Homestead Chickens

The best backyard chickens, how to breed chickens and care for chicks, how to feed chickens sustainably and frugally and how to keep chickens healthy on the homestead. Using chickens for self sufficiency.
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Types of Chicken Food for Free Ranging Flocks
Need ideas for feeding chickens when money is a bit tight? Whhat types of chicken food should you feed free ranging flocks? Consider starting a chicken garden, making your own chicken feed or growing mealworms. Chickens should eat a diet well balanced in protein, vitamins and minerals and it does not have to cost a fortune to provide them with these. Here’s how >>
200 Free chicken feed sources, the biggest list ever!
200 Free chicken feed sources, the ultimate list! The ultimate list of free chicken feed resources. How to feed your chickens for free or very cheaply. Almost 200 ideas for saving money on chicken feed as told by homesteaders all over the web.
Have a drastically injured chicken? Here's what you need to know...
When an ill or injured chicken needs put down it can be a very difficult task, especially if you're not really sure how to cull a chicken! Here is the easiest way of culling that I've ever used and how you can use this fail proof method! Let's also talk about all the ways I did things wrong in the past, so you can learn from my mistakes! Step by step instructions.
12 Best Chicken Roosting Bar Ideas for In and Out of the Coop | The Happy Chicken Coop
Upgrade your chicken coop with these 12 creative roosting bar ideas that ensure comfort and safety for your flock.
How I make $1,000 a month from 15 chickens!
How I make $1,000 a month from 15 chickens! Don't let your chickens cost you money! Make them work for you instead! Click to see how to make money with your chickens. #chickens #hobbyfarm #backyardchickens #chickencage
Dealing with the death of a chicken, duck or other farm animal
Dealing with the death of a chicken, duck, guinea fowl or even a rabbit or goat! Emotions can get confusing when livestock animals become pets. Whether you consider chickens as pets or livestock, grief is still hard to deal with when a farm animal dies & many times outsiders find that hard to understand....which doesn't mean the grief is any less real! Here's what happened when I lost my favorite chicken.
Can Guinea fowl handle cold winter weather?
Are Guinea fowl a cold hardy farm animal? Guinea fowl can handle the winter weather better than most chickens actually! I know that seems weird for a bird that originated in Africa, but it's true! They don't mind the snow at all and some guineas will chose to sleep outside in the trees even on cold nights, but others prefer to sleep on the roost in a warm coop.
The Best Chickens for Suburban Homesteaders - Our Little Suburban Farmhouse
The Best Chickens for Suburban Homesteaders - Our Little Suburban Farmhouse