Chickens are a type of livestock, which often makes people think of huge, smelly commercial poultry barns. Will your backyard smell the same? Are laying hens big, stinky, poop machines? Are the eggs worth it? If you have never owned chickens nor been around them, you may wonder if they are easy or hard to […]
Are Chickens Easy or Hard to Keep
Quail Egg Wait List (Free Printable PDF)
Whether you sell eating eggs or hatching eggs, chances are you have more people wanting fresh eggs than your covey can lay. Let me help! Here is a free printable PDF quail egg wait list that will help keep you organized, pick-ups running smoothly, and the profits from your egg sales coming in regularly: Simple […]
Organize Quail Feed Storage Bins
Coturnix quail eat surprisingly little food – around 2 Tablespoons per hen per day – so a 50 pound bag of feed lasts a long time! Here is how I store the food so it stays fresh, bug-free and does not attract any rodents while looking adorable! Let’s organize the quail feed storage bins with […]
Stop Caterpillar and Cutworm Damage to Garden Veggie Plants
Your brand new, just-planted vegetable starts have holes in the leaves! Who is eating them? It’s caterpillars and cutworms who come out at night to feast on your tender, baby plants! And worse, they can eat a young plant to the ground, killing it overnight. There’s no need to let this happen. Here is the […]
How to Breed Bantam Colored Egg Layer Chickens
Bantams (miniature chickens) can be bred to lay blue, green, and even olive eggs, just like their full size cousins! A few hatcheries are offering female blue laying bantam Ameraucanas and finally some sage and olive egger bantams. The rainbow miniature chicken egg basket of your dreams is now doable! Here is how you can […]
How to Breed Sex-Link Chicken Chicks
Did you know it is possible to breed chickens in a way that females will hatch in one down color and males will hatch a completely different down color, making it easy to tell them apart? Hatcheries do it all the time and buyers LOVE knowing they are getting guaranteed pullets! Here I’ll share the […]
Rodent Proof Chicken Feed Storage Bins
Mice, rats, and squirrels get into everything, especially the scratch grain, seeds, and commercial pellets you give to your flock. Here is what I use to safely store 50 pounds of any type of feed away from their voracious teeth. Plus free vinyl-ready labels so everything is organized and visually appealing! Set up these rodent […]
Breeding Blue Egg Laying Celadon Coturnix Quail for Profit
Would it be nice if your backyard covey could pay for their own feed? What if they could bring in even more income? As urban and suburban keepers increasingly want these sweet hens, the lack of US breeders is causing prices to rise, especially for any quail who lay a colored egg. Let’s talk about […]
Organic Fertilizer Recipe for Huge Blooms
Just a little bit of an organic flower bud & blossom fertilizer makes your cut flower garden explode with color! It also helps your vegetable plants produce more flowers and fruit. This is the secret trick that farmer’s market gardeners have been using for years! Here’s my organic fertilizer recipe for HUGE blooms on everything […]