FARM

DIY chicken feed is as easy as growing a chicken garden full of foods that will nourish your flock for less. Growing chicken feed cuts feed costs, too.

Cut your animal feed costs substantially by growing fodder from oats, wheat, or barley. It’s inexpensive chicken food and good for other livestock, too.

Try implementing some of these easy tricks to keep chickens cool & make the heat more bearable for your hens. Summer heat doesn’t have to = miserable hens.

Processing chickens — otherwise known as butchering chickens — at home means putting healthier birds on the dinner table. Here are tips to make it easier.

9 Ways to put your hens to work! Take advantage of their natural foraging habits and put chickens to work in the garden. Free labor, plus you’ll get eggs!

In harsh, cold climates there are some simple tactics for keeping things hospitable in the duck run.

DIY grazing boxes make for happy grass fed chickens. They’re a great way to save on the cost of raising backyard chickens (and other poultry), too!

Growing the amaranth plant & other quasi-grains like buckwheat & sorghum is a fun way to expand your harvest to include unusual crops in your veggie garden.