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Can You Eat Emu Meat? What Does it Taste Like?
19 Things to Feed Your Mallard Ducks
13 Clever Tips to Make Your Generator Quiet as a Cricket
Can You Safely Eat a Fertilized Chicken Egg?
The Swedish Blue Duck Breed for Homesteaders
How Much Do Emu Eggs Cost? Why So Expensive?
9 Tips to Keep Your Ducks from Flying Away
10 Good Reasons Why Hens Stop Laying Eggs
Chickens Articles
Training Chickens to Come When Called (and More)
My free-range flock was at it again. They left the cozy acreage of our farm,…
How to Secure Your Chicken Coop to Keep Your Flock Safe
Although raising chickens is one of the easiest ways to get started with livestock, the…
How Well Can Chickens Hear?
Chickens, like most birds, have good senses that they rely on to make sense of…
The 9 Types of Combs that Chickens Have
Chickens might be taken for granted most of the time, but if you have a…
Why Do Chickens Sneeze?
Animals can be more like people than you might think. They seem to have a…
The Do’s and Don’ts of Winterizing Chickens
Winter can be a particularly hard time to keep chickens. During the cold months, I…
Homesteading
29 Dangerous Homesteading Practices
Have you ever wanted to just drop everything, and stop relying on other people and…
10 Reasons You’ll Enjoy Homesteading
Are you trying to figure out if homesteading is right for you? While there’s no…
65 Juicy Homesteading Tips and Tricks
Whether you are a new homesteader, old – sorry, experienced – homesteader, or wannabe homesteader,…
45 Chores and Activities Homesteaders Do During the Winter
I always look forward to the winter months. It’s not necessarily because I love winter…
So, How Much Does it Cost to Set Up a Hand Pump Well?
For those homesteaders who want to be totally self-sufficient, a well is a must. But…
16 Ways to Protect your Homestead from the Bad Guys
Life is full of surprises and not all those surprises are of the pleasant sort….
Goats
Can Goats Eat Asparagus? Is It Safe?
Goats need a variety of foods to stay healthy and well-nourished. They need a balanced…
Can Goats Eat Chicken Feed? Is it Safe?
If you live on a busy farm or homestead with lots of different livestock, I’ll…
Making a Milking Stand for Goats
We had a make shift milking stand for our goat until my hubby decided that…
10 Things I Wish I Had Known before Getting Goats
We jumped in without even looking, really. We spent nearly 20 minutes on research, and…
So, How Much Hay Can (Or Should) a Goat Eat?
Goats are known as picky or adventurous eaters by turns, and since they are browsers…
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…