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December 6, 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 ...

September 27, 2012 A homesteader shares as they gather their first 3 eggs and has since been getting two a day. Previous Video

Raising your own chickens is one of the best ways to ensure a steady supply of food for your table, as well as providing fertilizer for your crops and feathers to stuff your pillows and winter bedding. However, to successfully ...

September 12, 2012 We wanted to train our flock to lay in nesting boxes so we can gather and sell as many eggs as we can. Golf balls were one of the things we used to teach our hens where ...

September 10, 2012 This is some b-roll footage from the Voices of Experience video series produced by the NY Beginning Farmer Project at Cornell University in 2008. This clip shows Pierre Dionne of Sojourner Farm collecting eggs and caring for ...

August 23, 2012 A farmer got a new chicken tractor done and filled and is now getting 3-4 eggs per day. They are super easy and fun for the kids, plus they get food and fertilizer out of them. Previous ...

August 13, 2012 Here is a very simple egg incubator idea made from things around your house. Previous Video

Free-range eggs have been praised and marketed as being healthier, and as a result, many people seek them out. But how many of us have done the research to find out what exactly passes for free-range eggs? You might be ...

I knew six of my eight great-grandparents—all six lived into their late eighties or early nineties. I knew all four of my grandparents—three of the four lived into their nineties, and one still lives at 91. Were my ancestors health ...

If you have been watching National Geographic’s Doomsday Prepper series, you’ve probably seen a few ideas that you wanted to try to implement in your own storage preparations. At least a show or two got you wondering about the feasibility ...