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Chickens Articles
Can Chickens Eat Strawberries? Is it Safe?
It’s hard to imagine any piece of fruit that is more perfect and more appealing…
Can Chickens Eat French Fries? Is it Safe?
I cannot honestly say that I know a single person that owns chickens, be they…
How to Harvest a Chicken Humanely
The chickens that are shown in this video were given the best life possible, from…
Can Chickens Eat Honey? Is it Safe?
Do you ever wonder who had the first taste of honey ever? It’s a funny…
Chicken Coop Ventilation Done Right
When you’re building or buying a chicken coop, there are all kinds of features you’ll…
How Many Chickens Can Fit in a Tractor?
The chicken tractor is a wooden or PVC enclosure that is meant to serve as…
Homesteading
18 Tips to Survive a Produce Auction
Have you ever gone to a produce auction? If not, you are in for a…
How to Homeschool Your Children If They Have Special Needs
I have a very passionate, personal motivation for enriching the lives of people living with…
The Homesteader’s Guide to Greywater
While any person can survive without eating for three or four weeks before any serious…
21 Sawdust Uses Around the Home and Homestead
Around the homestead, we use sawdust for many purposes, both inside and outside. As we…
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…
Top 10 Pet Birds to Breed for Profit
I am an avid bird lover. My brothers and I grew up breeding budgies, finches,…
Goats
26 Veggies Goats Can Eat that Are Perfectly Safe (PDF)
Contrary to popular belief, goats cannot eat garbage. While these curious creatures may be seen…
Can Goats Eat Celery? Is It Safe?
Goats need a mixture of grasses, leaves, roots, hay, bark, and grains to stay healthy…
Can Goats Eat Broccoli? Is it Safe?
If you haven’t spent much time around goats, you probably think they eat absolutely anything…
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 Pine Needles? Is it Safe?
Ask anybody who’s kept goats for a long time and they will tell you that,…