As summer departs and autumn arrives, observe your colonies and ask these questions to give them the best chance of surviving winter.
Are you concerned that your flock's eggs might contain Salmonella? I sought expert sources for safety guidelines and facts about farm vs. store-bought eggs.
The manure lagoons flooded by Hurricane Florence show that pigs produce a lot of waste. Managing manure correctly on small farms is key to protecting waterways and gaining valuable fertilizer.
Chicken-keepers can mitigate the cost of chicken feed only so much. The real savings are in efficiencies we can employ in the feeding process.
In part two of this three-part series, we look past buying chicks. Here are the basics on how to incubate and hatch eggs to start or expand your flock.
We searched the web and found a wicked t-shirt, a fowl flag, crunchy cricket treats and stylish egg rings.
Preparing properly before bringing goats home can help the new animals settle in and ease the transition from an empty pasture to a happy herd.
Incubators were all the rage in the early 20th century, but plenty of advice also existed on incubation and hatching via broodies.
Keeping poultry opens your eyes to a world most fowl: rubber chickens on bicycles and in recycle bins, chicken sculptures and costumes at Scandinavian castles, and poultry yard art in the American Midwest.
I gave in to a lifelong desire and bought 6 chicks. Now we have a flock of 46.
Chickens get snacks in the form of bugs that eat wood chips, and you eventually get compost from the wood chips and chicken poop.
The Welsummer, a breed that originated in the Netherlands, has been a breakfast-cereal mascot and is known for its earth-tone eggs.
