Raise ducks on pasture to provide nutrient-dense eggs and meat for your table. Ducks are healthier when allowed to graze on pasture!
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How to Choose the Best Cold Tolerant Chickens
Choose the best cold tolerant chicken breeds for your homestead! Here's your list of heritage chicken breeds that can handle cold weather and still lay eggs!
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How to Safely Heat Your Chick Brooder
Safely heat your chick brooder with one of these alternatives to heat lamps. If you need to use heat lamps, here is how to do as safely as possible.
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How to Grow Chicken Fodder for Your Flock
Grow chicken fodder for your flock! Supply your chickens with greens in winter or when they don't have access to grass will keep them healthy and happy.
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How to Choose the Best Broody Hens for a Self Reliant Flock
Keep a broody hen or 2 to hatch and raise their own chicks! Here are the best broody hen breeds so she can hatch out eggs for you!
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Best Guide to Raising Eco-Friendly Chickens
Raising chickens instead of buying eggs is a great way to live more sustainably. Here's how you can do even better and raise eco-friendly chickens!
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How to Get Rid of Unwanted Roosters
Do you have unwanted roosters? Too many roosters? Here are some suggestions for dealing with roosters that you can't keep!
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How to Keep Chickens Cool in the Heat and Collect Eggs All Summer
When summers heat up it is important to keep chickens cool so they will be healthy, happy, and productive! Keep the eggs coming all summer with these tips!
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Why Your Chickens Don’t Lay Eggs
Wondering why your chickens don't lay eggs? Here is a list of common reasons that hens may not lay eggs.
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How to Treat Pasty Butt in Baby Chicks
Pasty Butt in baby chicks isn't a fun topic to discuss. However, it is important to address this life-threatening condition before it's too late!
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Do You Want to Keep Ducks?
Raising ducks and having duck eggs is a fun homesteading project! I've had a number of duck breeds for eggs and meat over the years. Learn from my experience!
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Using Our Farm Fresh Eggs
Farm fresh eggs are one of my favorite parts of living on a homestead. Here are some ideas for using your fresh eggs on the homestead!
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Do White Leghorns Go Broody?
Do White Leghorns go broody and raise chicks? This breed has been selected for egg production, but some hens revert back to old instincts.
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Do Turkeys Eat Weeds & Forage For Free Food?
Do Turkeys Eat Weeds? If you are wondering, ‘Do turkeys eat weeds?’ I’m here to help. Yes! Turkeys do eat weeds! Our young Broadbreasted turkeys (2 1/2 months old) love to forage for wild greens in their pen. I recently increased the size of their pasture so they could graze…
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Outbreak of Newcastle Virus A Threat to Backyard Chickens
Virulent Newcastle Disease Detected in USA Backyard chicken flocks in California recently tested positive for virulent Newcastle Disease (vND). This is the first outbreak of vND in the US since 2002-2003 when more than 3.5 million commercially raised birds were affected. Containing the outbreak cost US tax payers over $180…
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How To Save Money On Chick Starter Feed
How To Save Money On Chick Starter Feed Saving money on chick feed is an important part of raising an efficient flock of laying hens. Are you tired of spending more money feeding your flock than you would spend on eggs at the store? I’ve been there! I took a…
