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Chicken Ordering Time

By Lara DeHaven

Most hatcheries plan for big orders at this particular time of the year.  As Spring is getting closer each day, it is only natural that baby chicks and other fowl would be available for pre-order.  There are many city dwellers that successfully raise chickens in their backyards.  Their main purpose is to provide eggs.  The ability to be an urban homesteader... »

A Makeshift Incubator

By Lara DeHaven

We had a hen who was smaller than the others and hen-pecked.  Chickens can be vicious to one another and she wore her battle scars.  She had lived her whole life bullied and beat up.  Then one day we noticed that she did not come to the coop at night to be shut in and protected by four secure walls. ... »

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Psalm 128:2

"You will eat the fruit of your labor; blessing and prosperity will be yours."