Chickens are susceptible to a dirty, messy enclosure and become unwell within a couple of days due ...
10 Best Ways to Keep Chickens Cool in Summer
Summer can scorch everything, including your chicken flocks. Temperatures over 90°F or 100°F may ...
8 Ways to Keep Duck Pond Clean (With Preventive Tips)
When swimming in the pond, ducks stir up mud and debris, and their droppings accumulate quickly. ...
Can You Keep Chickens and Ducks Together? A Beginner’s Guide
The answer is yes. In the initial year of homesteading, I had to keep raising chickens and ducks ...
10 Best Farm Dog Breeds to Protect Your Livestock & Homestead
Homesteading or farming in the countryside and outskirts, and that too with dogs? You're making a ...
10 Proven Ways to Keep Chickens Off Porch
Free-range chickens enjoy hanging out on the porch in front of the front door for some ...
9 Proven Ways to Protect Chickens from Predators
You wouldn't believe it, but I lost ten hens to raccoons when they were foraging in the backyard in ...
15 Best Chicken Run Ideas for Happy & Safe Backyard Flocks
If you want your backyard chickens to be safe from predators when you aren’t around, you will need a ...
What to Feed Meat Rabbits (and What not to)
Meat rabbits require crude protein (min. 16%), crude fat (min. 3%), and crude fiber (min. 20% and ...
10 Amazing Guinea Fowl Benefits for Homesteads and Backyards
The good aspect about guineas is that they are free-range birds, which roam up onto the porch and ...
