Black Australorp chickens are a great heritage breed of chickens, a dual-purpose breed raised for both egg and meat production. Lady Lee’s Note… After raising chickens for a couple of years for both meat and egg production, I decided that I would like to find a chicken that would make my life a bit easier….
Learn everything that you need to know about guinea fowl eggs. Where to get them, how they are different or similar to other kinds of eggs, their nutritional value and much more. Lady Lee’s Notes… To be honest, I didn’t enjoy raising guinea fowl. Mainly because of the ridiculous amount of noise those creatures make….
This is a step by step picture tutorial on how to butcher a rabbit. Butchering rabbits on the homestead is really a simple thing to do. Once you learn the process and practice a few times you’ll see how quick and simple it is. For the longest time, I wanted to raise rabbits for meat….
Processing a pig into pork breakfast sausage might involve some labor but it is a rather simple process. In this tutorial, I’ll share the whole process with you, from pig to pork breakfast sausage. Lady Lee’s Note… If you’ve been following the blog for a while, you know that I have a lot of information…
The LaMancha goat breed is a milk production goat breed. LaMancha goats are easy-going and friendly, they are the only American made breed of goats and they are a great choice for farming or even just as pets. In this post, you’ll learn everything that you need to know about LaMancha goats. My first…
Raising Muscovy ducks is very easy. They are easy to care for, friendly and a great dual-purpose duck to have on the homestead. In this post, you’ll find all the information that you need about raising Muscovy ducks. I’ve been raising Muscovy ducks for a few years now and I can tell you, hands down,…
Learning how to butcher a turkey might be simpler than you think. By the end of this post, you’ll know everything that you need to know about butchering turkeys. I hope that it will make this task a bit less intimidating for you. My friend raised turkeys for Thanksgiving and Christmas. She was looking for…
Learn how to butcher a duck at home so you can process your own meat ducks. We will work through the process step-by-step and by the end of this post, you’ll know everything that you need to know about butchering ducks. If you landed here, you probably are already raising meat ducks and the time…
We are going to go over all the information that you need in order to decide if guinea fowl are right for you to keep on your homestead. My goal is that by the end of this post you’ll be able to decide if you want to add guinea fowl to your homestead or not….
In this post, I’ll show you step by step how to skin a chicken. If plucking is not your thing and you want to try to skin your chicken instead of plucking then this post will show you exactly how I do it. There is more than one way, I am sure, but this is…
In this post, I’ll show you step by step how to butcher a chicken. This is the second part of my Raising Cornish Cross post, so if you want to learn how to raise meat chickens make sure you start there. But if you are here just to learn how to butcher a chicken read…
In this step by step tutorial on how to butcher a deer I’ll share with you how we do it on the homestead. There are many ways to butcher a deer but the basics always stay the same. I hope that you’ll have a much better understanding of how to butcher a deer at home…
In this post, we are going to learn about raising Cornish Cross chickens for meat production. I can’t tell you that they are my favorite kind of chicken and you’ll see why in a minute, but if you are looking for information about raising Cornish Cross chickens, which are the most common breed of meat…
In this post, we will learn how to clip chicken wings so that they won’t be able to escape the fenced area they are in by flying over the fence. We will go over when it’s a good idea to do it and how to get it done. It’s just a simple task that can save…
In this post, we are going to learn about setting up a bee swarm trap. It’s a fairly simple thing to do and it’s a great way to catch a swarm of bees and get free bees which you can then move to your hive for honey production. We’ll learn what’s a bee swarm, why…
In this How to Beekeeping For Beginners post we are going to compare the traditional Langstroth hive to the less common top-bar hive. It’s been a big dream of mine to keep bees. As I started researching the topic, I discovered that there are two main ways of keeping bees; in the common Langstroth hive…
**Please welcome Meghan to the blog! Meghan blogs at The Organic Goat Lady, she is here to teach us why, what, and how to bottle-feed a baby goat. This comes at a great time for our homestead since we just welcomed our first baby goat! We are all super excited, I am not sure if…
If you are considering clearing land with goats this post and video will help you see how it can be done. We had a great experience using three Nigerian Dwarf for clearing land. The best thing about it was that the goats themselves seemed to be enjoying the work. They were chewing non-stop and loved…