Our Journey to a Self-Sufficient Lifestyle
Most backyard chicken keepers have run into this problem at least once. You purchase a dozen (supposed) sexed pullets from your local grain store and a few months down the line you start to realize that Henrietta is actually a Henry. Now what do you do? Keep him? Rehome him? Keeping a rooster is not …
We just returned from a short 3-day vacation to celebrate our 1 year wedding anniversary! While it was nice to sit back and relax on vacation, the amount of planning before we left was a bit stressful. As far as I know there are no boarding facilities for chickens so there is always a feeling …
Many homesteaders keep chickens for one obvious benefit – fresh eggs! But have you thought about other ways you can benefit from your backyard chickens? There is one commonly overlooked benefit to keeping chickens – Manure! One chicken will produce approximately 130 lbs of manure in one year. Chicken manure is rich in nitrogen which …
We take preparedness very serious on our homestead. When injury or illness strikes, we don’t want to be running back and forth to the feed store or trying to desperately order supplies online. Chickens are usually pretty hardy and easy keepers but there will be accidents and illnesses occasionally. I hope this first aid kit …