Ready to raise your own chicken for meat? Here’s how to jump start baby chicks to give them a healthy life. This is something fun that my family and I have done for years. Raising our own chickens to meet our our protein needs has been a fulfilling and very worthwhile practice. Of course, our …
More of you are interested in raising chickens for eggs than ever before. I see it around my community and on social media. Awesome! I saw a post the other day on Facebook asking about the best egg containers and, of course, I read the comments. The comments consisted of a plethora of answers from …
I’m sure you’ve seen this picture floating around social media. That is so funny to me and to other farmers and ranchers. Yes, they really do look like marshmallows. What you are seeing is actually dried grass hay rolled up into a 1500-pound tight bale and wrapped with plastic wrap to protect the hay from …
Every year about this time, I get really hungry for some fresh Buttercrunch lettuce. It’s a good thing lettuce is ready now! Fresh crisp Buttercrunch Lettuce is my favorite variety of lettuce to plant and eat. It has a sweet taste that goes great with anything you eat it with or put it on. Plus, …
Two weeks early. We planted our sweet potatoes two weeks earlier than last year! While planting time is important, it is not the most important consideration for getting a great sweet potato yield. Here are my top 5 tips for planting perfect sweet potatoes your family can enjoy your sweet spuds all Winter long. 1. …
Are you worried about this popular problem of how to keep goats fenced in? You’re not alone. It’s a very popular stereotype of goats that the hardest part of owning them is learning how to keep goats fenced in. But, I’m here today to tell you that goats CAN be fenced in. I can still …
I really do have some good reasons why my chickens are not free range. Why my chickens are not free range could be a topic of controversy but I stand by my decision. I’ve traveled down roads and high ways and unfortunately seen many poor hens attempting to cross or already dead at the crossing. …
Of all the events of sweet Summertime, there is one especially that I look forward to. Picking Blackberries Picking Blackberries involves becoming incredibly purple, watching out for prickly thorns, and eating almost as much as you pick. Picking blackberries is not an art, you just have to know your colors. This is a great sensory …
In the goat industry, there is no set season when it comes to kidding. Breeders all over the country breed and kid their doe herd whenever it is most convenient for them. Which is a good production practice if you want to have a successful season. I’m going to share with you how scheduling breedings saved …
I do my goats’ nails. I call it goat pedicures. Goat pedicures are an important part of goat care. Not to the extreme – they don’t get to pick a color. But, I do trim them up and make them look pretty. Trimming their hooves keep the goats healthy and from foundering. Goat’s nails grow …