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Sprouting Wheat For Winter Chicken Greens DIY Project

If you have chicken you know how much they like the greens they can get all summer. In the winter though there are no...

The coop with its storm door.

Guest Post by Heather from the whimsical feather. http://thewhimsicalfeather.blogspot.com/   " Chickens? You have Chickens? Wait, can you have Chickens in the city?" For those of us...

A feeder for the sprouted wheat, DIY

http://www.workdaychickenpictures.com/workdaychickenpictures/Chickens_And_Gardens_Blog/Entries/2011/1/19_A_feeder_for_the_sprouted_wheat.html  

How to butcher a chicken in 20 minutes or less

http://www.backwoodshome.com/articles2/grim79.html  

Goose Incubation & Hatching Guide

Backyard Chicken is a fascinating website that features amazing article on chickens and other birds. They have created an interactive community - urban,suburban and...

Raising Backyard Chickens: My 8-year old Daughter’s Egg Business

http://eartheasy.com/blog/2012/10/raising-backyard-chickens-my-8-year-old-daughters-egg-business/  

How To Butcher a Turkey, Warning – graphic photographs!

http://littlehomesteadonthehill.blogspot.com/2012/10/how-to-butcher-turkey.html  

Learning to Farm With Draft Horses

http://barnhousenews.blogspot.com/2012/03/learning-to-farm-with-draft-horses.html  

"River Of Waste" Documentary On Multinational Corporations Factory Animal Farming

http://www.youtube.com/movie?v=c-WAGf-4gC8&feature=mv_sr   Something to think about. I'm NOT a vegetarian or an animal rights person, but the idea of raising our food in "factories" controlled by...

DIY Easy , Inexpensive Shelter for Outdoor or Stray Cats

Are there stray cats where you live or is your cat an outdoor cat. If yes and you feel bad for them in winter...

DIY Project: Chicken Manure Tumbling Composter – Great Pictures

If you have chickens and a garden you probably know that the chicken manure makes good fertilizer but you also know that you can't...

Adding New Chickens to Your Flock – Understanding The Pecking Order

If you have chickens for meat, eggs or both you will want to read this article that explains the steps to take when adding...

9 Point Comb to Toe Chicken Check Up & DIY Antiseptic Ointment

If you have chickens Community chickens has advice on giving them a check up and a recipe for an antiseptic ointment for any of...

Teflon Coated Light Bulbs Deadly to Chickens

Teflon Coated Light Bulbs Deadly to Chickens. Don't use them in your coop.   http://www.rootsimple.com/2012/07/teflon-coated-light-bulbs-deadly-to.html

Chicken Cabbage Tether Ball

Chicken Cabbage Tether Ball   http://hencam.com/henblog/2011/01/chicken-cabbage-tether-ball/

Whitewash. Interested in Whitewash? How To and Why

Chicken Chores & Whitewash. Interested in whitewash?  It’s a process farmers have used for years to coat the inside of structures where animals are...

Homemade Chicken Feed for Healthy and Inexpensive Backyard Flocks

Homemade Chicken Feed for Healthy and Inexpensive Backyard Flocks http://www.untrainedhousewife.com/homemade-chicken-feed-for-healthy-and-inexpensive-backyard-flocks

How To Make a Chicken Saddle

How to make a chicken saddle. Sometimes a rooster decides a hen is the only girl for him and then feels the need to...

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