sustainability

Hi! After raising chickens for fun for the last few years, I have started the journey into sustainability and raising my own chickens for meat as well as eggs. I started with a small seperate flock of marans and ameracaunas with the idea of using the extra roos for meat and keeping the hens for...

I try to live sustainably and sometimes I do and sometimes I don't! What are some of your tips or things that you can't do? Example of things I do: - no purposefully bought single use plastics in the home. This has been made much easier by the new variety of plant-based baggies and saran wraps...

Has anyone tried (or thought about) adding some Turkeys/Naked Neck gene into their sustainable meat program? From what I’ve read, the NN gene carries so many benefits - easier plucking, more meat production (especially in the breast), more resistant to diseases, great mothers, good taste...

What are your goals in hobby farming or homesteading? Off grid? On grid, but no grocery store food? Just the best parts of all lifestyles? I think that homesteading and sustainable living is about community - none of our ancestors did it alone! They had the wisdom passed down to them. We've...

(1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? I just got chickens for the first time last week. (2) How many chickens do you have right now? We bought 7 day old chicks and have 3 hens on the way tomorrow (3) What breeds do you have? We’ve got a mix with about 5 or 6 different...

We decided to try out a new fodder in the run, so far it's been working out great and I thought I'd share it with yall.