Raising pigs for meat is a great idea for most homesteaders. Every year we raise pigs for our own family and to sell to our local community. Pigs require good infrastructure, constant water and feed, and good fencing. If you take good care of your pigs you can yield hundreds of pounds of pastured pork, […]
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Best Meat Chickens for Making Money
If your goal is to make money raising meat chickens, then you will need to buy the right breed of chickens for what your customers want. So what are customers looking for when purchasing pastured poultry? Meat chickens come in different shapes and sizes. Cornish Cross (cornish x) chickens are generally the meat breed […]
Cows: A REMATCH
Since the very first episode of Homesteady, we have been asking the question: IS THIS WORTH IT? Will the investment of your time, money, and energy into your latest homesteading endeavor give you a return? And how do we measure these returns: financially, emotionally, in terms of gains in personal health and nutrition, or more broadly […]
Raising Meat Chickens: The Gateway Animal to Raising Your Own Meat
Meat Chickens are a great gateway animal into raising your own meat and becoming, overall, more sustainable. On this episode of Homesteady, we revisit chicken ownership. As we examine homestead chickens closer, we have to wonder: are chickens a “gateway animal?” Does buying chickens lead to more chickens, then to pigs, goats, sheep, and even […]
For All the Cows: From the Suburban Escapee
One of the best parts of doing the podcast write-ups is being able to preview the next show. Depending upon the topic, I have different feelings: excitement, amusement, curiosity. When I saw that the week’s topic was “The Family Cow,” I had exactly one thought: Seriously? We have gone to selling the farm and living in […]
The Family Cow: Should We Get One
On this episode of Homesteady, Kendra and Aust pack up the family and record on location at Local Farm-, a dairy farm in Cornwall, Connecticut. The reason for the trip? Kendra and Aust are interviewing cows and farmers to figure out for themselves: Is a family cow a good fit for our homestead? Debra Tyler, the […]
