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Preparing Your Winter Chicken Coop

Preparing Your Winter Chicken Coop

by Amy Fewell | Dec 4, 2020 | Amy Fewell, Chicken Coops, Chickens, Featured, Homesteading

     Winter is here and I need to think about the things to do to start preparing my chicken coop and chickens for their winter chicken coop set up. Wait, what? I have a winter set up and check list for my chickens? Why yes, yes I do! And it might be something you...
How to Make Money Off Your Chickens

How to Make Money Off Your Chickens

by Amy Fewell | Nov 9, 2020 | Amy Fewell, Chicken Eggs, Chickens, Featured, Homesteading, Raising Chickens

When my chicken addiction became strong, my husband gave me the stink eye. I quickly needed to find ways for my chickens to make me money! Raising chickens for meat, and learning about how to put up my chicken eggs for sale, were two of the main things I needed to...
DIY Suet Blocks for Poultry | High Protein Treats for Molting Season

DIY Suet Blocks for Poultry | High Protein Treats for Molting Season

by Ann Accetta-Scott | Sep 25, 2020 | Ann Accetta-Scott, Chickens, Featured, Guest Articles, Homesteading, Raising Chickens, Recipes

DIY suet blocks for poultry are ideal during molting season. Suet cakes for chickens and other birds encourages and promotes feather growth. Not to mention, your poultry team will love this delicious treat item. Molting is a natural occurrence for poultry, wild and...
How to Preserve Eggs Long-term with These 4 Methods

How to Preserve Eggs Long-term with These 4 Methods

by Ann Accetta-Scott | Aug 7, 2020 | Ann Accetta-Scott, Chicken Eggs, Featured, Guest Articles, Homesteading

How to preserve eggs when looking for long-term storage is easy. In fact, for those who raise poultry it is a necessity. The most commonly asked question for those new to poultry keeping, do eggs need to be refrigerated, will also be addressed in this article. The...
Using Chickens and Geese in the Garden

Using Chickens and Geese in the Garden

by Amy Fewell | May 15, 2020 | Amy Fewell, Chickens, Featured, Geese, Guest Articles, Homesteading

Chickens and geese aren’t just a great homestead food source. You can start using chickens and geese in the garden to help you create a bountiful harvest each year! And, if you’ve ever wanted to start raising geese, this is a great excuse for you to dive right in this...
Raising Free-Range Poultry

Raising Free-Range Poultry

by Ann Accetta-Scott | May 8, 2020 | Ann Accetta-Scott, Chickens, Featured, Guest Articles, Homesteading, Raising Chickens

The benefits of free-range poultry are great. The process creates a healthier bird, meat, and egg product. To make the process enjoyable and less stressful for the poultry keeper, poultry learn the best techniques on how to free-range poultry successfully. Is there...

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