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A recent egg customer noted the thick stack of bills in the worn red canvas pencil case I use for egg money, and remarked that sales must be going well these days. I replied that they were indeed doing nicely. ...

Grocery prices in crisis-ravaged Venezuela are so out of hand that a dozen eggs now cost $142 at the official government supermarket — and $208 on the black market. And it’s not just eggs. Cassava, a tuber root, once cost ...

  When my husband, 2-year-old son and I emptied our apartment and moved off grid in the Caribbean, seven chickens were the last residents we were expecting. New to the off-grid experience, we were eager to learn nature’s way of ...

We have been raising chickens for their eggs on our homestead almost from the first day we got here six years ago. Chickens are a great starter as far as livestock goes and let’s face it, who doesn’t love farm ...

Earning some extra income from your livestock can be easy if you give some thought to it and do a little research. It can be as simple as raising an extra calf to sell, or selling your excess eggs to ...

The biggest cost of producing eggs on the homestead is purchasing commercial feed rather than maximizing homegrown feeds that nature readily provides. An easy trick to providing food and exercise for your flock in the fall and early winter is ...

When I recently visited my daughter, who is attending graduate student in Scotland, I was surprised to see eggs out on store shelves far away from a refrigerator. In fact, in one store, the eggs were stored neatly beside a ...

You may not need a rooster for eggs, but adding a handsome cockerel to your flock may bring some advantages to your homestead you haven’t considered. I believe that keeping a rooster has many more pros than cons. Here are ...

There are literally hundreds of chicken breeds in the world, with about 65 varieties being recognized by the American Poultry Association, split between bantams and standards. You can find chickens of various colors and with extravagant combs or no combs ...

Before we discuss the how of raising backyard chickens in the city, suburbs or even the homestead, we need to take a look at the why. Why would you take up space in your yard or homestead for silly flightless ...