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Week One with Brand New Turkeys

            It’s exciting any time that you get new babies, especially ones as cute as baby turkeys.  Baby turkeys, or poults, are a little bit different than baby chicks.  Baby chicks tend to be more forgiving when it comes to…

Benefits of Keeping Guineas on the Homestead

We currently have three beautiful guineas (one lavender, one grey, and one white guinea) respectively named Peanut, Cashew, and Avalanche. Here are some benefits of keeping guineas on the homestead. Our Guineas have been a great addition to our homestead…

Review of Heritage Turkey Breeds

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…

Quick Notes About Raising 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,…

How to Enjoy Backyard Ducks

Ducks scampering about the backyard are fun to watch and have the potential of laying at least as many eggs as nearly any chicken breed.  Like chickens they need healthy food, safety from predators and the weather, and adequate housing…

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