Can you make money selling farm fresh chicken eggs? Many homesteaders and small scale farmers try to make money raising chickens, and many find out that it is not easy. It took us 5 years to come up with a plan that could actually make farm fresh eggs a profitable enterprise at our farm… In […]
Chicken
How to get your chickens to lay eggs all winter (extended version)
The Wrong Reason To Get Chickens (and 3 right ones..)
One of the biggest mistakes homesteaders make is to purchase a flock of chickens to save them money. Saving money by raising your own flock of chickens is almost impossible! If you don’t believe me, just listen to the Egg Laying Chicken episode of our podcast. Accountant Mike gives egg layers a big thumbs down. […]
3 Big F’s on why you NEED to start a farm NOW
Easy… This is a G rated blog… PG during the breeding season. These just happen to start with F. The 3 F Reasons you should start a backyard farm 1. Fun- You know you want to live at a petting zoo… Raising chicks makes you feel like you’re back in second grade. Watching baby goats […]
How To Butcher Chicken Cheap!
Farming is Expensive. There’s the land to pay for, the feed, the tractors, equipment, and of course… the goats to buy! So any way I can replace an expensive piece of equipment with something less expensive but still functional… Here are 5 Tools you need come Chicken Butcher Day and my Bootstrap Butcher Replacement tool that […]
Harvest Season
Howdy all! There’s lots going on down at the farm this time of year! Our son has been out Gathering eggs as our hens have begun laying, the pigs are getting bigger every day, and the days of our free ranging meat birds grows short… Which means: Place your chicken orders now for the next […]
