5 Mistakes First Time Chicken Owners Make
If you want to raise chickens, you can’t just dump them in your yard and throw them scraps every now and then. #homesteadsurvivalsite #chickens #raisingchickens #keepingchickens #homesteading
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15 Ways To Keep Your Chickens Cool In Hot Weather
Chickens can adapt to most weather fluctuations, with the exception of heat. Here’s how to keep your chickens cool when it’s hot outside.
6 Things Every Chicken Needs
If you’re getting chickens for the first time, don’t dive in too fast. Take some time to learn what chickens need to be healthy and happy.
20 Creative Ways to Cut the Cost of Chicken Feed
Chicken feed can cost hundreds of dollars per month, but there are lots of other things you can feed to your chickens.
8 Tips for Raising Happy, Healthy Ducks
Ducks are hardy, easy to care for, reliable egg producers, and exceptional foragers. Here are 8 tips for raising ducks.
10 Things You Need for a Basic Chicken Coop
In addition to the lumber, roofing, windows, and hardware needed to build your structure, here is a basic shopping list for a chicken coop.
Butchering a Year’s Worth of Chickens (In One Morning)
Butchering chickens isn’t exactly fun. It’s messy and brutal, but necessary. This video will give you an idea of the kind of work involved.
How I Feed 30 Chickens For Only $1.25 a Day
In this video, Justin Rhodes talks about how he feeds 30 chickens for only $1.25 a day. That’s only 4 cents a day per chicken!
5 Birds (Besides Chickens) That Are Worth Raising
Though chickens are the best-known type of poultry, there are many other breeds worth considering. A mixed flock has many advantages.
7 Reasons You Should Raise Backyard Chickens
Having a source of eggs right in your backyard has numerous benefits such as fewer bugs, free fertilizer, cage free eggs, and a use for kitchen scraps.
