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Mark and his family are dedicated to permaculture based livestock farming where the animals are raised on their natural diets and allowed to roam free in a natural habitat. This approach to raising animals produces physically and mentally healthy ani
Chickens are one of the most important yet overlooked purchases in the preparedness world.
I met Mark Casson of Green Acres Farms when he started working at Roberts & Roberts Brokerage a little over a year and a half ago. Mark and his family are dedicated to permaculture based livestock farming where the animals are raised on their natural
They may be the most pampered chickens on the planet.
USDA to allow chicken from China
Not necessarily harmful! But just so you know.
America's small farmers are once again under attack, this time by a new draft guidance issued by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) that threatens to eliminate truly free-range and pastured poultry and eggs.
America's small farmers are once again under attack, this time by a new draft guidance issued by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) that threatens to eliminate truly free-range and pastured poultry and eggs.
When you purchase chicken at the grocery store, you might have the perfectly reasonable expectation that the poultry you are buying was raised on an American farm, and that it was inspected by a government official.
A Pennsylvania couple has an answer for people who think they'd like a chicken but are worried about buyer's remorse.
There is a reason why the conventional poultry industry in the U.S. has been fairly successful in recent years at lowering detected levels of salmonella in chicken.
Many people don't realize that chickens stop laying eggs and can become messy, noisy and difficult to care for.
In 1826, Anthelme Brillat-Savarin wrote, “Dis-moi ce que tu manges, je te dirai ce que tu es,” which translates into, “Tell me what you eat and I will tell you what you are.”
It's not out of the ordinary to rent things such as textbooks, power tools and designer dresses. But a chicken?
Hollis chicken aficionados enjoy the freedom to raise chickens, thanks to the town’s long tradition as an agricultural center where farming and related endeavors are a part of many families favorite activities.
The old saying, "You are what you eat," poses troubling implications for public health in light of a new study on chicken meat, which found that most of it contains dangerously high levels of toxic arsenic.
Have you decided that it’s finally time to start the backyard chicken flock you’ve always dreamed of?
Many cities offer tours and suggestions for backyard chicken coops. Check out these resources!
This is how breakfast starts at Darrell Burnett's house in Metropolis: he gets up early to gather the eggs from his chicken house out back.
Some residents in Ankeny are asking for a change to allow them to raise chickens inside the city limits.
I’m a smart man.
Here's an awesome story about saving the family and survival!
An ongoing debate over the rights of homeowners to raise and keep their own chickens may soon gain an audience in the Virgina Supreme Court.
To follow up on chicken coop design article "A Newbie's Perspective on Raising Chickens", please consider:
James, I really learned a lot from the Cooking the Farmyard Fowl article by Irishfarmer. My chicken flock is reaching an average of two years of age and they are laying fewer eggs.
Raising chickens is smart. It provides you a healthy supply of food in the form of chicken eggs, and you'll even have a source of emergency meat if times get really bad.
In a SHTF scenario, already having a small flock of laying chickens will be of great benefit for everyone from an urban backyard to a rural, backwoods bunker setting.
Having animals is great. Having part or all of their care automated in some way is even better. Here are plans for a homemade chicken waterer....
Chickens are probably the easiest and most productive farm animal you can have, but many don't know how to go about making it happen. So I will be documenting the process and provide weekly updates...
