In this final "honest truth" about popular poultry, we recount experiences keeping Rhode Island Red, Golden Comet, Barred Plymouth Rock and Serama chicken breeds.
Sarah Hock from the Washington-based homestead Cats and Cluckers tells us about the virtues of a life surrounded by poultry.
After a move to rural Tennessee, Alison Davis and her husband decided to get six layer hens—and their chicken flock just grew from there to include free-ranging chickens and even ducks.
Give your flock a job by setting up an egg CSA for feed funds, good food for your neighbors and food production education for those who want to know more.
Fall is a welcome break from summer's stressful conditions, so seize this opportunity to do some basic flock maintenance on your sheep to get them ready for breeding.
Want poultry but don't have the land for chickens? Quail are quiet, easy-keeping birds that you can raise for both eggs and meat.
The Chicks Next Door farm founder Annie Dye talks about her star rooster, Napolean, and the secret to the irresistible appeal of rainbow eggs.
Looking at four more popular chicken breeds, we discuss real-life experiences keeping Dutch Booted Bantams, Japanese Bantams, Polish and Marans.
Notebooks may be the proven way to track farm data, but you can manage your whole farm right from your phone with handy apps like these!
The woolly, low-maintenance Mangalitsa pig provides succulent meat for a small farm. Here's what you need to know to start raising these heritage hogs.
In this ongoing look at the basics of feeding cattle, we turn our attention to energy: what it means, what delivers this component and providing it to your herd.
Continuing with our look at popular breeds, we discuss real-life experiences keeping Araucana, Cochin, Easter Egger and Welsummer chickens.
