Whizbang Chicken Plucker Makes Processing Chickens Much Easier

A good article from Grit about DIY'ing a tub chicken plucker.  Links to but the plans included!  I imagine that it would work for most poultry but do your research before you try it, enjoy!

Are Ducks the New Chicken For Backyard Protein?

A brief article from Resilient Communities comparing chickens and ducks for backyard protien production.  Enjoy!

5 Tips for Introducin​g Teenage Chicks

An excellent article from Community Chickens about inrtroducing juvenile chickens to an established flock.  We have been going through this for the last coupole of weeks as we introduce our new birds to make room for the new hatchlings in the brooder.  Enjoy!

Raising Meat Chickens - A Two Part Series

     A good two part series from Melissa K. Norris about raising and processing meat chickens.  Enjoy the articles!

How to Build a Box Rabbit Trap

     Here is a good article from Off the Grid News detailing How to Build a Box Rabbit Trap.  Trapbuilding is an important skill to learn if you are an outdoorsman, all of my children are learning it.  Enjoy!

     You can also find more types of traps and how to build them in Deadfalls and Snares: A Book of Instruction for Trappers about These and Other Home-Made Traps by A. R. Harding. (Affiliate Link)

Easy DIY: How to Build a Hitching Post

A good article from Grit.com about constructing a hitching post.  Enjoy!

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Dead Simple Fodder System

     An informative and thurough article about sprouting seeds for your animals as a way to cut feed costs.  Well worth the read.  I'll have to try this in spring when I have more time.  Enjoy!

Life (and Death) on the Homestead

     A good article on life and death and how different people, even in the same family, can perceive it.  Definitely work the read.

3 Chicken Raising Methods: A Comparison

A good artice laying out the pros and cons of three different ways to raise/house your flock. Good information in there. Enjoy!

The Harried Homemaker Preps: How to Cook an Old Rooster

     A good article with recipes for cooking an old rooster or laying hen.  I hope you enjoy it.

Nesting Box Herbs - Chicken Aromatherapy

     A good article about the benefit of adding herbs to your chickens nesting boxes and brooders.  Definitely trying this one.  Worth the read!

Never Run Out Of Meat Again – An Introduction to Raising Meat Rabbits

     A very brief introduction to reaising rabbits for meat.  Definitely just a skim over article and look for other more indepth sources of information.  Some are listed below the link  to the article.

Dam Raised Goats: 4 Reasons to Skip the Bottle

     A good article on why you should let your young goats be raised by their mothers and not bottle fed by us.  There is also a book giveaway at the bottom of the article.

5 Uses For Chickens In the Garden

     Mike's Backyard Nursery's article cirting five benefits of having chickens to help your garden.  The only thing left out is where he fails to mention about the chickens eating the fruits of your labor if you don't keep them out once the plants start to bear fruit!

Living Fences: How-To, Advantages and Tips

     Another excellent article from the folks at Mother Earth News.  This one is about growing living fences.  If I had a larger homestead and could keep livestock larger that chickens and ducks, this would be a project I could see undertaking.

How to Build a Chicken Feeder

     Another great article from Grit!  How to build a pest and weather proof chicken feeder.  Check it out!  I'll have to start on a couple of these next week!

20+ All-Natural Insect Repellent Recipes for a Bug-Free Summer

     The Prairie Homestead's article containing over twenty different bug repellent recipes.  Enjoy!

Homesteading in Suburbia – Five Easy Ways!

     A few good ideas from Keeper of the Home.org you can use to be partially self sufficient even in suburbia.  I still have one or two of the suggestions to implement, but we are getting there!

Retractable PVC Hoop House

     Another fantastic article from the Grit website!  That site is a plethora of information on so many topics.  I spend hours a week looking through their articles.  This latest gem is about making a

12 Things You Should Know About (and Do With) Your Eggs

     A good article from Crunchy Betty about pastured eggs and their benefits over commercially produced eggs.  I will have to say that we have, as a family, thoroughly enjoyed our feathered friends for their company, whimsical personalities, and those delicious eggs.  I knew some of the information in the article already, but a good portion of it was new information for me and I thought it was all very interesting.  I think I may need to try making some of that egg shell tea when I start my garden next spring.