We have been raising our own meat birds for years. It was a natural progression from raising laying hens. We raise cornish crosses and raise about 25-50 birds a year. We also butcher our own birds. This allows us to to see these birds go from chick to table. When the recent pandemic started we didn’t look for toilet paper
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When we first moved to our first and only home 23 years ago the first thing we did was plant a garden. We always loved to grow things and as time went by the garden expanded, but something was still missing. One day while visiting a friend, we realized what was missing. He had a beautiful flock of laying hens
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Homesteading shows on television give you a glimpse into the reality of life on the homestead. There are trials and tribulations along the way and the don’t always work themselves out. The reality of living this life style is that animals and plants must give their lives to allow us to live. Nature can be cruel and everything does not
Read moreOne of the most important buildings on any homestead is the chicken coop. On our homestead we eat eggs every morning. Pound for pound the chicken coop is the undisputed champion of providing meals. Our coop is located where we can see it from our back door. So when it came time to build it we knew it had to
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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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