By Mac Slavo While the mainstream media and ruling class continue to blame “avian influenza” for the merciless culling of chickens and other poultry used for meat, it’s beginning to become apparent that the slaughter of these birds is nothing less than an attack on…
By Mac Slavo In Wright County, Iowa, a commercial egg-laying facility will be forced to kill 1.1 million chickens in an effort to contain the “highly contagious and deadly” avian flu virus. The Iowa Department of Agriculture reported that the birds should be destroyed after…
By Kit Knightly Since the “bird flu outbreak” first hit the headlines OffG has been predicting how the inevitable agenda would unfold. The first impact was as obvious as it was predictable – the price of chicken and eggs went up, this was just another…
By Joanna Miller I began raising chickens for eggs and meat in 2014. By 2019, I had developed a routine of what I ordered when. I had a set time of year for when I would order chicks. In 2020, when I set out to…
By Marie Hawthorne Chickens are a common first step for people looking to take control of their food supply and get into homesteading. They can be a great source of entertainment for children, as well as a worthwhile lesson in raising your own food. However,…
By Aden Tate Break out your 2022 apocalypse bingo cards. Now, we can check off the slot for “highly pathogenic avian influenza” (HPAI, for short). We haven’t even finished a quarter of this year, and we’ve already checked off “potential WW3,” “high gas prices,” “potential…
By The Corbett Report Today on #SolutionsWatch James talks to Jack Spirko of The Survival Podcast about how to choose the best chicken breed for your back yard or homestead and what such a seemingly simple choice can teach us about the principles of permaculture….
By Joanna Miller I began raising chickens for eggs and meat in 2014. By 2019, I had developed a routine of what I ordered when. I had a set time of year for when I would order chicks. In 2020, when I set out to…
By The Ice Age Farmer The UK’s DEFRA (Dept for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs) is gassing chickens of residents in “zones” near detected cases of bird flu. Some farms are stopping sales or closing, due to this authoritarian overreach in the name of “public…
By Sara Tipton Chicken eggs and duck eggs are different. This article won’t say one is better than the other, yet will celebrate the differences that should be noticed and how to alter your recipes if you do choose to use duck eggs instead. Chicken…
By Sara Tipton Some people will be able to have both ducks and chickens on their homestead with no trouble whatsoever. We really wanted to raise a flock of something though for the eggs, and eventually made the decision to raise ducks. This is our…
After only three weeks of exposing indoor chickens to UV light for six hours per day, the vitamin D content of the eggs increased three to four-fold. Many people suffer from a vitamin D deficiency. This can result in brittle bones and an increased risk…
