My Boreal Homestead Life

I have been raising Cornish Cross broiler chickens for a number of years.   During that time, I have tried a number of different ways  of housing these birds but it is only  recently that I started to use a chicken…

If you would have told me 20+ years ago when I first started raising laying hens that eggs would be newsworthy, I would have laughed.  But here we are in 2025 and eggs are making headlines!  Go figure!  When I…

If you have done any research into keeping poultry and other animals, the use of deep bedding as made popular by Joel Salatin of Polyface Farms is sure to come up.  Although he has a plethora of articles, books and…

I have been hatching chicken eggs for a few years now but this year I bought a new incubator and have been trying to successfully hatch chicken eggs.  Although the two previous hatches have been less than successful, this go…

I have always raised laying and broiler chickens in fixed housing because I always thought it to be easier.  I did not have to worry about predators or the birds getting out and because I bring the greens to them…

I have explored in a couple different posts about attempting to raise enough chicken to be self sufficient in eggs and meat.  I have been trying to do this by incubating chicken eggs of some heritage breeds.  In today's blog…

A self sufficient homestead can look different for every person who chooses to live this lifestyle.  For me, being able to save some money, reduce my reliance on large commercial suppliers and reduce my reliance on the grocery store by…

Whether you are wanting to replace a laying flock, create a new flock, introduce some new birds or just do it for the fun of it, you will need to hatch some eggs. Incubating eggs is one option, but knowing…