Really cool surprise today. Our production breed layer hatched out 11 chicks which was a total surprise! We didn’t even know it. To be honest we haven’t been doing head counts because we have a lot of birds and we don’t lock up our coop at night. At least for now our predator problem has […]
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Podcast Episode 117 – 5 Ways to Make Money on the Homestead
Today’s podcast covers the important subject of creating multiple streams of income. We are not focusing on making these things your primary or only source of income, rather we are trying to get you thinking about ways you can add an income to an activity you already do on your homestead/farm to diversify your income […]
Top 3 Starter Homestead Animals – Podcast 114
Download Podcast Here On today’s podcast mon and I talk about the three best animals to start homesteading with. It doesn’t matter if you are on acreage, in suburbia on a decent sized lot or you have a postage stamp for yard you can raise one or allo f these animals. 1. Chickens – the […]
Preparing to Homestead? Here’s a list of books we recommend
Recommended Reading & Resources This list is not exhaustive; it is a short list of books that we have found helpful as we expanded our knowledge of homesteading. Feel free to explore different books than what we have listed here and let us know subjects you’re interested in. We have many books and most of […]
Hoop Coop
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 […]
