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How to Identify Chicken Predators: Foxes

September 9, 2019
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Chicken Care, Pests, Uncategorized

Foxes are lethal chicken predators. They are fast, cunning and bold. One fox can quickly decimate an entire flock of birds if you aren’t careful. Here is the second installment of our 4-part series in how to identify chicken predators:…

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How to Identify Chicken Predators: Raccoons

September 9, 2019
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Chicken Care, Pests

Unfortunately, there are many animals out there that would love to make an easy meal of your flock. One of the most notorious chicken predators is the raccoon. Raccoons are deadly, smart and determined. They’re also vicious and unrelenting. Here's…

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How to Start Raising Livestock -Try Chickens!

August 19, 2019
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Uncategorized, Homesteading

Raising livestock on your farm is a really rewarding, but can be a hard experience. Here's how we suggest how to start raising livestock, try chickens first! Many people dream of pastures filled with cattle, horses, sheep or goats. But…

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Simple Ways to Start Homesteading -Even if you live in an apartment!

August 19, 2019
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Uncategorized, Homesteading

Homesteading is a way of life that comes from a desire to live more simply. There are so many simple ways to start homesteading, many of them can be done from your home, whether you live on a farm or…

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Methods for Preserving Fresh Garden Vegetables

August 2, 2019
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Homesteading, Canning & Preserving

A home vegetable garden can provide you and your family with an abundance of healthy and delicious food. Today we're providing some methods for preserving fresh garden vegetables. The extra garden goodies can be preserved so that your family can…

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How to Safely Can Poultry Meat

August 2, 2019
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Homesteading, Canning & Preserving

You can’t compare the flavor of home-raised poultry to the flavor of birds that are raised commercially. If you’re raising your own birds for meat, you’ve probably looked at how you should be storing the meat after you’ve harvested the…

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10 Reasons You Should Raise Quail

July 22, 2019
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Uncategorized, Ducks & Fowl, Quail

Do you dream about raising birds, but you can’t raise chickens in your urban area? Or maybe you do raise chickens, but you’re looking for something different. If you want to raise birds that lay delicious eggs and have meat…

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Harvesting Meat Chickens

July 2, 2019
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Homesteading, Uncategorized

Raising and harvesting meat chickens at home is a great way to provide your family with nutritious food. It’s nice to know how the chickens were raised and what they were fed. The downside to raising meat chickens is harvesting…

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Review of Heritage Turkey Breeds

July 2, 2019
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Turkeys, Ducks & Fowl

Heritage turkeys are wonderful to raise if you want to raise turkeys that will have babies and produce meat for you. This review of heritage turkey breeds will show you which ones will reproduce true and that you can raise…

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Quick Notes About Raising Turkeys

July 2, 2019
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Ducks & Fowl, Turkeys

Raising turkeys is not that different from raising chickens. The meat that home-raised turkeys produce is flavorful and bountiful. Turkeys are also more social than chickens and makes raising them a fun and rewarding experience. If you currently raise chickens,…

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