At New Beginnings Poultry and Ducks, we’ve always been passionate about self-reliance and sustainability. From raising heritage animals to sharing knowledge through our workshops, our goal has been to help others create a fulfilling and sustainable lifestyle rooted in connection—to...

How do you add young chickens into your existing flock?

This question is brought up quite often to me in my inbox.

1-The first thing you want to think about when you are adding young chickens into your existing flock is whether or not they eat the same food. 

If they are...

Even when you live off of the land, and grow your own food, you need good, healthy recipes!

A few years after recovering from an autoimmune disease I was diagnosed with over 20 years ago, my 25 year old son moved away. He (along with all of my children and myself) cannot eat gluten or...

I can't count how many times people come to me to buy hatching eggs because they are so disappointed with the fertility and hatch rate from someone else.

It's important to realize that no matter how perfectly eggs are packaged, all hatching eggs will lose fertility when shipped or transported.

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There is a program that you can apply for to get free food from a grocery store in your area weekly!

Many farmers, especially new people, are not aware of this program! Once you sign up it takes about a year to get in! So once you are done reading this article go sign up!! 

We...

When Tracey was 11 years old she lived on a small hobby farm with chickens, rabbits, cats, and a dog.  She grew to love that life. Though she ended up going back to city life, she never stopped dreaming about it. When she married her husband James in 2006, they moved to a small...