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Chickens Articles
How To Raise Chickens For Meat On The Homestead
Raising chickens for meat, either as broilers or roaster chickens is one way to be…
Can Chickens Eat Lemons? Is it Safe?
When it comes to fruit, it is no secret that chickens can eat pretty much…
What’s the Global Chicken Population? How Many are There?
It doesn’t take much in the way of imagination or research to learn that chickens…
7 Reasons Why Chickens are the Easiest Livestock to Raise
If you just started homesteading, no doubt you are wondering what kind of livestock you…
How To Get Ready for Chicks
Spring is on the way, and with it, new life on the homesteads. There are…
Is Brooding Good or Bad for My Chickens?
If you aren’t familiar with the ins and outs of keeping chickens, you have still…
Homesteading
Raising Beef Cattle: The Complete Guide
Beef is one of the most popular meats consumed in the United States, if not…
29 Dangerous Homesteading Practices
Have you ever wanted to just drop everything, and stop relying on other people and…
So, What Is a Root Cellar?
Wouldn’t it be great if you could grow enough food to sustain you throughout the…
Maintaining Temperature and Humidity Inside Your Greenhouse
To understand the need for temperature and humidity control in your greenhouse, there are a…
Where is Feeding Mealworms to Chickens Illegal?
When it comes to feeding our chickens, insects make some of the best food around…
Top 10 Pet Birds to Breed for Profit
I am an avid bird lover. My brothers and I grew up breeding budgies, finches,…
Goats
Why Do Goats Wear Bells?
Have you ever wondered why goats wear bells? Is it just for decoration? You never…
7 Solid Fencing Ideas for Your Goats
Ask anyone who has kept goats for any length of time and they will likely…
Can Goats Eat Kale? Is it Safe?
Goats eat all sorts of leafy vegetables and other plants, and that includes many of…
Can Goats Eat Corn? Is It Safe?
Goats love to browse for their food, and this is very important to their overall…
Nigerian Dwarf Goats: How to Raise Them on the Homestead
All livestock species have advantages and disadvantages for homesteaders. Looking at goats, they tend to…
Can Goats Eat Gourds? Is it Safe?
Although the old popular conception that goats are literal eating machines that can eat absolutely…