That dreadful sound in the middle of the night. A morning wake up where your wonderful flock has casualties and feathers spread across the yard. What can be done to provide protection for your poultry from predators? I have read if you keep poultry, then you will eventually lose some to an attack. Though we […]
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Why we chose Young Living for Our Family. There are many essential oil choices. So many you may need some peppermint essential oil for the resulting headache. Here is a quick guide to navigating the many essential oil company choices. But first, what peppermint should you buy? There seems to be 100 brands and the
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A small footprint, great benefits, and most importantly a healthy source of meat only feet from your kitchen! This is how we implemented meat rabbits in a small backyard homestead. The main go to for starting homesteaders is meat chickens in a mobile chicken tractor. Or in our case we let them run around in
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How to make your turkey shelter easy and not break the bank on current lumber prices! Build your turkeys this quick and easy turkey shelter. We have taken to call it the turkey covered wagon to protect from the elements while ranging in your field. Our turkeys are inside a premier 1 electric poultry fence
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The short answer… yes electric poultry netting does work. I have been shocked many times! Why would you consider an electrified moveable fence? Does the fence protect from predators? Do the birds stay in? Energizer options are confusing? What does a grounding rod do? How do I make the moves? In this post I will answer
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4 areas where our family has made changes and reaped health benefits. Inspiration and ideas to start your own journey to healthier living.
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Our family likes to eat meat. Before that yummy meal is on our plate it is a living breathing animal that God created. That means a lot to us. So much that we adopt a policy on our homestead, each animal we raise for food will have only 1 bad day. Many of us have
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Lessons learned in chicken, duck and rabbit poop management. Small scale homestead, keeping smells at bay and improving the soil
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The idea of healthy free range backyard chickens and ducks is wonderful! It is picture perfect, right out of magazine and you can see it in your backyard! Well, we could too… Here we hope to provide you with the honest truth about adding poultry to your backyard. We will unpack a bit about predator
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From No More Stomach Acres March 2021 Considering backyard chickens or maybe something different? A backyard duck but worried about the loud quack? Want something that may fit multiple roles? Homesteads often utilize dual purpose chickens for meat and eggs. I believe the muscovy duck fits that bill, with one key bonus for the urban
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