicken chick that is. It's baby cheep time!!!! There are tiny balls of fluff at every …
5 Fence Options for Livestock (Premium)
A Look at 5 Fence Options for Livestock. When it comes to keeping in livestock, there are many fence choices. Some of …
Surviving Homesteading (Premium)
Surviving Homesteading Are you dreaming of rolling pastures, fresh eggs and bushels of heirloom tomatoes? Do you want to grow your own …
How to Move a Chicken Coop or Small Building – Video (Premium)
A family of foxes found our chickens a while ago. Since we couldn't get foxes to move off our farm we decided …
Chicken-Foot Ring Toss (Premium)
Chicken Foot Ring Toss We murder chickens. They are broiler chickens and their purpose in life is to be my food, so …
Chicken Advice No One Tells You
I have all sorts of random chicken advice. It’s the kind of advice that no one tells you in the books or …
What Killed the Chicken?
If you keep chickens long enough, you will eventually find yourself scratching your head asking this question: “What Killed the Chicken?” It …
Getting the Farm Ready for Winter
Getting the Farm Ready for Winter Winter is coming…. It’s Kentucky. This means that today it’s summer and tomorrow it will be …