Bringing Home Goats I’ve wanted goats forever…ok, for several years anyway. But it just seemed like they would need a lot of space and hubby wasn’t too keen on having goats on our one acre property (understatement of the year!). However, I’ve had quite a few goat people tell me…
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Incubator Review Update
Read my Hova Bator 1602N Review. Incubator Review I recently received a Hova Bator 1602N to review for Incubator Warehouse. I loaded the incubator with 26 chicken eggs gathered during a very cold February. The incubator worked perfectly and kept the temperature even for the eggs at the sides. The…
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20 Warning Signs You’re a Seed Junkie
20 Warning Signs You are a Seed Junkie... funny look at those of us who collect too many seeds and ideas for cutting back.
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Hova Bator 1602N Incubator Review
Hova Bator 1602N Incubator I recently received a Hova Bator 1602N Incubator to review for Incubator Warehouse, a hatching supply company based in Idaho. This model comes with a Gentle Flow fan kit for even heating, and a wafer snap thermostat. A guide to using the incubator is included, with…
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How to Hatch Chicks in an Incubator
How to Hatch Chicks With An Incubator If you would like to hatch chicks in an incubator at home, you’re not alone! Many backyard chicken keepers are interested in hatching fertile eggs from their own flock or from a friend’s hens. There are plenty of reasons to hatch your own…
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How to Care for Day-Old Chicks
How to Care for Day Old Chicks - Your Complete Guide to Caring for Chicks from Day One!
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12 Ways to Save Money on Chicken Feed
Are you looking for ways to reduce your chicken feed bill? Tired of paying a lot more for home-raised eggs than for storebought? Tips to save $ on feed!
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Confessions of a Former Rabbit Killer
Confessions of a Former Rabbit Killer Hi. My name is Lisa and I’m a former rabbit killer. For the record, I never enjoyed killing cute little bunnies, quite the opposite. I did it because I felt I needed to. It has been several years since I last killed rabbits. Why…
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Sprouting Wheat For Chicken Feed
For an inexpensive source of wheat berries or other sprouting seeds, check into Starting a Buying Club. Sprouting Seeds and Growing Fodder I’ve read quite a bit about growing fodder for your livestock over the last year or so. It sounds like a great idea to give them some green…
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Bringing Home Heritage Turkeys
For more information, check out my post ‘How to Raise Turkeys.’ Raising Heritage Turkeys I’ve wanted to raise heritage turkeys since we move to our little homestead. Part of the reason is to increase our self sufficiency. In addition, I don’t like buying a bird that was raised in a…
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Pekin Ducks for Sustainable Meat Production
See also Raising Ducks for Meat & How to Butcher a Duck Raising Pekin Ducks For Sustainable Meat Production One of the reasons we homestead is to provide our own humanely raised poultry for the table. I began raising broiler chickens for meat and I like freezing them for winter. However,…
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How to Start the Best Seedlings Indoors for Your Garden
How to Start the Best Seedlings Indoors! Starting your own seeds indoors is a great way to b more self-reliant and save money on your garden! This project gives you control over the fertilizers, pesticides, and potting soil used. Starting from seeds also gives you a huge number of varieties…
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Butchering in Subzero Temperatures
Check out my posts ‘How to Cull Your Old Laying Hens’ and ‘Butchering An Injured Hen’ for more of my thoughts on butchering. Extreme Butchering Butchering animals in subzero temperatures is not an ideal situation. However, life doesn’t always work out the way we plan. Sometimes an animal is injured in the…
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How To Skin a Chicken or Other Poultry
See also How to Butcher a Chicken How To Skin a Chicken, or Any Other Poultry I recently shared an article, Should You Skin or Pluck Your Home Butchered Poultry, where I shared my thoughts on the pros and cons of each of these methods of processing. You may choose to…
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Should You Skin or Pluck Your Home Butchered Poultry?
For a complete tutorial, check out my post on How to Butcher a Chicken. Read my instructions on How to Skin a Chicken! Plucking Vs Skinning Your Poultry I’ve noticed that there are two camps when it comes to removing the feathers from your home butchered poultry. Some folks are adamant…
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How to Foster a Dog on the Homestead
Dogs on the Homestead Dogs can make a wonderful addition to your menagerie of homestead animals. However, an untrained dog on the homestead can spell disaster for your livestock. Poultry and rabbits are especially prone to attacks by dogs that haven’t learned to respect their boundaries. Some breeds are especially…