This year is shaping up to be another busy year on the homestead. Last year was a huge establishment year while this year is about expansion and tweaking what we’ve done. When we built our original chicken coop (for our 15 layers) we were not anticipating more than doubling our flock. Let’s just say we […]
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Chicken Heated Green House
As a permaculture design consultant and homesteader I am always looking for ways to integrate different elements of the homestead to work together synergistically. Chickens are one of my favorite homestead elements. They provide so many different and useful functions: entertainment, garden preparation and clean up, tilling of the soil, pest (bugs and mice) control, […]
