{"id":198,"date":"2013-11-16T10:41:07","date_gmt":"2013-11-16T17:41:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.homesteadersupply.com\/blog\/?p=198"},"modified":"2013-11-16T10:41:07","modified_gmt":"2013-11-16T17:41:07","slug":"homesteading-and-chickens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.homesteadersupply.com\/blog\/2013\/11\/homesteading-and-chickens.html","title":{"rendered":"Beyond Sustainable – Advice on Homesteading and Chickens"},"content":{"rendered":"

Beyond Sustainable<\/strong> \u2026 a weekly blog from Homesteaders Supply<\/a>.\u00a0<\/strong> Here we will highlight articles from homesteaders and related helping organizations blogging about their experience and insights for creating a sustainable lifestyle. Many of these articles will demonstrate their creative ingenuity for income, insights into the care of the land and their animals, and how to effectively grow, preserve, and prepare the foods we need for a healthy lifestyle.\u00a0 We will also highlight articles from organizations that are helping us in our efforts toward a healthy and sustainable lifestyle.<\/p>\n

Homemade Non-GMO and Organic Chicken Feed Mix<\/h1>\n

By Tracey Vierra<\/a>\u00a0 on the website blog for gnowfglins.com
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\"Homemade-Chicken-Feed\"<\/a>Homesteading starts usually with having a couple chickens and enjoying the bounty of their wonderful eggs.\u00a0 But what about what we feed them?\u00a0 Read Tracey’s store and the recipe she shares for making organic and Non-GMO chicken feed!<\/p>\n

“After plunging into backyard chickens to rid our yard of chemical laden pesticides, we began enjoying the great benefit of having chickens: the eggs! That was until we read what we were feeding them. Handfuls of words we couldn\u2019t pronounce, nor did we have the faintest clue what they could be. Certainly, I thought, our eggs were better than ones in the store, yet in my mind remained a nagging doubt. Were they really?”\u00a0 Read more for her homemade NON-GMO recipe for chicken feed…<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Homesteading advice from the master… an interview with Joel Salatin<\/h1>\n

by Carol J. Alexander, photographs by Amber Karnes, originally published in the June\/July 2013 From Scratch Magazine<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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“FS: Living a sustainable lifestyle is a trend. Never in my life have I seen a more powerful thrust to provide for one\u2019s own family, live off the land, reduce one\u2019s carbon footprint, eschew chemicals, cook whole foods, etc. And everyone wants a front-row seat on the green bus. But is everyone cut out to grow their own food? Share with us the traits the successful, modern homesteader possesses.<\/strong><\/p>\n

JS:<\/strong> Everyone can\u2019t grow their own food, but everyone can live as if they were. And everyone can do something, even if it\u2019s just a vermicomposting bin under the kitchen sink and using cloth diapers instead of disposables. The point is that every single act should be a physical manifestation of our thought process, a conscious decision. Mindless acts have no place in our lives. Even wanting to do something mindless like watch a silly movie should be for a reason: \u201cI need a break from the 120 percent I\u2019ve been giving all day to such-and-such an activity.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0 While I appreciate the desire for self-reliance, I\u2019m much more in favor of mutual inter-dependence.<\/span><\/strong> Sometimes we can become so independent we do things we\u2019re not good at or deplore, and then burn out or fail miserably. Part of self-reliance is building a resilient community of hard goods and soft goods (spiritual, emotional, educational) around us, proximate, and relationally-oriented. All that said, here are some traits to think about:\u00a0\u00a0 ”\u00a0 Read more…<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

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Get Joel Salatin’s newly published book Fields of Farmers<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

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Chicken Treat Chart The Best Treats For Backyard Chickens<\/h1>\n

by Buff Hooligans\u00a0 posted on Backyardchickens.com<\/p>\n

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“This is a list of everything you can feed a chicken. However, everybody’s chickens have their own tiny brains full of likes and dislikes, so while one person’s chickens may come running for grapes or watermelon, another person’s chickens may turn up their pointy little beaks at it. Anything on this list is worth a try. AND …\u00a0 Don\u2019t feed the following things<\/strong><\/em> to your chickens:”\u00a0 Read More for both lists….<\/span><\/a><\/span>
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