Learn from Serenity Acres experience and keep your baby goats safe from harm by paying a little attention to the details.
Heritage breed cows seldom have calving equipment. When the do, you want to be prepared with the knowledge, equipment and community that result in a safe delivery.
An introduction to hatching and hand-raising peafowl chicks.
We set out this summer (2017) to document the nuts and bolts of feeding forages to pigs. Thanks to a grant from Sustainable Agriculuture and Reaseach Education (SARE) and our friends at Practical Farmers of Iowa, we are going to be able to offer the results of our research by the end of the year. We are recording data on three separate groups this summer.
It’s easy to seclude yourself in the great self-sufficiency movement, but sometimes we have to remind ourselves that there is constantly room for growth and community. It may look like trading with other homesteaders for soaps or produce, or maybe it looks like traveling across the country to a homesteading conference, such as the Mother Earth News Fair or Homesteaders of America. Whatever it is, utilizing your homestead community is essential to every homesteader.
We recently purchased another eight ducks of different breeds to add to our flock on the farm. Among those are Fawn Runner Ducks, Cayugas,and Mallards.
Simple and effective way for treating scaly leg mites on chickens.
When I was growing up, I did not go to school aside from a semester of 9th Grade at an alternative school. Because I spent so little time in formal learning, I have never lost the joy a child has about learning something new.
