I have some friends that are absolutely terrified of hatching chicken eggs. And rightfully so. They probably didn’t have this incubating chicken eggs 101 blog post when they got started,…
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10 Things You Should Never Say to a Homesteader
When we first started our homesteading journey, I was constantly amazed by some of the things people said. Not just from those who don’t understand self-sufficiency, but also from…
Naturally Treating Chicken Lice
I can still remember that feeling — that punch in the gut that doesn’t go away. I was still fairly new to the wonderful world of chickens, and everything had…
Hatchery Chicks and Pasty Butt
This morning we stopped into our local farm store to get a few things. Naturally, we look at chicks/ducklings while we’re there—though it’s pointless for us to purchase any since…
So, You Want to Raise Chickens? | The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly.
I can still remember the day my husband said, “let’s get chickens”. It wasn’t a pleasant moment. You see, I had been tossing the idea around for awhile, but he…
Wintertime Hatching
It’s inevitable — every single year I get the urge to hatch chicks or ducklings, and every single time I decide to hatch them during the coldest months of the…
