As we prepare to bring home our third livestock guardian dog, I thought it would be fun to write a blog post about some of the things I do to prep our house/farm for bringing home an LGD and what I do differently now that we are on dog number three instead of number one. [...]
Tag: hobby farm
Caring for chicks during their first few weeks of life
As many of you know, this year was our first time hatching our own chicks, so I am by no means a professional, and I'm certainly not a veterinarian. However, I thought it may be helpful for folks if I laid out some of the things that have worked well for us with our last [...]
Amateur Incubating with Good Results
As I’m sitting down to write this blog post I’m thinking to myself “who on earth am I to give you guys advice on incubating chicken eggs?” Aaaaaand to be perfectly honest, the answer to that question is that I’m really nobody. I’m just a girl living in the middle of nowhere Montana, trying to [...]
Tips for Incubating Chicken Eggs
Hi friends! Before we began incubating our first batch of chicks, I asked my Instagram buddies for any tips, tricks, or advice they could share from their own incubating experiences. Since I found this information very helpful, I figured other people would too. As a disclaimer, I would like to say that these ideas are [...]
So you want a flock of chickens?
Starting your own flock of chickens can be one of the most rewarding experiences as a hobby farmer or homesteader. Even though chickens are becoming as popular and common in households as hamsters, they are not the easiest animal in the world to raise and it is very important that you do your research up [...]