Specialty Chickens and Quail for the Modern Homestead
The Incredible Quail Egg… I brag all the time about how AMAZING quail are. They have quickly become my favorite pocket-sized producer here on our homestead… More than the garden, more than the chickens or goats, definitely more than our equine companions, and they […]
Baby it’s cold outside! At least it is here in the mountains of Western North Carolina. I don’t know about you, but I am a big baby when it comes to winter and the cold. You can find me curled up next to my woodstove, […]
A really common question I get from my customers is how do you introduce new chicks to your existing flock of chickens? This is such an important question, and you will get TONS of answers depending on who you ask! Well over the years, we […]
Today I wanted to tell you about Quail and why you NEED to have some on your farm, homestead, urban homestead, backyard, apartment balcony, or spare bedroom. OK I may be stretching it with the spare bedroom thing, but no, really, you need some! Quail […]
Lets start at the very beginning; a very good place to start. (extra credit if you just sang that line from “The Sound of Music“!) So you are just like me and you couldn’t resist the “chick fever” any longer. You went out (with or […]