Fall is finally here! A time of harvest, a time of leaves changing, and a time for pumpkins! From baking to carving to decorating, pumpkins are everywhere. Did you know that pumpkins are also a beneficial treat for chickens? Pumpkins are a food that chickens will love and will help keep them healthy. Healthy chickens are happy chickens. You can
Read moreMany homesteaders and small farm owners like to raise their own meat chickens, turkeys, ducks and other poultry in order to provide wholesome, fresh food for their own use. Let’s discuss the options that currently exist for what happens at the end of the growing time: processing. Different rules apply to those wishing to sell birds to customers. If that
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Keeping backyard chickens is more popular today than ever, and a part of owning chickens is knowing how to keep them healthy. Many backyard flock owners use apple cider vinegar (ACV) to help maintain their chickens’ health. Let’s look into the pros and cons in this popular home remedy. Apple cider vinegar has long been known to provide many health
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With the recent surge in awareness of how our food reaches our grocery stores and ultimately our tables, many of us choose to raise our own poultry. Today I want to share my learning curve with raising the Jumbo White Cornish Cross broiler from Meyer Hatchery. I’ve been raising White Broilers for approximately 6 years. Over that time, I’ve learned
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There’s no denying it. If you own chickens, you must figure out a way to deal with the droppings that build up inside of the coop. The Deep Litter Method is a great approach to this that not only cuts down on time and labor but incorporates well with your garden and homestead. The deep litter method is basically an “in-coop”
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Guinea fowl are some of the most quirky backyard birds you can own. Guineas make excellent bug and snake control and will sound an alarm for your flock when there is danger. They are also super entertaining to watch, especially in the spring when the males perform their mating rituals to win over the hens in the flock. First, let’s
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Whether you are a beekeeper interested in adding chickens, ducks, geese, guineas or other poultry to your homestead, or you are a poultry enthusiast interested in beekeeping, you might have a lot of questions whether or not it is possible. Will the bees sting my chickens? Will my poultry bother my beehives? Is it safe to let my bird’s free range
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