After first learning how to ferment chicken feed, I was amazed by the difference it made in my flock. With just a few servings a week, they seemed healthier and more energetic.
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I never realized how intensely debated the topic of how to wash farm fresh eggs was until I began raising chickens for myself many years ago. I like to think of the debate over washing fresh eggs as a difference of opinion between germaphobes and fact-checkers.
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I’ve been part of the slow food movement for many years, and recently, I’ve noticed more and more people are paying attention to where their food comes from and are turning towards buying meat from local farmers.
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If you’ve raised chickens for any length of time, like I have, you’ve probably found yourself growing fond of your crazy, unique flock, and maybe you’ve started thinking of cute chicken names to capture each of their personalities.
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One of the many things I didn’t know when I started raising Muscovy ducks was that these unique-looking waterfowl aren’t actually ducks at all! I’ll explain more about that (and their distinct lack of quacking) because bringing these fun, jumbo-egg-laying birds to my homestead actually felt a little bit like raising chickens, turkeys, geese, and ducks all in one, and that is an experience worth having on any homestead.
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