6 Ways to Protect Garden Plants from Chickens
Chickens can destroy garden plants with their scratching and pecking! Here are 6 easy ways to help protect garden plants from chickens! Chickens + Gardens It seems like a beautiful combination! The chickens can eat the excess veggies, deposit some nitrogen-rich...
Fast + Easy Chicken Garden (Using the Chaos Gardening Method!)
Want to cut down on your chicken feed bill? Try growing a chicken garden full of their favorite snacks! Here’s how we planted a super fast and easy chicken garden using the chaos gardening method! For years, the chickens have created chaos in my perfectly...
Livestock Care Sheets for Evacuations & Farm Sitters
Use these free, printable Livestock Care Sheets for evacuations or farm sitters to record important care information about your animals and have it ready in case of an emergency! I spent the morning working on a project that I hope I will never have to use! I...
How to Move a Homestead: Moving Animals & Livestock
We learned a lot when we moved our homestead from Idaho to Washington! Today, I'm sharing our experience and our tips and tricks for moving animals and livestock! Moving is hard! Moving a homestead is even harder. In February, we moved our homestead 500+...
12 DIY Chick Brooders You Can Build This Weekend!
Chick season is here! Before you bring home your chirping balls of fluff, make sure they have a safe and comfortable home! Chick brooders are easy to build yourself and can range from temporary to permanent and simple to downright fancy! We've used several...
7 Popular Meat Goat Breeds for your Homestead
Meat goats can be a great addition to your homestead! Learn about 7 popular meat goat breeds and find the best one for your homestead! If you are searching for the perfect meat animal to raise on your homestead, consider goats! Many breeds have excellent...
10 Answers to Your Complete Beginner Chicken Questions
Chickens are a great asset to any home or homestead! But if you are new to chickens, you may have some questions you want answered before taking the leap. We have the answers to 10 common beginner chicken questions! Should you get backyard chickens? Yes....
How to Stock a Chicken First Aid Kit + A Full List of Supplies
How to assemble a chicken first aid kit! Be prepared and take better care of your flock by having a fully-stocked chicken first aid kit on hand! Chickens are like ninjas in everything they do. If you don't believe me, you can come watch my tiny bantam Cochin rooster...
How to Stock a Goat First Aid Kit
Stocking a goat first aid kit will help you be more prepared for an emergency, illness or injury. Here's what we keep in our goat first aid kit! A couple weeks ago, I posted about the wonderful new method that we discovered to store our (non-refrigerated)...
How to Stock a Goat Kidding Kit + A Full List of Supplies
Kids on the way? Here's how to stock your goat kidding kit and be prepared for kidding season, including a full list of supplies! Kidding season is one of the most exciting and nerve-wracking times of the year for any goat owner. Thank goodness we only breed 1...
How to Stock and Store First Aid Kits for Livestock
Having a well-stocked animal first aid kit is a vital part of owning livestock on a homestead. Learn how we stock our kits and why we use buckets to store our supplies! Why it’s important to stock your animal first aid kits before you need them: An essential part of...
Adding Milk Goats to the Homestead: 10 Frequently Asked Questions
Are you considering milk goats for your homestead? Today, I'm sharing my experience and answering the top 10 questions that people ask me about owning goats! Milk goats can be fantastic animals for a homestead! In addition to providing milk and dairy products, goats...
How to Help your Goats Quickly Recover from a Runny Nose
Goats get colds too! This is how I help my goats recover quickly when they have a runny nose or signs of a cold. Last month, we walked out to the goat pen as usual to do the morning feeding and milking chores. We noticed that one of our goats, our mini lamancha...
How to Use Mint for your Chickens
Mint is a great herbal ally for humans, but mint is also great for chickens! It's one of my favorite herbs to grow in the chicken yard - here's why! I have a love-hate relationship with mint. Sometimes, I also have a love-hate relationship with my chickens… like when...
How to Make a DIY Chick Brooder from an Old Entertainment Cabinet
From trash to treasure: We upcycled an entertainment cabinet to create a one-of-a-kind DIY chick brooder (with farmhouse flare!) that would meet all of our needs! Do you ever wonder if you have become a crazy chicken person? A great test is to ask yourself “Am I...
How to Keep your Chickens Entertained this Winter
Chicken entertainment may seem a bit crazy, but keeping your chickens entertained over the winter can actually help keep them mentally and physically healthy! Exciting news: the snow has mostly melted! Bad news: As I am writing this, more snow is falling! In...
Winter Chickens Care: Nutrition & Feeding Tips
During the winter, chicken nutrition is important! These 5 easy tips will help ensure your chickens stay nourished and happy this winter! Has winter ended yet?? Apparently not. Which is why I am sharing my best winter chicken care tips in a...
How to Prepare your Chicken Coop for Winter
Preparing your chicken coop for winter is a vital part of keeping your flock healthy and happy over the cold season. Here's how we keep our chicken coops comfy & cozy for our flock! In the high desert of Idaho, we commonly get snow and frigid winter temps....
How to Keep your Chickens Healthy All Winter Long!
These chicken health tips will help keep your flock healthy all winter! Learn how to check your flock for illnesses, avoid frostbite and more! Holy snow! I imagine that if my chickens could choose, they would be pecking around some beach somewhere, terrorizing...
7 Legit Reasons Every Lazy Gardener Needs Chickens
Chickens can be a huge benefit for the home gardener! Put them to work doing pest control, compost turning, garden bed prep and more! Let's Talk Chickens. And Why You Need Them. If you are like me, there is a high likelihood that you enjoy being lazy sometimes. I...
Behind the Scenes: Chicken Coop Tour
I am taking you on a personal tour of my own chicken coop and I am spilling the beans on some of my own chicken coop hacks including solar lighting, temporary brooder boxes, DIY pallet wood nesting boxes and more! I was so inspired by the amazing...
10 Hacks You’ll Want to Steal for your Chicken Coop
Don't settle for a boring chicken coop! These 10 chicken coop hacks will take your coop from drab to fab - and your chickens will love it, too! ? Spring is finally here! Which means it's time for chicks and spring coop cleaning. If you are like me, you may be...
Raising Ducks: 5 Things No One Told Us
Ducks ca be a wonderful poultry breed for your homestead! But raising backyard ducks for the first time has it's surprises - like these 5 surprises we encountered! We have been proud first-time duck parents for just about 3 weeks now. After lots of research, we...