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Chickens Articles
18 Fancy Blue Chicken Breeds To Consider
Blue chickens are the most extravagant, fancy chickens you will ever see. The funny thing…
Toes in Chickens: How Many is Too Many?
If you’re a chicken keeper, it pays to get acquainted with your birds. You need…
Can Chickens Really Fly?
There is a lot of debate surrounding whether or not chickens can actually fly. Some…
Can Chickens Eat Moss? Is it Safe?
When you let your chickens roam where they will, it never fails that you’ll see…
Can Chickens Eat Marigolds? Is it Safe?
I don’t know about you, but for me, one of the greatest pleasures about owning…
Chickens Inbreeding, Line Breeding, and Outbreeding – What You Should Know
If you want to increase your flock size without having genetic challenges that have a…
Homesteading
16 Ways to Protect your Homestead from the Bad Guys
Life is full of surprises and not all those surprises are of the pleasant sort….
Exactly How Many Gallons Are There in a 24 Pack of Water?
If you are anything like me, you appreciate a good bargain. However, it’s not only…
21 Homesteading Resources (PDFs, Books, and More)
The very best thing about living in our era is that the sum total of…
The Best Hand Pumps for Your Well (Deep or Shallow)
The first real sign that winter hit at my house was a day like any…
10 Chores to Never Let Young Children Do on the Homestead
“Do your chores!” These are words that I heard frequently as a kid, and it…
10 Things Homesteaders Always Get Wrong
Homesteading is not the idealistic, blissful lifestyle that magazines and news articles make it out…
Goats
Why Do Goats Faint? What’s Happening?
If you’ve been on the internet, and I mean ever, I have no doubt you’ve…
DIY Goat Fencing from A to Z
If you’ve never kept goats before, you’re probably in for a bit of a rude…
Can Goats Eat Carrots? Is It Safe?
There are few things cuter than the antics of goats. They love to goof around…
Can Goats Eat Peanut Butter? Is it Safe?
For the people who’ve never owned goats before, they probably think of goats as eating…
Can Goats Eat Raisins? Is it Safe?
Goats are fairly infamous for developing a sweet tooth if you let them. Giving them…
So, How Much Hay Can (Or Should) a Goat Eat?
Goats are known as picky or adventurous eaters by turns, and since they are browsers…