Goats can be hard to resist. So much so that the buyer can choose not to see the warning signs of a possibly problematic goat. Aust learned this lesson the hard way when he bought his first LaMancha goat, Hops. An escape artist extraordinaire, Hops taught Aust that goats bring with them inevitable stories of […]
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Chicken Vs Duck
Which side are you? Chicken or Duck? I recently did a poll of some of our Homesteady followers, and was super surprised that right behind chickens, ducks were the farm animal you all were most interested in learning more about. Ducks have really burst onto the homesteading scene this last year or so. It seems […]
The Chicken Tractor My Wife Wants…
Each year we raise 50-100 cornish cross chickens. This fills our chicken needs for the year, with some extra to sell. Raising meat birds is a great toe in the water of meat production on the farm. When you get your chickens, you will quickly realize that there are essentially 3 big questions to […]
Allowance Teaches Kids a Bad Lesson
I remember doing “nintendo math”. If I do all my chores for 3 months, and save that allowance up… I think I can buy the new Super Smash Brothers video game! (Samus… in case you were wondering…) You with me on this one? I remember the feeling of how long it took to buy something I really wanted as […]
Kids on the Homestead
Happy Farm Friday! We had a little baby boy! (this blogpost is a Farm Friday Email sent to everyone on our EMAIL LIST, JOIN HERE to receive all the weekly emails, videos and podcasts from Homesteady!) Homesteading and having babies seems to go hand and hand. With all the work of farming, it’s about the […]
Farm Friday First Edition to the site…
From now on we will be publishing our Farm Friday Email here on the site! Join the Email List to get the email in your inbox! Happy Farm Friday! Want to know how to heal your land with the help of your livestock? More on that in a minute! This week was a scorcher! So […]
