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Guinea Fowl: Something Different in the Garden

By Victoria Varga
An exotic and perhaps odd-looking breed of poultry, the Guinea Fowl, is fast becoming not just the friend of the poultry farmer, but a friend…
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Getting Started with Chicks

By Jan Hoadley
Have you considered chickens as a means of producing your own food?  Have you looked at the stores and seen the price of eggs, the…
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How to Properly Clip a Chicken’s Wing

By Heather Edwards
To answer the age-old question: yes, chickens can fly. Those who consider chickens to be flightless birds have likely never owned any. Even with four-…
geese and dog Poultry

Our Life with Geese: A Mother-Daughter Goose Story

By Mariann Foster
This is the second submission by single-mom and homesteader, Mariann Foster.  Click here to read her very popular first article, "Making a Life, Not a Living:…
Poultry

Build Your Own Chicken Tractor

By Joshua Yancey
The humble chicken is a worthwhile pet, a voracious eater of insects, and a sumptuous provider of meals when raised properly.  A safe and simple…
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Bad Boys on the Homestead

By Betty Taylor
It’s autumn and Romeo smells like he just peed all over himself... which he has... for the umpteenth time.  The usually-white hair of his black-and-white…
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Pick the Perfect Poultry for Your Homestead: A Beginner’s Guide

By Lisa Lombardo
Whether you want eggs, meat, or your own petting zoo, there's a bird that will fill the bill. There is plenty of poultry to pick…
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Aaargh! My Hens Won’t Set for Me! (Hatching Chicks with an Incubator)

By Jenny Sanders
Depending on what breed(s) you have, your hens might not be inclined to brood.  You can still hatch their eggs, or fertile eggs from another…
Surrogate Mother Hens Poultry

Surrogate Mother Hens

By Jenny Sanders
The iconic image of a mother hen, clucking gently to a clutch of adorable chicks, following her all around.  This is the stuff of homesteading…
Raising Chickens from Scratch Poultry

Raising Chickens… From Scratch

By Sheri Dixon
The first livestock most new homesteaders bring home to the farm are chickens—and rightly so.  Here's how to start raising chickens from scratch. They’re small, relatively…
Best Egg-Laying Chicken Breeds Livestock

Top 10 Best Egg-Laying Chicken Breeds

By Michael Feldmann
For many people, the main incentive of raising chickens in the backyard is a fresh supply of eggs. I still remember the joy of picking…
Poultry

Hatching Plans for Baby Poultry: A Hatching How-To

By Lisa Lombardo
Mail order chicks are a great way to start a new flock on your homestead. However, if you have fertile eggs available, why not hatch…

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