Balancing Corporate & Homesteading Lifestyles
Creating a Draft-Free, Enrichment Filled Brooder
đĄ Creating a Draft-Free, Enrichment-Filled Brooder Raising healthy, happy chicks starts with a well-designed brooder. The two most overlooked â but most important â things for long-term success are: Preventing drafts (which can chill or stress chicks) Providing enrichment (to prevent boredom and promote…
What to Plant in a Small Space
đż What to Plant in a Small Space: High-Yield Crops for Homesteaders Even with just a few raised beds, containers, or tucked-away corners, you can grow a surprising amount of food â if you choose your crops wisely. The key is picking plants that…
Why Canât I Get Hugs From Everyone?
Hello there, humans. Itâs me, Cluck Kent, your friendly neighborhood roost reporter, perched on my favorite bale of straw. Iâm watching visitors come and go from afar (with my super-vision, of course) and asking myself the burning question: âWhy canât I get hugs from…
Belgian d’Uccle Chickens: Everything You Need to Know
We are excited to be adding this breed to our flock! Small in size but overflowing with charm, Belgian d’Uccles (pronounced “dew-clay”) are beloved for their fluffy beards, feathery feet, and friendly personalities. These true bantams are not just beautifulâthey are full of personality…
Isolation & Quarantine: Keeping Your Flock Safe from Hidden Threats
Bringing new chickens into your flock is exciting, but it also comes with risks. Whether youâre introducing a new hen, a rescued bird, or even hatching your own chicks, isolation and quarantine are two of the most critical steps you can take to protect…
Talking Before Hatching: How Chicks Communicate Inside the Egg
It might surprise you to learn that baby chicks start communicating before they even hatch! Around day 19 of incubation, chicks begin making soft peeping sounds from inside the eggâbut why? And how do they do it? Letâs take a closer look at this…
The Dirty Boot Disaster by Cluck Kent
By Cluck Kent, Flock Safety Reporter Listen up, fellow cluckersâtoday, Iâm exposing a high-risk security breach that could bring disaster to the coop. It wasnât an aerial attack by hawks. It wasnât a rogue raccoon raid. Nopeâit was something much sneakier. It was⌠a…
Keep the Germs Out! Protect Your Flock Like a Pro! đđŚ¸ââď¸
By Cluck Kent, Flock Safety Reporter Listen up, feathered friends and farmhands! Sickness sneaks into the coop faster than a hungry hen on a spilled feed bucketâand trust me, you donât want to deal with a flock full of sniffly, sluggish birds. Thatâs why…
What the Cluck Is Biosecurity
By Cluck Kent, Flock Safety Reporter Listen up, fellow feathered friends and human caretakers! Cluck Kent here, your beaked beacon of truth, and today weâre talking about something that ruffles my feathers more than a surprise rainstormâbiosecurity. Now, before you start flapping in confusion,…
How to Set Up a Log for Growing Mushrooms đđż
Growing mushrooms on logs is a fantastic, low-maintenance way to cultivate your own gourmet fungi while embracing natureâs rhythms. NOTE: đ¸đŁ Spring is in the Air, and So Are Some Egg-citing Updates! đŁđ¸ Before we hatch into this weekâs springtime scoop, hereâs a little…
