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Building a Barn – Part 1

a home owner built barn with chickens and room for other livestock

One of the reasons we moved out to the Cariboo region of BC was to have some acreage way out in the bush, raise a few animals and have a huge vegetable garden. Here's how we went about building a barn, which was really needed here on our property.     Building a Barn Since there wasn't a barn here when we arrived, we had to build one. We tossed around a few ideas - we wanted … [Read more...]


Filed Under: Building a BarnTagged: barn, chickens

Put Your Chickens to Work for You!

Chickens cleaning up a garden bed after harvest.

Did you know that bored chickens are unhealthy chickens? Bored chickens fight with one another, pull feathers out and pick pick pick at each other. Usually the answer to this is to just let them out of the coop and they will run around chasing and eating bugs. There other ways to keep your chickens from boredom and that is to put your chickens to work for … [Read more...]


Filed Under: Raising ChickensTagged: chickens, laying hens

How To Get Started on the Path to Providing for Your Family

Have you been used to buying your groceries at the supermarkets? Never raised animals or had a garden? Are you  trying to figure out how to get started on the path to providing for your family? Have you thought about starting a homestead? It can certainly feel overwhelming just to get started. So think about getting started, but doing it on a small … [Read more...]


Filed Under: How To, How to Get Started, Raising Chickens, Raising Meat Birds, Raising PigsTagged: chickens, chicks, Grow Vegetables, hens, How To:, laying hens, Potatoes, Raising Meat Birds, self sufficiency

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