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Raising Small Livestock: The Devil’s in the Details

A lot of people would like to raise some sort of livestock – whether it’s chickens or pigs or lambs or whatever – but they are stopped by lack of experience and fear. Actually, raising animals is pretty simple (not necessarily easy – which is a whole different deal):
– Make sure they have [...]

The Little Red Hen Moves

Far be it from me to make the claim that Aunt Toby and the DH are experts at raising chickens or hatching chickens with a broody hen. Chickens, as I have noted before, are the ‘gateway drug’ of livestock raising: as long as you can keep them save, fed and watered, you are good [...]

Well, let’s not brood about it

We have a hen that has gone broody so we’re allowing her to do what is coming naturally – sit on and hatch out eggs.

Light and Good: Eggs

At this point in the year, a little light, quick eating might be right up your family’s alley. Here are several ways to prepare eggs that are good for breakfast, lunch or dinner.

No chix-sicles at Chez Siberia

Time to move the chickens inside for the winter from their outdoor pasture traveling pens.

Is There a Coffee Table Book in Aunty Toby’s Future?

Amazing civil engineering bahavior in chickens.

Egg-sactly What We Were Looking For

Everything you ever wanted to know about eggs.

Goodbye to chickens…Hello to chicken

Getting chickens into the freezer.

Loose Ends and Housekeeping

Updates on the chicks, strawberries, et al.

Chicks on Grass!!

First experiences with putting chicks out on grass.

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