Raising meat birds, specifically Cornish Crosses, can significantly enhance homesteading. After transitioning from laying hens, the authors found raising these birds rewarding due to their rapid growth and excellent feed conversion. Despite initial apprehensions about butchering, they discovered the superior taste and quality of home-raised chicken, making the effort worthwhile.
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We have always had a love affair with fermenting things here on the homestead. It all started years ago with our first batch of pickles, and then moved on to sauerkraut, beer and most recently wine. The real draw for us is making things that you can’t buy in the store. A fresh batch of homemade kraut is unlike anything
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For as long as I can remember we grew a garden. Over the years the garden grew and grew. We now garden over 4000 square feet of land. But we never really had a homestead until the day we decided to add chickens to our property.  They say that chickens are a gateway animal and that once you have chickens
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Little wing is our resident rooster. For several years we have maintained a flock of laying hens. We had no desire to have a rooster and were quite happy with our little flock. But as is often the case in homesteading, opportunity knocks and an adventure begins. These are my favorite times. Research is done, plans are put in place,
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This is the excerpt for a featured post.
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two branches homestead 