Like everything around this farm this idea is a moving wheel. As always I offer you my ideas and notes along with what is working. I work a lot, I have a more than full-time job and a farm so streamlining is a constant motivation, along with what is just plain doable and not doable for… Continue reading Chicken Compost-Updated
Recently I have made a horrible discovery and just had to put it out there because I am sure that there are a lot of people that didn’t realize this… Feed grade grains (corn, wheat, oats, etc.) are dusted with pesticides during storage. Sometimes many times! Also it is reported that the workers sometimes urinate… Continue reading Difference Between Human Grade Grains and Feed Grains
This is the first group of chickens we are raising for meat alone. They are Freedom Rangers which as far as I can tell are Red Rangers but what I really like is they were from GMO free breeding stock. I paid 71.25 total after shipping for 25 chicks. This is high and the main… Continue reading Starting with Meat Chickens and Euthanizing a Chick
If you are wanted a jumping off point for the most healthy, natural, non-chemical feed please continue reading. So, for months I have been experimenting with ingredients with a simple list of goals… No soy! Must be cost effective. Must be higher quality than premixed Can’t slow down egg production or negatively affect… Continue reading Cheap DIY Organic Chicken Feed for a mixed flock—UPDATE -UPDATE Again
I have been doing a lot of research on wet fodder for chickens lately. The idea that is saves money and supplies by stretching your feed further is appealing, especially if you are shelling out for organic. But I started to wonder as I started experimenting. I know from my high school education that once the seed… Continue reading Wet Fodder Doesn’t Seem Like It’s All That
We are located in the wonderful South Louisiana and as you may are may not know we are rebuilding after a horrible flood. My home was lucky in the fact that we didn’t get water inside the house. My house is raised and only because a slab foundation was 15,000 more when building. It is… Continue reading Dealing with Flood and a Pasture of Animals
