Even you constructed your chicken coop out concrete block, or perhaps welded plate steel, a determined predator can find a way in. There are always weak points. Think doors for you or the chickens. Weak point. Think air vents. Weak…
There’s been no posts here for exactly a year? What’s up with that? Had I fallen in a volcano? Eaten by cannibals? Or, more seriously, had I just thrown in the blogging towel? None of the above. Thankfully, especially not…
The topic of a recent Prepper Zoom Meetup was: “If you had 30 minutes notice to bug out, what would you take?” I said, my Quick Camper Kit as emergency mobile shelter. A few of the attendees wanted to see…
The very same day that the bobcat took our rooster, I started collecting eggs that the hens were laying. A hen can remain fertile many days after a mating, so I figured (hoped) that the eggs they laid that same…
A sad day at the homestead. Our rooster was taken by the bobcat, and in mid-afternoon too! I was in the house when he struck. I had been out in the front of the house, cutting up fallen branches with…
The second dozen eggs I had stored in lime-water last May was now 10 months old. Time for the second taste test. How did they do? Read on. I tested the first of the two half-gallon jars of stored eggs…
This year, we bought a half a pig as an alternate food sourcing and storage exercise. These would be raised and butchered by ourselves. DIY meat. Here’s the story, from piglet to pork chop. Promoting The Idea Our pastor had…
Every spring, the hens lay more eggs than we can comfortably eat. This spring we tried something new (to us), preserving whole eggs in lime water. Today was the first taste test at 5 months. We regularly leave unwashed eggs…
