Most of the time, baby goats are born to a doe that loves them and will care for them enough to feed them, but that doesn’t always happen. Sometimes, sadly, the mom, for whatever reason, won’t be able to take care of her little ones, and that means you’ll have to swoop in and save […]
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Every homesteader knows that a big part of taking care of animals, any animals, is cleaning up after them. That is certainly the case for chickens… Despite being very small and space-efficient, and very cheap, chickens can make one hell of a mess, and a big part of that mess is their poop. Chickens poop
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Deciding to bring any animal onto your homestead is always a big one. There’s a lot to think about, and a lot to prepare for. And of course, there’s no small amount of excitement! Even though they are a lot of work, animals are a whole lot of fun, and some of them are super
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The more commonplace anything is, the more likely we are to take it for granted. It can be food, art, and even animals. Especially animals! Livestock species like chickens are so commonplace that they barely get any attention and admiration as the amazing creatures that they are. In reality, chickens really are fascinating, inside and
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There is hardly anything better than a perfectly ripe, firm, and juicy plum. I know peaches tend to get all the glory, but when it comes to pure flavor, plums cannot be beaten. And whether you’re harvesting your own, bringing some in from the farmers’ market, or hauling in a carton from your local grocery
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If you’ve owned a flock of chickens for any length of time, it will only be a little while before you start learning chicken math and then making additions to your flock. Pretty soon, a small backyard flock becomes six, then 10, then 15, and then who knows how many after that… Chickens just take
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With chickens, little squabbles over pecking order happen, but it’s usually nothing to get alarmed over. Yes, sometimes roosters will fight each other to establish dominance, but that’s just the way it is. But sometimes a chicken starts pecking at another and it won’t stop. It keeps on and on. And meanwhile, the victimized bird
Cannibalism in Chickens: Causes and How to Fix It Read More »
When it comes to livestock, and that includes our chickens too, there’s always more to learn. Just when you think you have it all figured out or you know everything that you need to know, something comes up that will leave you scratching your head. One of these essential topics happens to be the digestive
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You might have heard it said before that everything likes the taste of chicken. And I’ll tell you what, that old assertion is absolutely true! Pretty much every single carnivorous critter on this Earth can and will eat chickens under the right circumstances. Chickens aren’t at the very bottom of the food chain, but by
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Interest in homesteading among Americans is surging. And that’s no wonder at all: with a skyrocketing and stagnant real estate market, increasing civil uncertainty, and an economy that looks like it’s circling the drain, more folks want to get back to a simpler way of living that is more affordable and also more fulfilling. But
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