If you have ducks, they’ll need a place to live, right? That’s where our free duck house plans come in! We added 4 new ducks to our farm this year: 2 Khaki Campbells and 2 Pekins. We even hit the jackpot and managed to get both a hen and a dake of each breed! Sometimes things…
There’s a lot of advantages to train your chickens to come when called, including keeping them safe from predators. It’s also pretty fun to see these tiny little dinosaurs come running, excited for their treat (mealworms are a favorite). We used to have a Rhode Island Red hen named Daisy who would not just come running,…
If you have chickens, chances are you’re wondering “What does a fertilized egg look like?” I have the answers plus some tried and true tips! The first time we hatched chicks on our homestead, it was a great day – we could increase our flock (and our food supply), develop our own line of healthy…
As you probably know, we raise rabbits on our homestead, which means we have a LOT of rabbit manure. What you may not know is that rabbit manure is one of the easiest to use, yet super healthy, fertilizers for your garden. In this article, I’m going to show you how to use rabbit poop…
It’s always a very good idea to create your own chicken emergency kit – and in this article, I’m going to give you ideas about what to keep in it. While we all might like to think our chicken-keeping experience will be bucolic and without any trouble, the straight truth is you will likely come…
The warm, sunshiny, fun-loving, carefree days of summer are almost here! That means the kids will be out of school, and your family will spend more time outside playing, gardening, and entertaining. While those days are eagerly anticipated all year long, they also bring mosquitoes out in droves – especially around homesteads that have animals…
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