Homemade Chicken Feed for Healthy and Inexpensive Backyard Flocks
With an increase in awareness of the damage of many medicated commercial feeds and genetically modified food sources, some backyard chicken owners are trying their hand at growing their own chicken feed.
View ArticleThe Expanding Egg Recall, Salmonella and Your Eggs
Early this week, lab tests confirmed a strain of salmonella enteritidis in eggs sold by Wright County Egg in Iowa. As of Friday, a total of a half-billion eggs had been recalled in a nationwide...
View ArticleEmbracing the Self-Sufficient Journey
Untrained Housewife was started to celebrate the journey to knowledge and self-sufficiency. The thing is – it’s not an easy journey. I’ve grown so much the past few years and we’ve added a lot of...
View ArticleTeaching Kids to be Earth-Friendly and Live like the Lorax
Recently, I was able to participate as a panelist at a Twitter party sponsored by Seventh Generation (@SeventhGen) and the topic was about teaching your kids to “Live Like the Lorax“. In otherwords, to...
View ArticleHow to Deal With a Broody Hen
One of our hens was acting a little broody. You can tell when a hen is broody because they won’t just lay their egg and jump off the nest cackling with delight. They lay their egg and hunker down,...
View ArticleYour Easter-Basket Chicks a Year Later
It happens every year. My in-laws get offers weeks or months after Easter for “free chickens” that were purchased for children over the Easter holidays. Every year. Usually these chicks are roosters...
View ArticleBuying Adult Chickens at Auction or Market
There is something to be said for buying a chicken, bringing it home, and having her lay an egg that first day. After all, a baby chick can take anywhere from 14-24 weeks before they begin laying eggs,...
View ArticleAn Introduction to Turkeys on the Homestead
We love turkey. For sausage, for burger, for the drumsticks, at Thanksgiving. And, if you have chickens already, adding in a turkey or two on the backyard homestead really isn’t that difficult....
View ArticleWood Ash For Mite-Free Hens
Using DE (Diatomaceous Earth) for mite prevention on your chickens sounds like a good thing, right? After all, it’s a natural substance and it seems innocuous to anything else. But did you know that it...
View ArticleA Predator-Free Chicken Coop
When building a chicken coop, you have to think about keeping your chickens safe, right? The little darlings are greatly desired by predators like racoons that will sometimes go to great lengths to get...
View ArticleHomemade Chicken Feed for Healthy and Inexpensive Backyard Flocks
With an increase in awareness of the damage of many medicated commercial feeds and genetically modified food sources, some backyard chicken owners are trying their hand at growing their own chicken feed.
View ArticleHow to Make Money Raising Chickens at Home
You know there is nothing like naturally grown, organic eggs and chicken meat fresh from your own backyard in terms of taste and quality. This could actually be your marketing pitch when you begin...
View ArticleLearn to Grow Your Own Food from Backyard Gardening Experts – FREE!
If you have ever wanted to grow your own food, or you already do and want to get better, join this FREE online summit April 6-12!
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