ARE BACKYARD MEAT RABBITS REALLY WORTH IT? The short answer, yes. The really long winded answer that involves math explains below… Our herd of rabbits consists of 2 females (does) and one male (buck). Based on meat alone, yes, the math is hard to argue with. Starts up costs will be different for everybody basedContinue reading “The Sustainable Protein: Exploring the Benefits of Raising and Eating Meat Rabbits”
Category Archives: FARMETTE
Sharpen Your Skills: A Beginner’s Guide to Knife Basics for Safe and Efficient Cooking
*Disclosure: I only recommend products I use myself and all opinions expressed here are my own. This page may contain affiliate links that no additional cost to you, may earn me a small commission. Read full privacy policy here ** Unless you purchase all of your produce and proteins pre chopped, not much scratch cookingContinue reading “Sharpen Your Skills: A Beginner’s Guide to Knife Basics for Safe and Efficient Cooking”
Fermenting for the Flock: The Advantages and How-Tos of Fermented Chicken Feed
*Disclosure: I only recommend products I use myself and all opinions expressed here are my own. This page may contain affiliate links that no additional cost to you, may earn me a small commission. Chickens are magic! They take our weeds, bugs/pests, food scraps and leftovers and turn them into a complete protein year afterContinue reading “Fermenting for the Flock: The Advantages and How-Tos of Fermented Chicken Feed”
Chickens at Home: How to Plan and Build a Coop for Your Backyard Flock
Our first flock found our home in the summer of 2016. We purchased grown Rhode-Island Red hens as a way to dip our toe in the water without committing to all the gear chicks entailed. Little did we know the hens we got were around 3 years old and had significantly slowed down in layingContinue reading “Chickens at Home: How to Plan and Build a Coop for Your Backyard Flock”
Protecting Your Flock: Dealing with Backyard Poultry Predators in Suburbia
Don’t be fooled into thinking that just because you don’t live in the mountains or the woods that you do not have predators in your area. Urban areas have a long list of a number of deadly backyard poultry predators. Most species of domesticated poultry don’t have a lot of natural defenses. They don’t fly,Continue reading “Protecting Your Flock: Dealing with Backyard Poultry Predators in Suburbia”
From Eggs to Compost: Why Keeping Chickens is a Smart Choice for Your Backyard
**THIS POST WAS UPDATED 3/2023 TO REFLECT CURRENT FEED PRODUCT AND PRICES ARE BACKYARD CHICKENS REALLY WORTH IT? The short answer, yes. The really long winded answer that involves math explains below… Our flock of backyard chickens consists of 4 Austra White hens and 4 Barred Plymouth Rock hens. Both of these breeds lay betweenContinue reading “From Eggs to Compost: Why Keeping Chickens is a Smart Choice for Your Backyard”
Projects on the Farmette: 2022
Our first year and a half in our home was spent making the indoor livable. It was full of dirty, smelly, chocolate brown carpet, moldy layers of linoleum, grease and grime. We updated the floors, the kitchen, and the bathroom and looked out the windows longingly at our dirt patch for a yard. We knewContinue reading “Projects on the Farmette: 2022”