Sore and sunburnt, I stopped at the back of the field to survey the fence-line. Pride and gratitude swelled within…
Your friendly neighborhood farmer has learned some hard lessons in animal husbandry over the past three weeks. Since I last…
This was Runamuk's first-ever lambing season, and I couldn't have asked for a better introduction to sheep-breeding. I've more than…
It's going on 3 years now, that I've been fermenting chicken feed in winter. Each morning I take a bucket…
Just over 2 weeks since Closing and I was finally able to bring the chicken flock to the Hive House.…
Chickens are often the first livestock to be added to a homestead and have been laughingly referred to as the…
WARNING: This post contains images that might be too graphic from some readers... When I constructed my hoop-coop I neglected…
Housing for the chickens was a big concern during Runamuk's Great Farm Move. It had taken a full year to…
**WARNING** This article discusses the slaughtering and butchering of livestock. The images below may not be appropriate for all audiences. On…
Imagine that you've finally settled down on the couch for the evening after a long day─I've been getting up at…