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As people grow more and more skeptical about how our food is handled and raised, many are turning to self-sufficient means of providing food for themselves.  Raising chickens for eggs has become one way for many, even those living in ...

Chicken has been hailed as the ideal source for dietary protein because of its comparatively low fat content. When other meat sources like beef and pork got pushed off our dinner plates labeled as red meat, the demand for chicken ...

All chickens will be raised indoors, if the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has its way. The federal agency is now targeting pastured poultry, free-range chickens — and even the eggs the hens produce. Owners of small farms seem ...

Dehydrating eggs and other dairy products is not difficult, and the end result tastes great. Sure, you can buy expensive #10 cans of powdered eggs, but frugal preppers can opt to make their own and use their savings to buy ...

Chickens have been bred for hundreds of years to lay eggs for most of the year. But even the best egg layers have rest periods, especially during the cold, dark winter. However, since the egg industry started, large-scale factory farm ...

One important aspect to keep in mind when looking for livestock for homesteading is that animals you choose should be self-sustaining. Once again, chickens top the list of great animals for self-reliance. They are small and take up less space ...

A Michigan man was recently charged with a criminal offense and sentenced to jail for keeping chickens in his Garden City backyard.  Even though Judge Richard L. Hammer Jr. was reasonable enough to suspend the jail time, this frivolous trial ...

May 6, 2013 WHAT’S FOR BREAKFAST? A little trick that I have found to increase egg production around the farm. Want more eggs? Try this method. It just might help your hens lay more eggs, and give you a little ...

Editor’s note: This article is for informational purposes only. Please follow all safe food handling processes and proper food preparation methods. You’ve stashed away wheat, sugar, and oil, and you’ve canned more quarts of beans, peaches, tomatoes, and pears than ...

December 7, 2012 In the quest for flock improvement and self-reliance, Karma Glos from Kingbird Farm has started breeding her own laying hen replacements. Here she describes how she manages them from hen to egg, and incubator to chick. Previous ...