Spring time… The birds are singing, the flowers blooming, and chicks are arriving to farms all over the country. When I think of getting chicks for the season I traditionally think of ordering chicks in a catalog online, in February, and then them arriving sometime in the spring. I think most homesteaders and small farmers […]
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Snow, chicken poop, farm fresh milk and Killing birds. I love homesteading weeks like these.
We are moving livestream nights… Stay tuned. There will be no live stream tonight as we are preparing for the launch of our new forum next week. Snow, chicken poop, farm fresh milk and Killing birds. I love homesteading weeks like these. It started off cleaning coops with my wife. Now I don’t love cleaning […]
Raising Meat Chickens for 1 Year (extended version)
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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 […]
Running a Profitable Pastured Poultry Operation from Your Homestead or Farm
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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 […]
