I wanted 6 chickens. Wife ordered 7 chickens. We got 9 chickens. Coop plans say 20 chickens. Am I doing this right? submitted by /u/b_lurky [visit reddit] [comments ..read more

Poults are crossed between naragansett and bourbon red. They should have a real interesting look when they grow up. submitted by /u/mps68098 [visit reddit] [comments ..read more

Wondering if I messed up. 300’ gravel diveway with a hill about half way up. Used 57 stone 3 loads to cover. Some areas are 5-6 inches deep on the hill. My truck is fine but fwd cars and Amazon can’t get up without spinning out. If I comeback with a load of 89 stone on the hill will it help lock in? submitted by /u/Notmyname9-1-1 [visit reddit] [comments ..read more

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I am considering buying 70 acres i(8 minutes outside of the city where I currently live). Listed at $499,000. 55 is wooded with trails (the trails weave all around the property), and 15 is cleared pasture land w/ 4-5 livestock areas, a horse barn with stalls, and a small shop w/ concrete floors. Trying to wrap my mind around if this price is good or not, and how much work would come with something like this. My plan would be to build a small cabin on it for hanging out, and then build a large house and move out there in 10-15 years. In the meantime I would hang out out there, put some livesto ..read more

I have a solar pak 6 solar fence electrifier that I bought used. The battery was dead, and I brought it to a place where I don't think I will be able to find a new battery specifically made for the solar pak, and shipping one here will be extremely expensive and difficult. The website says I need to only use the replacement battery they sell. The battery is a 6 volt, 14 ah lead acid battery. If I find another 6 volt lead acid battery with amp hours in that same ballpark (between 10 and 20 I was thinking), what is the worst that could go wrong? Would the fence just not charge properly? Could I ..read more

Help! I boiled a bunch of eggs, maybe 2 weeks old… they all have grey spots all over them. Only thing I did differently was used my instant pot vs my stove. Are these safe to eat still? submitted by /u/shroomywormy [visit reddit] [comments ..read more

I feel like having dogs can be a really big part of homesteading. I've had German shepherds and absolutely enjoyed training them but my husband is really allergic to dogs. Are you allergic and have you been able to have dogs? As in, do they live outdoors in a shed, etc submitted by /u/InnerBlock7165 [visit reddit] [comments ..read more

There is an area of our pasture that grows copious amounts of green spore mushrooms, and we also have milky caps in our wooded areas (though we do have some blushers and puffballs from time to time). These are really frustrating mushrooms, as they are huge and “meaty”, but they’d make you dead… Has anyone actually tried introducing edible mushrooms directly into soil and succeeded? I remember a viral video of some urban garden club that managed to grow a gazillion moreles in wood chips they inoculated with the fungus. That’s a different thing, but it was inspiring- haha. We are in central Vir ..read more

Starting to raise chickens and now I have some questions I was hoping to get some help with. For context we have 2 golden sex link hens, and 2 bardrock hens that are laying. We also have a couple Easter eggers, rhodeisland reds, white leghorns, barnavelders, buff Brahmas, black copper maran, one black sex link. They’re a little younger and not laying age yet. Amoung the slew of breeds in the run together are 1 to 3 males. One of the males is definitely a rhodeisland red. Maybe a black copper maran but not positive and maybe a barnevelder. I kinda want to let my hens incubate and hatch some eg ..read more