1. Plenty of Good Light Chickens need at least 14 hours of daylight in a day to trigger their internal clocks to lay. By supplementing light, as is done in commercial production houses, you can trick a chicken’s internal clock ...
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Raising Ducks: Easier Than Chickens And More Fun Than Rabbits …
Whether you’re introducing poultry to your backyard farm for the first time, or adding to an existing operation that features chickens or other birds, ducks will not disappoint. Ducks are excellent foragers who will find more than half their ...
Read More »The Secret To Long-Term Safe Storage Of Milk And Eggs
This article will help you to know more about the storage of milk and eggs. Whether you are blessed with an overabundance of food or you are someone who wants to be prepared in a survival situation, you may have wondered ...
Read More »How To Live Off-Grid Without A Refrigerator
Maybe it’s an emergency situation, like a hurricane or thunder storm causing a long-term power outage. Or maybe it’s just personal preference – more and more people find themselves wanting to truly live the off-the-grid lifestyle. Whatever the reason, more ...
Read More »The Easier-Than-Chicken, Egg-Laying Bird You Can Raise Indoors
Keeping backyard chickens is a great way to begin your journey toward self-sufficiency, but the term “backyard chickens” implies that you have a backyard. What if you’re living in a small apartment, hoping perhaps one day to move to ...
Read More »7 Clever Ways To Repurpose Egg Cartons On The Homestead
Egg cartons are a common item that are too often thrown away when we’re done using them. They have multiple uses, many of which are related directly to the homestead or survival. The next time you run out of ...
Read More »Simple Tricks For Raising The Healthiest Backyard Eggs
We’ve all heard it before: Dark yellow yolks are a sign of healthy, nutrient-rich, farm fresh eggs. If you’re raising chickens for eggs, you likely already know that just about any egg will taste better than its commercial equivalent, ...
Read More »Broody Hens: The Key To A Sustainable Flock
Chickens are an important commodity for a homesteader, especially if you factor in a survival scenario. They are a vital source of food for your family. They also provide you with an essential item for bartering and trading. Unless you ...
Read More »Just About Everything You’ve Heard About Eggs Is Wrong
The American Egg Board launched “the incredible, edible egg” as its marketing slogan in 1976, and then five years ago it aired a new version in radio, TV and social media. Long maligned as a contributing cause of high cholesterol ...
Read More »How To Feed Your Chickens For $1 (Or So) A Day
Millions of Americans own backyard chicken flocks, and with the economy still struggling to recover, more and more families add them to their property each year. Of course, that doesn’t mean everyone is doing things right. Backyard chickens are the ...
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