Carrots are among the most ubiquitous vegetables out there: they’re featured prominently in our own food, and also as food for various species of livestock. Chickens are among the most varied and adventurous eaters that you’re likely to find on a farm or homestead, but even they cannot eat everything. But how about carrots? Is …
It’s hard to imagine any piece of fruit that is more perfect and more appealing than a ripe, juicy strawberry. Enjoyed all around the world and appearing in countless desserts, strawberries are one of the world’s most popular fruits. That’s all well and good, but what we need to know today is if our chickens …
There is hardly anything more wonderful than a piece of perfectly ripe fruit. The only downside is you have such precious little time to enjoy it before it spoils…. but, if you freeze your fruit you’ll have many extra months in which to eat it. This is perfect for maximizing the returns on your own …
There are days when it seems like there isn’t anything our chickens won’t eat. They’ll eat anything we can give them, everything they can catch in the yard, and every plant they can reach, including those perennials we worked so hard on. Oh well, at least it is nice to know they are getting a …
If you know anything at all about chickens, you know that their wild ancestors, the red jungle fowl, had a highly varied diet. Furthermore, our own chickens will eat all sorts of things if you let them free-range. The trick is that chickens can’t eat everything just because it grows in nature, and some things …
Raisins are a staple food throughout North America and elsewhere in the world. Simple, wholesome, sweet, and as useful in recipes as they are as a standalone snack. Raisins have a lot going for them. Raisins also make for pretty good survival food, both as carried rations and as long shelf life fare at home. …
If there’s one thing you can count on your chickens to eat, it’s vegetables. Left to forage on their own, there are all sorts of plants out in the wild, or just around your property, that your birds will nibble on. Every chicken keeper that also has a garden knows the frustration, even anger that …
One of the most enjoyable parts about owning chickens is seeing how they react to different foods that you give them. Sometimes they’ll turn their beak up, other times they will dig in with relish, and eagerly look forward to the next treat. Chickens can eat most whole fruits and vegetables, but not all. What …
Have you ever wondered why goats wear bells? Is it just for decoration? You never see goats on TV or hardly ever in life without those jangly little bells on their collars. There has got to be a very practical reason behind it. So what’s the real reason? Why do goats wear bells? Goats wear …
Sometimes having comfort food on hand can make all the difference in your mental game during a crisis. But most “luxury” treats don’t really fit into a long-term storage plan too well. Take ice cream for instance. No refrigeration, no ice cream, right? Not so fast. We all know that ice cream is made mostly …
