Homestead Poultry

How to Treat Dietary Imbalances in Chickens

An imbalance in a chicken's diet can cause the chicken to not receive the proper nutrition it needs, either by…

2 years ago

How to Make a DIY Chicken Saddle

Learn how to make a DIY chicken saddle so you can protect the hens in your homestead flock who receive…

2 years ago

How to Prevent Dietary Imbalances in Chickens

A nutritionally complete and balanced diet for your flock should help prevent a majority of dietary issues, however, sometimes dietary…

2 years ago

Natural Supplements for Molting Season

All chickens who are over a year old molt at least once every year, usually in the late summer and…

2 years ago

How to Check the Freshness of an Egg

Collecting farm fresh eggs from the flock is one of the many reasons why I keep a homestead flock. While…

2 years ago

Chicken Molting 101- What is Molting?

We've reached that time of the year where you get no fresh eggs from your homestead flock and it looks…

2 years ago

How to Prevent Chickens from Bullying Each Other

Bullying is a behavior issue in the homestead flock. Sometimes bullying can be the result of the dominant personality characteristic…

2 years ago

DIY Treat for Chickens: High Protein Quinoa Cakes

Making these high protein quinoa cakes as a DIY treat for chickens is a great way to sustainably spoil your…

2 years ago

What to Put in a Chicken Dust Bath

Chickens and dust bathing go together like peanut butter and jelly. If you don't provide a dust bath spot, your…

2 years ago

Raising Poultry on the Homestead- species profiles

While chickens may be the gateway animal to homesteading, there are also plenty of other poultry species to consider adding…

2 years ago