Outdoor furniture put in storage - ✅ Shovels, salt, and sand ready to go - ✅ Chicken coop winterized... ❌ On the list of winter preparation chores that I tend to neglect, preparing the chicken ...
The 10 Most Common Pig Diseases and How to Prevent Them
Last summer, our sow came down with a mysterious ailment. One day, seemingly without any kind of cause, she began limping, favoring her right back leg. After a few days, she stopped walking ...
How to Prevent Pigs from Escaping and How to Catch Them
The pig is probably one of the smartest farm animals you can raise. I had always been told that but never truly witnessed it firsthand - that is, until June of this year. I came home from ...
Lambing Preparation: How to Be Ready for the Birth of Your Lamb
If you’re like most homesteaders, you probably have a great deal of anxiety about the unknown. There is perhaps no time where that is truer than when you are preparing for lambing on the ...
What to Consider When Raising Sheep and Goats Together
Whether you’ve just begun raising animals on your small farm or you’ve been doing it for some time, you may ask yourself whether certain species of animals can be housed and raised ...
The Pros and Cons of Keeping a Rooster in Your Flock
Are you thinking about adding a rooster to your backyard flock? Ask any homesteader his or her opinion on the usefulness of roosters, and you’re likely to get a mixed response. Many people ...
The 10 Best Draft Horse Breeds to Help You on the Homestead
Before monikers like John Deere, Kubota, and New Holland were household names, every small and large farm alike was familiar with a different set of names. Belgian, Percheron, Clydesdale, ...
How to Ferment Chicken Feed to Save Money and Improve Egg Production
Whether you are trying to save some money on your homestead or you simply want to boost the health of your backyard chicken flock, if you ferment your chicken feed is a great place to score on both. ...
Pecking Order: How to Manage Chicken Bullying in Your Flock
Raising chickens is a lot like raising children. It’s not enough to simply remember to feed them and provide them with plenty of water - you also need to go out of your way to provide a nurturing ...