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I had some first time helpers helping me process my meat birds yesterday. I just was packaging them up to freeze, after letting them chill for 24 hours, and found that every bird that the other person did had the vent still in the bird. I did show them how to do it, but as I was doign the...

Actually there is a classification for your discription of your family... A Happy and Healthy Family Unit. .

I agree that is is a problem when the Gov't steps in and makes it harder for honest farmers to do what they always have, and done with honesty (Ie. welcome to come to our farm any time and see our animals and how they actually live). Unfortunately there have been bad players, bit larger and...

I think Lucky Chooks would be a great name for the feed if all the different colors were mixed together. Though it most likely is not really "organic" feed.

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Maybe trying a different word for farm would work to get all to agree, and not sound like others farms ( I think there are probably lots of "Hilltop" farms). Such as: acreage estate field garden grassland homestead lawn meadow nursery orchard pasture plantation ranch acres arboretum...

I agree. Thank you all for getting up on the soap boxes. You have opened my eyes to a different perspective and way to raise CXs. I was going to pass on them in favor of Dixies or rangers when I went for meat birds this year. Guess I will have to re-evaluate. So in another way - Gee Thanks...

Then I guess they will be living with you for like, forever, unless you go clean their homes when they move out. My parents both trained me to be able to care for my self in every way, that included sewing and how to use every appliance in or out the house. I do recommend it for the future of...

Erica, if the coop is movable they probably will not care. In other words do not pour a concrete slab or foundation for the coop. The question I would be asking is; Are you allowed to have chickens how many and are roosters allowed? What is your zoning where you live? Are you surrounded by...

I would envision using 5 or more "X" legs that radiate from the tree base that are stabilized with a couple of long boards on the outside radius (that would reach to just about the outer limbs of the trees) and then string a fine mesh netting on top of it so the wind falls are cradled until you...

That's a great Idea. I saw on Youtube a farmer who actually made templates with plywood and custom nubs for pushing in the soil fro doing seed starting flats. Sorry I can not remember what the title of the video was, was about homesteading though I think.

Yes indeed.

I was Just at Home Depot tonight and saw that they have 8"x13" (approximate dimensions) containers that would work great for growing fodder in. They were only 98 cents each. So for those of you that were asking about fodder growing there is the start. And then if you head back to the corner...

I would think that Cedar Trees would be a benefit for using non-rotting posts for fencing in livestock. Am I missing something besides the cedar rust?

I have heard or read (do a lot of both) that letting ducks into the garden for a day, while watching them, they will eat all the bugs and slugs they can find, once those are gone, then they start eyeing the nice fresh green goodies. So then you take them out and in a couple of weeks you repeat...

I'm seeing a lot of talk about different types of this plant of that seed/tuber to try this year and how much people are getting onions for at the store and auctions, but not much on if they are organic and/or heirloom varieties. Yes I understand that it is not always feasible, but I would...

Residential 60,000 square foot minimum lot. Which is approximately 1.4 acres.

Plainfield it is only "legal" on RA-60 lots. But they do not press the issue if there are no complaints.

Must be Feral chickens roaming the hills out this way. Wonder how aggressive they git and how big the packs(flocks) get.

My land is mostly swamp early growth trees and scrub. So if I wanted to grow "Grains" for my chickens as a supplement to their diet, could I do that over my septic field? Not going to grow a lot or be tuning the ground over like a conventional farm, so would that be feasible and logical? I...