by Jen Kibler | Jul 1, 2019 | Coops, Runs, and Outdoor Spaces, Homestead, Poultry, Tales from the Coop
Farmstead Brooding: The Extreme Edition In this Coop Tour, Amanda and Marie from the Meyer Hatchery Customer Service Remote Team show us Marie’s Extreme Edition Farmstead Brooding inside a high tunnel. Marie sells eggs at two Farmer’s Markets in the summer, so she... by Elizabeth F | Jun 10, 2019 | Coops, Runs, and Outdoor Spaces
Chicken Keeping on a Budget It’s no secret that raising your chickens, whether for eggs, meat or both, can be an expensive undertaking. Some of us may have started our chicken-keeping adventure with the thought of saving money on grocery store eggs and/or meat but... 
by Jen Kibler | May 27, 2019 | Coops, Runs, and Outdoor Spaces, Homestead, Poultry Health & Wellness
Uses for Diatomaceous Earth On The Homestead Diatomaceous Earth (DE) is a fine powder made of the fossil remains of diatoms which are single-celled algae with a cell wall made of silica. That’s the long way of saying, DE is a must have on your homestead! Diatomaceous... 
by Jen Kibler | May 20, 2019 | Coops, Runs, and Outdoor Spaces
Gardening With Your Chickens Gardening and chickens go together as well as peanut butter and jelly! Chances are if you’re into raising chickens, you probably also have a green thumb, or maybe you at least want to have a green thumb but maybe haven’t had much luck... 
by Jen Kibler | Apr 22, 2019 | Coops, Runs, and Outdoor Spaces
How to Turn a Horse Stall Into a Chicken Coop Chicken coops can come in all shapes and sizes. In our Coop Tour series, we have shown you chicken tractors, using a high tunnel for a farmstead brooder, and how to predator proof your coop. In this post, we are going to... 
by Jen Kibler | Apr 1, 2019 | Coops, Runs, and Outdoor Spaces, Poultry, Turkeys
Heritage Turkeys and a Coop Tour In this coop tour, Amanda and Sarah from the Customer Service Remote Team are at Sarah’s farm to show you their new heritage turkey poults and give you a tour of Sarah’s coops. Since there is a minimum of 20 on heritage turkeys, Amanda...