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I am blessed to still live on a farm that our family has lived on for 130 years. I had been using an old garage as my chicken coop that had once been a sap house for boiling down maple syrup by my Grandfather. The old sap house was actually listing to one side. It had many problems and holes and...

GUIDE TO STORAGE AND HANDLING OF CHICKEN EGGS FOR HATCHING So, you have an incubator you want to set or have a hen showing signs of going broody. You need to prepare for the day when you’re ready to set the eggs. Hatching your own eggs is a fun experience, especially magical for kids, but...

We all know that a mouse infestation can be frustrating and discusting to deal with. If you keep chickens or any livestock you know how distructive they can be and expensive in feed losses. Also they pose a danger to chicks and that they carry disease to your flock. In this article i would...

One of my most remembered food memories is those thick homemade noodles my mom made for her chicken soup. She learned this simple recipe from her mom, who also learned it from her mom, who barely spoke English and was an immigrant from Germany. For this recipe you need 3 ingredients: Flour Salt...

One of the things I do each fall is make some Strawberry or Raspberry jam from the last little green cherry tomatoes right before frost. You can use regular sized tomatoes also. For this recipe you will need around a quart and a half for each batch. Make sure not to use any that are starting to...