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Livestock & Critters

Category: Livestock & Critters

Homemade Non-GMO and Organic Chicken Feed Mix | We finally began enjoying the great benefit of having chickens: the eggs! That was until we read what we were feeding them. We had to do better, so we started feeding our flock homemade chicken feed. | TraditionalCookingSchool.com

Homemade Non-GMO & Organic Chicken Feed Mix

Raw Cat Feeding (Plus Cat Food Recipe) | I don't believe in spending exorbitant amounts of money to keep an ailing animal alive, but I do believe in humane treatment and loving care as much as possible. When our cat Ezra’s kidneys were ailing, I researched good diets that could help her. Over the recent years I had not given much attention to the type of diet a cat should eat: rather than Friskies, a diet fitted to the feline nature. | GNOWFGLINS.com

Raw Cat Feeding (Plus Cat Food Recipe)

More Urban Farming with Greg Peterson (plus free webinar) | One of our most popular guests, Greg Peterson is back for the third time. He's been inspiring others and practicing urban farming on his 1/3 acre city lot for 25 years. We're talking more about The Urban Farm (his home), the concepts of "food miles" and seasonal eating, plus he is inviting you to a free webinar on urban farming. | KnowYourFoodPodcast.com/85

More Urban Farming with Greg Peterson (plus free webinar) (KYF085)

North Country Farmer Scott Terry (KYF041)

North Country Farmer Scott Terry (KYF041)

Choosing The Best Milk

Choosing The Best Milk

Devil in the Milk by Keith Woodford

RFQM: Devil In The Milk 3

Devil in the Milk by Keith Woodford

RFQM: Devil in the Milk 2

herbal handbook for farm and stable

Traditional (Natural) Diet for Goats

I was somewhat idealistic about raising chickens... I envisioned going to the chicken yard in a pretty apron, grabbing a good-sized chicken, swiftly processing it on a chopping block, taking it to the kitchen, and serving a gorgeous roast chicken a few short hours later. Then expectation met reality...

Meat Birds: Heritage vs. Hybrid {What You Need To Know}

You hear it again and again in homesteading circles... Loss is inevitable. And that makes caring for any living thing emotionally challenging. Can these hard times teach us anything? Difficult as it is, the answer is yes.

5 Lessons from Loss on the Homestead

Raw Milk Q&A | Switching to raw milk is a good starting place for many newly health-conscious families. I went to one raw milk-producing family farm, Fall Creek Farms in TN, to ask important questions: Is it safe? Is it from a good source? How long does it last? Why is it more expensive? and more! | TraditionalCookingSchool.com

Raw Milk Q & A

To Keep or Not to Keep... a Rooster | While doing our research on chickens, we heard a number of both good and bad things about roosters. In the end, the good outweighed the bad... and we decided to give a rooster a chance. After nearly a year now, with not just one, but three roosters, here is our take on keeping a male bird. | TraditionalCookingSchool.com

To Keep or Not To Keep… a Rooster

Caring For Bucks (and their wether companions)

Caring For Bucks (and their wether companions)

Runner's Story | I woke up on the big day -- the day devoted to butchering our first rooster, Runner -- to the sound of squawking guineas and roosters crowing. I had imagined this day over and over again in my thoughts but I didn't know how it would go. How would I feel? Would I be able to participate? | GNOWFGLINS.com

Runner’s Story

Loss on the Homestead | In a life of caring for and raising our animals, loss is unavoidable. We have experienced it. We must learn to live with and learn from it, but I admit, sometimes we struggle. Recently, we experienced a strong blow. | GNOWFGLINS.com

Life and Loss on the Homestead

Caring for Young Chicks | Spring and summer are the perfect seasons to start thinking about chicks. Why not expand your homestead flock with some new little babies? Chickens are some of the easiest farm animals to raise, and even if you don't live in the country, some cities will allow homeowners to keep a small backyard flock. | GNOWFGLINS.com

Caring for Young Chicks

Got Raw Milk? Questions to Ask Your Farmer | I love raw milk and I personally believe it's one of the most nourishing foods. But I'm aware not everyone shares my enthusiasm. Like most things, intentionality and being an informed consumer plays a key role. Raw milk, unlike many foods, is remarkably safe to consume due to its highly probiotic nature. But, if it's produced, stored, or transported in unsafe or unclean ways, it may become unsafe to ingest. Here are a few questions you should ask to help you choose your raw milk source. | GNOWFGLINS.com

Got Raw Milk? Questions to Ask Your Farmer

Buckeye Trees and Honeybees

Buckeye Trees and Honeybees