This DIY a-frame pig shelter is simple and can be easily altered to fit your needs. How do you build a pig shelter fast? When we decided to get pigs, we had about two months to get our electric fence and their shelter set up. I learned soon after that Continue Reading
Animal Care
Our first time experience butchering our homestead ducks and chickens
This was our first time experience with butchering. What led us to our first time butchering our own animals? Growing up I would have never thought I would be eating duck or chicken or anything like it let alone butchering my own animals. So what changed? In 2014 my health Continue Reading
How to set up a duckling brooder
What do ducklings need? When I was researching how to raise ducks, I felt that there wasn’t a whole lot of information that was easy to apply on raising ducks. One of the things was just their basic needs. I assumed they were just like chicks but I’ve found that Continue Reading