Happy Homestead Holidays from the Featherman Team! We appreciate our tribe more every day, every year. Because many of you new to us identify as Homesteaders – and you old timers can certainly relate to that – we are moved to offer Homesteading nuggets of wisdom on The Featherman Homesteading Corner Youtube Channel. Team Featherman […]
Do poultry have a place on larger tracts of land under superior management or are poultry only appropriate for small farms? Specifically, how do poultry fit in to the popular Savory holistic land management model? Having studied and applied holistic management for three decades, including two visits to Savory’s ranch in Africa, David answers the […]
Mother Earth News Poultry Processing Demo Part 1, Seven Springs PA David Schafer and Joel Salatin processing chickens, a live demonstration at the Mother Earth News Fair in Seven Springs Pa. I Grabbed This Copy As Filler Only This hands-on workshop addresses the new laws and regulations for farm direct slaughter and sales under Oregon HB2872 […]
An Update on the Prairie Schooner Pastured Layer Production Model (Note from 2016: there are many good tips within this post, but we do not recommend the PVC Schooner any longer. Check our new Prairie Schooner page to see where this model evolved!) Enough water has gone under the bridge to give an assessment and […]