If you’ve come here from our first installment on guinea hens, welcome back! If you’ve just stumbled across this article however, and begin to feel a little lost, here’s a quick link to catch up. Last week, we covered the “why” of guinea hens. If that made you decide a flock of these fussy little birds is right for you, read on to find out exactly how to make your dream a … [Read more...] about Guinea Hen How-To: Part Two
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Guinea Hen How-To: Part One
Welcome to Current Homesteading, your resource for all things related to your homestead. From gardening to guinea hens and fencing to fish, we will cover it all. For our inaugural article, let's kick it off with one of the topics mentioned above: guinea hens. This week, we’ll discuss specifically why you may want to consider keeping a flock of these loquacious fowl—next week, … [Read more...] about Guinea Hen How-To: Part One
6 Tips For Raising Guinea Fowl
Guinea Fowl are one of the best additions to a homestead. They are great guard animals (my flock actually chased away a German shepherd once), they eat a ton of ticks each summer, and they are delicious. There are plenty of books and articles on how to raise Guineas, and I read many of them. There are a few things they missed. So I’ll just give you some of specific pointers … [Read more...] about 6 Tips For Raising Guinea Fowl
Get Your Goats: Part 1
As we kick off what I can only imagine will be a fairly long-running series on the rearing of our cantankerous caprine friends, as well as their broader usages, I feel compelled to present a disclaimer--I am far from impartial. I grew up caring for a small flock of goats, and they are far and away my favorite four-legged companions, tied even with the loyal canine. As such, if … [Read more...] about Get Your Goats: Part 1
5 Mistakes Real Pig Farmers Don’t Make
Death on the homestead is commonplace. Sometimes it's planned but many times it is not. And that’s one reason why most kids who grow up on a farm accept death so easily. It’s a hard lesson, but sometimes a tasty one as well… Shortly after getting our first homestead in Omaha, we decided to get three piglets. We’ve always been vehemently against mega hog farms and wanted to … [Read more...] about 5 Mistakes Real Pig Farmers Don’t Make
