In the sweltering summer heat it can be hard to figure out how to cool yourself off, let alone your chickens. However, with these great tips for keeping your chickens cool this summer, you’ll have a happy, productive, and cooled flock in no time. I don’t know how it happened, but we went straight from having…
How to Naturally Repel Snakes
Snakes creep me out. I don’t mind them as long as they keep their distance, but I don’t want them slithering all around our property either. We have to find ways to coexist with snakes whether we like it or not. While I don’t like snakes, I don’t care to kill them. They do serve…
Should You Wash Farm Fresh Eggs?
Chickens, I don’t know what it is about these little dinosaurs in the yard that makes homesteaders hearts sing, but they’re pretty awesome, aren’t they? There’s something to be said about the satisfaction of being able to go straight out into your yard to gather your breakfast. And chickens are pretty easy to care for,…
14 Things to Look for When Buying Homestead Land
While we are happy with our current little homestead, our ultimate goal is to purchase an old farmhouse on several acres of land. Or build our own farmhouse on vacant land. There are lots of things to consider in our search, though. While things may look good on paper, picking homestead land requires a bit…
How to Care for Baby Chicks
Nothing, I mean nothing, is more adorable than the cute fluff balls we call baby chicks. They’re just cute, fuzzy, irresistible little critters. It certainly helps that they grow up into beautiful chickens that keep you in fresh breakfast. I have wanted chickens for well over three loooong years. We weren’t allowed to have them where we…
