Animals

10 Foods Your Chickens Should Never Eat Chickens can virtually eat anything, or so it seems. They’ll eat whatever you give them, and, despite rumors, chickens are not vegetarians. They’ll eat meat off of carcasses and bones without any qualms. Most people feed their chickens whatever they have laying around …

Ants Be Gone: 20+ Safe and Simple Ways to Keep Your Home Pest-Free Ants are tiny creatures that can be a major nuisance in your home, especially during the warmer months. While there are many chemical insecticides that can be used to get rid of ants, these can be harmful …

Which Chicken Breed is Right for Your Homestead? What Chicken Breed is Right for Your Homestead? If you are just starting out on your homesteading adventure, chickens are a great way to begin with livestock. Whether you have a budding, city backyard or a bustling, rural acreage, getting a coop …

6 Common Reasons Why Your Hens Stop Laying Most people who keep a backyard flock do so for the delicious, farm-fresh eggs. It’s always concerning when the hens suddenly stop laying. In addition to the inconvenience when there suddenly aren’t eggs for breakfast, there’s the anxiety that perhaps something is …

11 Creative  Ways to Reuse Your Eggshells Do you ever look at the pile of eggshells after breakfast and wonder if you can use eggshells for something? When you have the reuse it mentality, you start looking at everything and pondering other uses. Believe it or not, eggshells do have other uses, …

10 Simple Homemade Dog Treat Recipes I am a self proclaimed ‘dog person’, I love them, I have them, I spoil them! I want my pups to get new toys, delicious treats and high quality food on a regular basis but none of that comes cheap, especially if you have …

Easy Steps To Making an Automatic Chicken Waterer Chickens don’t require a lot of complicated care steps, but they do need an abundance of water to lay the eggs we want. You will find yourself making the walk to your chicken coop several times throughout the day to ensure your chickens …

8 Ways Apple Cider Vinegar Can Help Care For Your Chickens Apple cider vinegar is truly a miracle elixir with enumerable applications, in and out of the coop. Vinegar is made using 2 consecutive fermentation processes. The type of vinegar produced is determined by the item being fermented, not by …

Kill Termites Yourself with These 4 Proven DIY Treatments Termites destroy homes, and you don’t want your home to become their next victim. Professional treatment can be expensive, so you may want to try a few DIY termite treatments to see if you can solve the problem yourself. Termites are …

How to Make a Pumpkin Bird Feeder: A Fun and Festive Way to Recycle Leftover Pumpkins As the Halloween festivities come to an end, many of us find ourselves wondering what to do with our leftover pumpkins. Rather than tossing them in the trash, why not upcycle these seasonal decorations …

The Best Animals for a Homestead and Why You Need Them As you start to grow your homestead, you’ll start to wonder about adding animals. Animals serve many purposes, but most importantly, they’re a source of food for our families. If you’re like most homesteaders, you don’t have a ton …

Homesteading 101: Getting Started with Chickens, Goats, and Bees Homesteading is a lifestyle that involves living a self-sufficient life, producing your own food, and being in harmony with nature. One aspect of homesteading that many people find appealing is keeping farm animals like chickens, goats, and bees. In this article, …