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We have about 35 chickens: 20+ adult girls, 7 boys of various ages, and the rest various-aged chicks. We get between 1 and 5 eggs a day. NOT GOOD. Ridiculous, actually. We've seen evidence of egg-eaters in each of our two separate groups of egg-layers. Have had it. It's been months since we've...

We have two girls in milk. One doe had her babies in April so they are long gone, giving us about a quart and a half a day. The other doe just had triplets on August 4 so we barely got any from her. Delicious, but we were just getting barely enough for my kid to drink a quart a day and plus a...

Hubby and I were just watching the local news. We're located near Denver, CO on the eastern plains. A nearby reservoir is dropping over a foot a day, and in another nearby location, an entire lake that services 20,000 acres is completely dry. Bone, cracked dry. We need to make it snow. Or rain...

Prices are already rising almost too quickly to keep track of. I'm working on my stores and am doing well with laying in staples. We bought 10 metal trash cans: 6 for critter feed and 4 for our human staples, like flour, cornmeal, pasta and rice. I have a huge unopened bag of dum dum suckers...

Here in the eastern plains of Colorado, zone 5, we raise goats for milk, chickens for meat and eggs, an orchard, berries, and a garden. With all of this drought and food shortage talk, it got me thinking: can I come up with enough recipes to feed our little picky family for a year using only...

We suddenly have lots and lots of holes in our garden, and little seedlings disappearing, as if they were never there. Especially cucumber, watermelon, carrot and radishes. Zucchini has been left alone. Come to find out from a neighbor that we're being plagued by voles, little rodents that...

I finally got my kid to eat broccoli, cauliflower and cabbage (all raw) but now, finding I can't grow them worth squat in the garden! I need alternative veggies for him to eat that provide basically the same nutritients. Things I can grow with a 90-day growing season. None of us like Brussells...

Hubby has a full time job. I have a full time special needs kid. We have a LOT of medical expenses and more improvements we want to do on our little farmette. And we need to make money. We have 2 little acres, of which about 1/6th is buildings and the driveway 1/6th is the goat pens and...

We have one medium sized goat pen, and this weekend will make headway on the 2nd one. The first is to be for boys (but has a preggo girl right now) and the 2nd one for the girls and their kids. We planned the goat pens, keeping in mind the very hot summers we get here on the Colorado plains, so...

We finally have the goat babies gone, and now have our first Nubian doe. She's in with our Nigerian Dwarf x La Mancha buck (Buck #1) so will hopefully kid by the end of July. We already have Doe #2, a Nubian/Nigerian Dwarf cross, coming in the summer, and Buck #2, Nigerian Dwarf, coming in the...

I bought 10 bantam blue silkies and 10 bantam eggers last year. Cackle Hatchery. First batch arrived dead. Second batch, February, lost 5. Wanted to cross them to see what happened. Ended up with 2 egger roos, 10 egger girls, 3 silkie roos (1 with messed up toes so he's a pet) and 4 silkie...

I finally have the space to plant gourds, like dipper, birdhouse, bushel basket and loofa. My hubby bought me a woodburning kit for val day yesterday (my request) so now I'm thinking ahead. Researching how to use the kit to decorate gourds for sale (so we can afford some home repairs). Maybe...

We only have 2 little ole acres, and about 1 acre is the house, driveway, goat/chicken areas, backyard, veggie garden, etc. Another 1/2 acre will be fruit and nut trees. So basically we have less than 1/2 an acre of "field" ... oats, corn, millet, milo, sunflowers, etc. We have the money to get...

Now that I've got my raised beds made for my large veggie garden, I'm turning to planning my flower-and-herb garden. To be self-sufficient AND to make my own products that don't have the chemical I'm allergic to, I'm practically turning my eyes inside-out reading all of my herb books. Just as a...

At health food store yesterday and was stunned at the petition I was asked to sign. Here's what they posted on their website (http://www.naturalgrocers.com/store-info/blog/fda-propaganda-campaign-against-vitamins-and-supplements): LONG POST: So, tell me, the ginger-root I boil into tea for my...

I'm surfing for these gluten-free recipes online but thought I'd also ask you guys because I know quite a few of you are also gluten-free. My 15 year old is gluten-free but also can't have corn or soy (among other things), and Hubby can't have dairy. Have any simple simple simple recipes? Thanks.

Not to be misleading: we have goats (milk and meat) and chickens (eggs and meat) and plan to add rabbits, ducks and possibly pigs. But we don't eat a LOT of meat so plan to eat nuts, seeds and beans for protein too. We have a tiny little property, right around 2 acres. East of Denver on the...

We are a 3-person metaphysical family: me, Hubby and 14 year old high-functioning autistic child (who is also epileptic, OCD and ADHD as well as gluten-free). We need someone to help with chores around here! Prefer a woman, probably with one youngish child. You'd work 3-5 hours a day, more...

Posting this on my journal thread but just read the sticky about posting recipes under the self-sufficient kitchen so here goes... Don't hate me but I really don't like to measure things! Gluten-Free Pancakes Take some flaxseed and grind it. Mix in a little cinnamon, coconut or almond...

Trying to figure out how to make dog food. You know, feeding my puppy and then dog if I was totally self-sufficient and had to provide for my dog without buying anything that I didn't grow. I found a recipe online that says it's for "occasional use" ... egg, chicken, sweet potatoes, egg shells...