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Man, do I love chickens and fresh eggs in the morning. I also love hogs, and the pork that I can turn into Virginia hams and back bacon. Goats and cows provide milk and delicious red meat. But with the ...

Growing up on the farm we made lard in an iron kettle over an open fire. That’s the old-fashioned way to melt pig fat. You had to watch it constantly and keep the fire hot. Too hot and you would ...

Hunting is a great way to provide protein for you and your family, partially because the meat harvested is organic, free-ranged, and delicious. Often, though, we talk only about the big-game animals available to us, such as whitetail deer, mule ...

There are many considerations when choosing the right dairy animal for your homestead. To reduce the risk of making the wrong choice, here’s some factors to consider before purchasing a dairy cow or goat for your homestead. What Size Animal ...

Stockpiling is the act of preparing food and supplies, and storing in a cool, dry place to best equip oneself for winter, storm and emergency. Animals have been doing this for thousands of years, and it plays a major role ...

I will admit I have never been much of a trapper. But every hunter, farmer, homesteader and so on should know how to handle hides. When we butcher a deer, elk, bear, cow or any large mammal, we don’t just ...

Dave and Sky Brown’s dream of having an urban farm has turned into a nightmare. Detroit police and animal control officers seized their three pygmy goats and six chickens last month, and the couple does not know where the animals ...

As someone who raises livestock, I’m always interested in sourcing low-cost feed alternatives.  Duckweed has been gaining a lot of attention in the farming community, owing to its ease of cultivation and the growing proof of its usefulness as a ...

“Let food be your medicine and medicine be your food,” said Hippocrates. But aren’t we interpreting it the wrong way when we put antibiotics in the animals we rear for food? But that’s exactly what we have been doing for ...

When it comes to fencing, there seem to be as many options as there are jellybean flavors, and like, jellybeans, you can combine different options to get just the right combination for you and your farm. But when you’re first ...