Don’t waste your old hay, paper scraps, coffee grinds, uprooted weeds, etc. COMPOST!!! You want a healthy garden, with flourishing plants and happy little sprouts??? COMPOST!!! Sooo… I want to compost… but how?? Building A Compost Bin/Box/Pile Thingie So the gist of a Compost Container is some container that is at least 1 cubic foot …
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Taking a Look at Alternative Water Fowl
Cranes, Swans, and More Honestly, one gets tired of ducks and geese eventually, even with the inexhaustible number of breeds. And if you have a nice access to water and a good way to somehow… make an aviary around that water… you may want to take a look at some of my favorite, albeit expensive, …
HAPPY FATHER’S DAY
Just wanted to wish all the 2022 fathers on the farm!
Ducks VS Chickens
Chickens are a general favorite. People have raised chickens for hundreds of years, and there is something to that, but it seems unfair not to look at both sides. In these days of Khaki Campbell ducks, laying 300+ eggs, they are certainly worth considering as utility birds. Today we are going to look at some …
Quail VS Chickens
Quail, particularly the coturnix, are slowly increasing in the livestock industry. Particularly in urban and suburban settings, people are actually choosing quail over chickens to be their utility birds! In this post, we are gonna see the advantages quail have over chickens, and the advantages chickens have over quail. Quail Quail need only two square …
Pros and Cons of the Rhode Island Blue Crossbreed
Alternatively known as the Production Blue, the Rhode Island Blue is a crossbreed chicken that seems to be becoming more popular. Primarily kept for eggs, this breed is a cross between two of our best egg layers: The Rhode Island Red and the Australorp. Pros They are Good Layers Seeing as they are bred for …
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Pros and Cons of the Leghorn Chicken
Once again, here is a chicken review done by yours truly, Hiram Means. The Leghorn chicken is one of the most common chicken, with a good deal of reasons to love it, and a couple of reasons that make it not so great. Pros White Eggs While I personally am not a huge fan of …
Pros and Cons of the Ameraucana!
A very fluffy chicken, with cute ear-muffs, the Ameraucana is an all-time favorite chicken, but it’s not the only chicken. Here’s why: Pros Blue Eggs! Here is their main appeal! They lay beautiful bluish eggs! The Ameraucana is very beloved due to this factor. Who doesn’t want some variation! 2. They are nice to humans …
The Pros and Cons of Old English Game
The Old English Game is my favorite breed of chicken. Perhaps its appeal lies in its closeness to the OG chicken, the Red Jungle Fowl. Perhaps I just love the colors. I’m not actually sure why I love this chicken, but the Bantam Version has really delighted me so far! Here are the pros and …
Pros and Cons of the Favarolles!
Second only to the Old English Game, the Favarolles is the breed I have had the most fun with. They are cuddly and insanely cute. Yes, this post is about the fluffy, fluffy French Favarolles. Pros They are adorable and fluffy As shown above the Favarolles are a very cute breed of chicken. Many people …
Where The Chickens Roost 