“But don’t they just fly away?” We field a lot of questions about homesteading, and this is one of the more common answers when people ask about the poultry. The answer is that they can, so we clip their wings to keep them in their pen. Most people understand what wing clipping entails, but others wince, not realizing that clipping a bird’s wings is no more painful than getting a haircut. And, if you want to keep your birds out…
Well. It’s happened. Rachel: “Next year, we’re getting a buck.” While I’ve definitely talked about how we go back and forth about whether or not to get Shetland Sheep, we’ve also gone back and forth on whether or not to have our own buck goat to breed our does. It’s been a discussion that we’ve been going back and forth on for awhile now, and up until this point we’ve decided against it. It’s quite a commitment to house a…
If you are not someone that has their own goats and chickens, then you will probably find that you have a lot of apple cores and peels left after making applesauce. And even if you do have farm animals that will happily devour the leftover scraps, you still might find that you have too many for them to handle. Apple leftovers are highly perishable, and when you’re making your way through 100+ pounds of apples, it leaves you with a…