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Livestock & husbandry; using natural, traditional practices in order to create a chemical free barnyard.
Here are 5 tips to help make purchasing your family milk cow a good experience. A family cow is a significant investment; ensure you walk away from the sale feeling confident with your purchase. The decision has been made, and you will bring home your first milk cow. But I want to be the first…
Learn how to keep outdoor rabbits cool during the warmer months. Here are 10 tips to keeping rabbits cool throughout the summer. Prior to moving to Tennessee we rarely worried about how to keep our outdoor rabbits cool during the summer months. Our Pacific Northwest homestead in the mountains provided our rabbitry enough shade and…
Backyard rabbit farming is on the rise, and quite sustainable for those seeking to own their food source. Here are 13 key tips to raising rabbits for meat whether you reside in town or out in the country. The incorporation of meat rabbits onto the homestead was a rather easy decision for us. In fact,…
Choosing a good meat rabbit breed is key to ensuring a good meat to bone ratio is achieved. There are 14 rabbit breeds that are ideal for both meat and fur, and are excellent mothers which birth an abundance of kits. When we first began our homesteading journey it was quite simple – a few…
To ensure your poultry flock is healthy learn which 10 immune boosting herbs and supplements ensure healthy chickens and other poultry. I think it’s no surprise that I run a natural, chemical free property. Stemming from how we grow food, clean our home, and more importantly, how we naturally treat and boost the immune system…
Easy to make DIY suet blocks are an excellent source of protein for molting season. This quick, and healthy, recipe for making homemade suet cakes for chickens is perfect. Not to mention, an ideal treat to feed molting chickens and other poultry during this time of the year. I can remember the first year my…
Wondering what to feed geese? Learn about selecting the best goose feed option and the appropriate protein level required. Also, feeding geese treats is not necessary, however, healthy treats are beneficial to their diet. Discovering what geese eat will keep your flock healthy for years to come. It is stated that chickens are the gateway…
Poultry processing equipment makes butchering chickens and other domestic birds easier. The supplies for butchering will vary, however, these 8 tools for butchering chickens, turkeys, and waterfowl easily cut the processing time to half. Processing livestock will leave you full of emotions, drained, and thankful. The ability to raise and humanely dispatch chickens, turkeys, waterfowl…
15 tips for raising waterfowl, ducks and geese, which all poultry keepers should know. Discover everything necessary about raising waterfowl prior to adding them onto the property. Make keeping waterfowl enjoyable by setting yourself up for success and being prepared for this amazing poultry breed. Keeping waterfowl is extremely enjoyable. The wiggly waterfowl tails, the…
A pool for ducks serves many purposes. Though a duck’s paradise consists of a basic necessities; coop, water, and feeding station. The duck pool is ideal, though not necessary, for preening, minimizing mites and lice, and providing hours of enjoyment for your flock of waterfowl. Constructing a duck’s paradise will consist of a few basic…