If you live on a farm or homestead and have thought about owning cows, one of the biggest motivators besides milk is the prospect of getting hundreds and hundreds of pounds of high quality beef for cheap. Or at least, cheaper than you can buy it at the grocery store! But the journey from beef
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When it comes to taking care of our animals, one of the very best things we can do for them is allow them to free range. Free-ranging is much closer to a natural life for them, and will improve many facets of any animal’s health, including its overall fitness and happiness. All of this certainly
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I cannot honestly say that I know a single person that owns chickens, be they pets or livestock, that has not given in to the urge to let them try a little bit of our own food. It’s easy to see why… Most people really want their birds to be happy, and since they are
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Anyone who has owned chickens for any length of time, especially on a busy farm or homestead with lots of other animals, knows that these feathered fiends are notorious for swiping food from other animals. A little hay from the horses, some pellets from the goats, and even food from your very own pets. Speaking
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Milk comes from cows, but does a cow need to be pregnant in order to produce milk in the first place? It seems like an obvious question, but when you think about it, most people just assume that milk comes out of female cows pretty much all the time. That’s what they are there for,
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When it comes to feeding chickens, you’ve probably noticed that they tend to be highly enthusiastic when it comes to fruit. After all, what could be better than a perfectly ripe, sweet and succulent piece of fruit? Not much, I say, and apparently most chickens agree with me judging by how quickly they devour the
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Chickens can eat all sorts of veggies, including many that we humans eat. And while a choice veggie here and there can be a great supplement to their usual diet, they can’t eat quite everything that we can or eat things the way that we usually prepare them. Let’s look at pickles. Pickles are just
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Do you ever wonder who had the first taste of honey ever? It’s a funny thing to think about, because who would ever think to eat something made by insects, and who could get past that swarming cloud of stingers anyway?! But when you think about chickens, it kind of makes sense that they could
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For most people, when we think of squashes we tend to think of decorations first before we think of food. Pumpkins and gourds are regular fixtures in all sorts of autumn decorations, while zucchinis and spaghetti squashes are two of the most commonly eaten varieties. But how about our chickens? Are squashes something that chickens
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If there’s one kind of food that is most commonly associated with chickens, and birds of all kinds, it is probably going to be seeds and nuts. Everyone knows that birds love both, that’s not in question, but have you ever stopped to think about whether or not some seeds or tree nuts in particular
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