Repost to answer a few questions and a need for the season 🙂 We love our local feed mill and purchase chicks through them almost yearly. Chicks are healthy, strong and beautiful! However, we wanted a few specific breeds because to be honest, I LOVE them! I am addicted to all those cute pesky birds… Continue reading Mail Order Chicks!
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Chicken Math
Warm sunny days, muddy pens and beautiful sunrises give the itch year after year! Do you have it yet? Thankfully, the good Lord reminds me each year, that means at least 2 weeks before I begin starting those indoor plants. So, I par ooze through the seed catalogs again for any last-minute additions or jumps… Continue reading Chicken Math
Chicken Breeds
What breed of chickens should I buy? Photo by Todd Trapani on Pexels.com By far, chickens are our favorite critter to have on our homestead. Many people believe you need many acres to raise your own food, grow your own vegetables and preserve high quality food and herbs. That is simply NOT true! One of… Continue reading Chicken Breeds
Roosters
Photo by Erik Karits on Pexels.com Roosters, Do I Need One? In short, no. If you are just raising chickens to produce eggs for the table or raise birds to be meat, a rooster is NOT needed. But aren't they beautiful? Photo by A. Aitar on Pexels.com Why should I get a rooster? Roosters are… Continue reading Roosters
Get Your Own EGGS! (Part 2 of 2)
Photo by Kaboompics .com on Pexels.com PART 2: THE CHICKEN COOP OR HEN HOUSE Now that you are set on a size of chickens or maybe you even purchased your chicks already… Photo by Quang Nguyen Vinh on Pexels.com you enjoy them and live happily ever after. LOL. Not really, like any critter a plan… Continue reading Get Your Own EGGS! (Part 2 of 2)
Mail Order Chicks!
We love our local feed mill and purchase chicks through them almost yearly. Chicks are healthy, strong and beautiful! However, we wanted a few specific breeds because to be honest, I LOVE them! I am addicted to all those cute pesky birds and would love a few of many different kinds. So where can you… Continue reading Mail Order Chicks!
Get your own EGGS!!
Getting Started Photo by Pixabay on Pexels.com Overflowing with excitement, I cannot contain the fact that it’s chick season!!! I do believe chickens are the favorite “farm animal” amongst our children and our home. Do not get me wrong, all the animals are important, good companions or intrigue us with their fascinating behaviors. Yet, chick… Continue reading Get your own EGGS!!
Preparing to Homestead in 10 Steps
Photo by Pixabay on Pexels.com Homestead is a fancy word for a home. A dwelling with its land and buildings, where family makes it a home. A settlement. An acquired place to raise our family. Recently, the term “homestead” has been sweeping over the self sufficient crowd. Honing in on classifying a group of “farmers”… Continue reading Preparing to Homestead in 10 Steps
Keeping Chickens: A Beginners Guide!
Photo by Dawood Javed on Pexels.com Raising chickens is by far one of the easiest and most inexpensive hobbies one could acquire. In doing so, you would be providing a long lasting benefit of bug eaters, compost producers and edible eggs. (Or as my boys tactfully say- fresh butt nuggets AKA eggs.) Rasining chickens is… Continue reading Keeping Chickens: A Beginners Guide!
Eggs, eggs, eggs…
Photo by Suzy Hazelwood on Pexels.com As a tribute to the girls, February is Chicken sensation and creation month! LOL. In actuality, June 3rd is national egg day and July 6th is national chicken day. Photo by Nicholas Githiri on Pexels.com However, right around this time of year, chickens around the world begin to pick… Continue reading Eggs, eggs, eggs…