by Barefoot Acres | Aug 27, 2018 | Chicken, Goats
The glamorous life of homesteading…following your goats around and collecting poop, then taking said poop and smashing it around and filling with a solution so you can look at it under a microscope. That should make everyone want to homestead right? If you have... 
by Barefoot Acres | Jun 17, 2018 | Chicken
Chicken comes from the store, all neatly wrapped in plastic, just waiting for you to come by and put it in your cart…right? That is what a lot of people think, or at least want to think. Part of our goal in moving to our homestead was to raise our own healthy... 
by Barefoot Acres | Apr 25, 2018 | Chicken
Why bother to make your own feed? Many times you hear the question, “Which feed is best for chickens?”. Most of the time the answer is pre-made, perfectly formulated, and mass produced feed that you find in your local feed stores (organic or non-organic).... 
by Sal | Apr 18, 2018 | Chicken
The misadventures of finding a HUGE (Yuge, even) snake in our chicken coop 
by Barefoot Acres | Mar 13, 2017 | Chicken
One day in November 2016, we got a box of happiness at our post office…16 fluffy day old baby chicks! Our first venture at raising livestock. The books/websites had been read, our homemade brooder box was ready, and we had a bunch of excited children! Chicks... 
by Sal | Feb 27, 2017 | Chicken, Projects
We started raising chickens late last year as our first foray into keeping any kind of livestock. They say chickens are a gateway animal and we can attest to the accuracy of this statement. We started off a small flock and, wouldn’t you know it, chicken math...
