If you have backyard chickens are you at risk for the Avian Flu (the answer is no, but here is why!)?
Avian Flu and Backyard Chickens
Day One or Zero?
There is a very cute little chart floating around the web that is wrong. I just happened upon it while reading on my favorite chicken forums. It isn’t a huge deal, but it could throw you off a day, and I like being accurate. The question was whether Day One of incubation starts the day […]
Sprouting: How and Why
What is sprouting and why would anyone want to do it? Both of these are really easy questions to answer. Let’s start with the first. What is sprouting? Simply put, sprouting is the practice of germinating seeds to be eaten raw or cooked. In this case, we are sprouting certain types of seeds for consumption […]
Composting with Chickens
Much like peas and carrots, chickens and gardens belong together (though maybe not occupying the same space). Chickens want to work. They want to dig and search and scratch. Why not put natural behavior to work for you?
Eye Injuries on the Homestead
Neither one of us is a veterinarian, but we sometimes treat our homestead animals health needs anyway. When you have an emergency with an animal, being ready to administer first aid is of primary importance. We recently had two eye injuries with our animals in the same week. Read more to find out how we […]
Should You Join a Cow Share?
Before I started keeping my own milk cow, I thought a lot about where my milk came from, but I didn’t think a lot about the whole process from cow to fridge. I’ve been milking for more than a year now and since I have become so involved in the process that puts the milk […]
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