They’re all DEAD! Feathers are strewn everywhere blowing in the wind. That was my chicken coop one glorious morning. I’m sure that you have had experience that experience, too, at least once already. It is quite the shock coming out to check your animals, who, for all intents and purposes, were perfectly fine the night …
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So, you know you WANT chickens, how do know which one to pick? Homesteading is all about versatility and self-sustainability, and chickens are no exception. You don’t want to have to have meat chickens and egg layers; that’s double the space and double the feed. You need chickens who are both in the same little …
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Have you ever woken up at night sicker than a dog and not knowing if you could get to the bathroom quick enough? You run through the list of food you ate the day before knowing something you put in your mouth made you sick? There is only one thing worse, knowing you made someone …
When you think of homesteading cows immediately pop into your head, and with good reason. Cows produce milk and we all love what milk can provide! I mean even those of us who are lactose intolerant (maybe just me) love milk! Ice cream, cheese, did i mention ice cream! The point is we want the …
Every mistake is one way we learn how NOT to do something. I have to look at life like that (much to my mother’s dismay), otherwise, I’d have a pretty poor opinion of myself. I am a protectionist and will do something over and over until it suits me. Brian, well, is more of a …
Have you ever looked at your garden and felt like a failure? That’s exactly how I felt every season for the first five years. I could not get it right! I read tons of books, watched endless amounts of gardening TV. I listened to my mother, I stopped listening to my mother. NOTHING I did …