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Chicken
When We See a Chicken Do THIS… WE KILL IT
LIVE SHOW ON FRIDAY ABOUT FARM FENCING… But first… This fall we were getting ZERO eggs from our large flock of chickens. It is normal for egg production to slow in the fall, but not to go to ZERO. So we started paying closer attention to our birds, and noticed we had an EGG EATER! […]
STOP BUYING CHICKEN
YOU DON’T HAVE TO BUY CHICKEN ANYMORE. I think 90ish Percent of you reading this could ABSOLUTELY raise your own meat chickens, and many of you could raise enough to stop buying chicken form the grocery store. For the last decade my family has not needed to purchase meat from the supermarket. Between hunting, fishing, […]
What Livestock Should I Raise and How Many?
You have your land, beautiful grass growing, and even some fencing up, and now you find yourself asking the question all new homesteaders ask – What livestock should I raise? If you want to be as self sufficient as possible, producing your own families food with as few outside inputs as possible we are going […]
SIMPLE WAY To SAVE MONEY On Chicken FEED, Pig, Cow or Any Other Feed This Year
One of the biggest expenses on a homestead is the feed bill. Every animal on the homestead needs some sort of feed supplement (maybe with the exception of sheep) and most of the animals will get the bulk of their food from purchased feed. Any way you can save money on your chicken feed bill […]
Raising Meat Chickens: The Gateway Animal to Raising Your Own Meat
Meat Chickens are a great gateway animal into raising your own meat and becoming, overall, more sustainable. On this episode of Homesteady, we revisit chicken ownership. As we examine homestead chickens closer, we have to wonder: are chickens a “gateway animal?” Does buying chickens lead to more chickens, then to pigs, goats, sheep, and even […]
