Strawberry Cream Cheese Baked French Toast
Every year, I sort of forget just how much I love strawberries. …
Guinea Fowl: Something Different in the Garden
An exotic and perhaps odd-looking breed of poultry, the Guinea Fowl, is…
Muscovy Mommas: Lessons Learned from My Broody Ducks
As a relatively new homesteader, I have only recently hit the benchmark…
The Healing Properties of Emus
Emus, ostriches, and rheas—all flightless “running birds”—belong to the same class: “Aves”.…
Processing Poultry: City Folk Learn to Dispatch and Dress Chickens
A Portlander guy walks into a butcher shop, tells the man behind…
The Rise and Fall of a Backyard Duck Egg Business
“I was thinking 50”, Troy said nonchalantly, as if he was just…
Mad about Muscovies: Weird-looking Waddlers
Whenever I watch Sarge, Ash, and Baldy waddle past me, I grin.…
Chickens Lay Eggs… Sometimes – My Fledgling Egg Business
Dollar signs filled my 12-year-old mind as I gazed, fascinated, at the…
A Goose and Its Golden Eggs: Raising Geese on the Homestead
A homestead can always use another source of income. So when you…
The Basics of Raising Backyard Chickens
Chickens are one of the easiest forms of livestock to raise and…
