Poultry

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Raising Quail for Profit on the Homestead

Homesteaders looking for a money-making venture should consider raising quail for profit. …

Jenny Flores Jenny Flores

Guinea Fowl: Something Different in the Garden

An exotic and perhaps odd-looking breed of poultry, the Guinea Fowl, is…

Victoria Varga Victoria Varga

Muscovy Mommas: Lessons Learned from My Broody Ducks

As a relatively new homesteader, I have only recently hit the benchmark…

Wren Everett Wren Everett

The Healing Properties of Emus

Emus, ostriches, and rheas—all flightless “running birds”—belong to the same class: “Aves”.…

Victoria Varga Victoria Varga

Spring Turkeys

Whether you’re a follower of the “Good Book” or not, the time-honored…

Doug Smith Doug Smith

Getting Started with Chicks

Have you considered chickens as a means of producing your own food? …

Jan Hoadley Jan Hoadley

Miracle Guineas: The Book Was Wrong

“Daggonit!  The book said I could move the eggs!  It said I…

Martina Kuhnert Martina Kuhnert

The How and Why of Free-range Chickens

If you have purchased eggs from a retailer recently, then you know…

Regina Anneler Regina Anneler

Processing Poultry: City Folk Learn to Dispatch and Dress Chickens

A Portlander guy walks into a butcher shop, tells the man behind…

David Von Kroug David Von Kroug

The Rise and Fall of a Backyard Duck Egg Business

“I was thinking 50”, Troy said nonchalantly, as if he was just…

Laura Bittle Laura Bittle

Mad about Muscovies: Weird-looking Waddlers

Whenever I watch Sarge, Ash, and Baldy waddle past me, I grin.…

May Woodworth May Woodworth

Chickens Lay Eggs… Sometimes – My Fledgling Egg Business

Dollar signs filled my 12-year-old mind as I gazed, fascinated, at the…

Elizabeth Ledford Elizabeth Ledford

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