Turkeys

Raise Heritage Turkeys for Holiday Cash

Small-scale turkey farming is an excellent income source for homesteaders.  They have interesting personalities and are suitable for homesteads with…

2 months ago

Pick the Perfect Poultry for Your Homestead: A Beginner’s Guide

Whether you want eggs, meat, or your own petting zoo, there's a bird that will fill the bill. There is…

4 months ago

Hectic Heritage Turkey Hatching

“Gobble, gobble, gobble, proud turkeys proud turkeys. Gobble, gobble, gobble proud turkeys are we. We ruffle our feathers in all…

8 months ago

Attract Wildlife to Your Property

Living in the country means you have to deal with fewer people.  Country neighbors are few but often become like family.…

1 year ago

Spring Turkeys

Whether you’re a follower of the “Good Book” or not, the time-honored classic contains a lot of good advice for…

1 year ago

What I Learned From Poultry

Remember that old commercial, “It’s not nice to fool Mother Nature?”  Well, as a young child of about 12, I…

1 year ago

Born to be Wild: North American Wild Turkeys

The North American Wild Turkey can be found in every state of the U.S., as well as in southern-most sections…

1 year ago

Raising Heritage Turkeys on the Homestead: Get a Load of These Gobblers

What started as a seasonal endeavor of raising turkeys for meat, became so much more. It was a pleasure to…

1 year ago

Turkey Day… or Should It Be “Corn Day”?

I admit, I am very pro-Thanksgiving. What's not to like about Turkey Day? On what other holiday can we get…

1 year ago

Processing Poultry: City Folk Learn to Dispatch and Dress Chickens

A Portlander guy walks into a butcher shop, tells the man behind the counter he has to kill his beloved…

2 years ago

Income Opportunities for Poultry Farmers

Chickens scratching around the yard is a classic homestead picture.  Chickens are terrific animals for any sustainable homestead.  They convert scraps and…

2 years ago