by April | Last Updated: Jan 17, 2021 | Animals, Chickens, Poultry, Rabbits, Sheep, Turkeys
I love my animals! Love them, except in winter, when I don’t. Then they go from movie star status to unsightly object on the bottom of my shoe type of admiration. Through no fault of their own of course. They are just as quirky and wonderful as they were in the...
by April | Last Updated: Nov 15, 2024 | Our Kitchen, Recipes, Smoking & Curing, Turkeys
Thanksgiving is coming up, my husband’s favorite holiday. In our family, I’m in charge of Thanksgiving Turkey from start to finish and since I’m in charge I say “Let’s smoke it”. I love smoked turkey so much I’m going to convince you to smoke your turkey...
by Jessica | Last Updated: Jul 1, 2020 | DIY Homesteading, Poultry, Turkeys
Autumn makes me think of vibrant leaves, warm soups, pumpkins, comfy sweaters, and harvesting the bounty that I have nurtured for the last 6 months. Autumn is harvest season on our homestead. I harvest my garden, fruit trees and because I choose to be an omnivore, I...
by April | Last Updated: Jul 1, 2020 | Poultry, Turkeys
There is a huge amount of information about raising chickens and chicks, and so very little about raising turkeys from poults. Any information you do find is almost guaranteed to be about raising commercial breeds like the Broad-Breasted White, in a commercial...
by April | Last Updated: Jul 1, 2020 | Poultry, Turkeys
Turkeys, in my opinion, are some of the easiest animals to raise and overwinter, although I’m not going to claim they are the smartest animals. I’ve owned Broad-breasted Whites, Narragansett, Bourbon Reds, and some mixed heritage breeds, in varying degrees...
by April | Last Updated: Jul 1, 2020 | Animals, Chickens, Poultry, Rabbits, Turkeys
Now I know we all have an idealized view of homesteading, at least I did! Chickens and turkeys meandering in your spring green lawn, happily eating bugs and vegetation. Perhaps some lambs and goats frolicking around your fields while you’re faithful dog guards...
