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Raising Meat Chickens - Ultimate Meat Chicken Challenge
Have you ever considered raising meat chickens? Well now is your chance. I've been raising meat chickens for the last three years and my family loves it. My family and I are on a journey to a more sustainable lifestyle. Raising meat chickens is an easy way to provide a lot of our own meat. In fact, in just 8 weeks we can raise enough meat chickens so we never have to buy chicken from the store. Whether you live in the city or on a farm you can do this. We live in the city right now but … [Read more...]
What is the best insulation for your home?
There are many types of insulations that have been developed with each one having different advantages and disadvantages. Lets discuss the advantages and disadvantages of closed cell, open cell and batt insulation and how they compare to each other. Also this report will include the advantages and disadvantages to SIP’s (structural insulated panels). Overall we will see what insulation is actually the best. Closed Cell Foam Closed cell insulation or Spray Polyurethane Foam insulation has … [Read more...]
How To Make Your Own Water Pump
I found this sweet tutorial for how to make a water pump. It is cheaper than the alternative and works better than the crapy plastic one you alway see for sale. This would be good to have on hand. Especially, if you ever needed to pump water out of a creek in a survival situation. Check out this video. Click here to subscribe to my mailing list. … [Read more...]
Do you have enough water storage to survive?
Lets play pretend. As of right now there is no water coming to your house and there won’t be for at least 7 days. How much water do you have stored right now? That is all the water you get to drink, cook, clean, shower, and flush your toilet with for the next 7 days. How did you do? Clean drinking water is the most important thing to have in an emergency. If a major disaster hit your town it might be a couple of days that you won’t have water. I am sure you know a person can only … [Read more...]
Naturally Cool Your Home and Save Money
I do door to door sales for a living right now and I always hate knocking on west facing doors. It feels like an oven. The as the sun goes down in the afternoon it starts to heat up the west side of houses. The concrete and siding suck up all that heat from the sun and heat transfers into houses into the evening. I have been thinking about this a lot lately, because I continue to bake on west facing porches and doors. How can you minimize the suns heat on your home during the summertime? It … [Read more...]
Strawberry Freezer Jam
While talking to my neighbor a few days ago, she mentioned that she had been to our local grocery store and that strawberries were on sale for $4 a flat! (6 lbs are on a flat). Christmas in July for me!! Yummy… strawberry freezer jam… All day I thought ‘I need to get down to the store… I need to get down to the store…’ but with my 3 month and 19 month old babies, things don’t always go according to my plan. Finally when Steve got home we headed over. My plan was to get 2 or 3 flats. I know … [Read more...]
How to Raise Meat Chickens Follow Up
7 Weeks Later I want to report on how raising my meat chickens went, and also what I learned. We butchered our fat chickens seven weeks from the day we purchased them. They were at least 4 to 5 weeks old when I purchased them from the store. That means in only 11 to 12 weeks from hatching they were ready to harvest. My 12-year-old brother was in charge of feeding and watering the chickens. After completing his job he’d come in the house and holler, those chickens look … [Read more...]
How to Free Range your Chickens in the City
My original purpose of building a chicken tractor was to move my chickens around my yard to eat food. However, I have found that they have not been able to find all the food and bugs they need in just a 10 square foot area. The chicken tractor is nice to have, but it's not worth losing all the benefits of having them free range. I have now resorted to letting them free range every day to forage for their own food. Benefits of Letting your Chickens Free Range No feed costs. I provide … [Read more...]