I grew up believing good land management, nutrition and careful breeding should come before routine medication. Here’s why I don’t medicate or deworm my poultry on a schedule—and when treatment still has an important place.

Raising Cornish Cross for the Homesteader and the first timer, from start to finish.

Pasty butt in chicks is preventable and usually fixable if caught early. Learn what it is, what to do and some anatomy along the way.

Failure to Thrive or FTT is a generic term to describe chicks that won’t grow as well as their brooder mates

Are you looking for a way to get started in self sufficiency in you current space? you can! Anyone can do this, I can help you fill in the gaps on your journey.

What you need to know to get started with Coturnix Quail.

Leon about Button Quail and how they could be a great addition to your house.

Quail Mail is coming soon to you! Join the homesteaders in self sufficiency and grow your own eggs.

Chicken leg bands and wing banding. K
upping good breeder records

Closed cell barn insulation in my quail and chicken barn

Shipping hatching eggs and birds and the needed supplies.

Tips to get best results with an incubator

Autosexing Japanese Coturnix Quail is an easy way to learn genetics.

Button quail are the tiniest quail and super cute! Making to cutest sounds and make a great indoor attraction.

Celadon quail is simply the genetics which allow the blue egg. They can come in any feather color and any size.

After shipping approximately 82,000 hatching eggs in 2025, I’ve learned that an unbroken shell is only part of successful delivery. Here’s why I use foam shippers, how I pack them and when I double-box.