Backyard chicken keeping is an increasingly popular hobby that is experiencing a resurgence. More and more cities are rolling back ordinances that prevent keeping chickens on your property, leading to an uptick in interest. There are hundreds of different types of chickens to choose from – hybrids, heritage breeds, crosses. One of those breeds is...
Backyard Livestock
Backyard farming is considered to be a movement in which average folks who live in urban environments turn a portion of their backyard into a food-producing garden, complete with fruits, vegetables, chickens, and anything else that will fit!
Backyard farming is for anyone with a backyard! It doesn’t matter how big your backyard is, if you have one, you’ve got space for a backyard farm!
Whether it’s keeping a few chickens, growing some tomatoes in buckets, or putting in raised beds, a backyard farm is perfect for city dwellers as well as rural folks.
The size of the backyard doesn’t matter much! Even if you have a small backyard, you can still have a backyard farm. One of our mantras is make good use of the space you have!
Backyard farming provides tons of benefits for you, your health, your environment, and your local economy. A garden can be started any time of the year. There’s even gardening work that can be done in the winter most places!
Backyard farming also improves the biodiversity of your community and helping native species thrive, improving the environment, and relieve challenges created by urban and rural food deserts.
Setting up a backyard farm can even be profitable if you have extra! Keeping a few more chickens than you need and selling their eggs, or growing high yield crops like tomatoes and zucchini, you’ll have plenty to sell to friends and neighbors. If you’re the extra charitable, your friends, family, and neighbors will love your fresh, backyard farm produce as a gift!
Backyard chicken keeping is an increasingly popular hobby that is experiencing a resurgence. More and more cities are rolling back ordinances that prevent keeping chickens on your property, leading to an uptick in interest. There are hundreds of different types of chickens to choose from – hybrids, heritage breeds, crosses. One of those breeds is...
The Dutch rabbit is a big favorite of small rabbit lovers. These rabbits are gentle and intelligent, making them an easily-trained housepet. Dutch rabbits love being pet and held and have a lot of fun running around their playpen in the yard or in the home. Rabbits produce little brown pellets of gold – their...
Flemish giant rabbits are a big favorite of big rabbit lovers. They’re occasionally called the gentle giants of the rabbit world. These rabbits are docile and tame. Flemish giant rabbits love being pet, and held (if you can), and have a lot of fun running around their playpen in the yard or in the home....
Backyard chicken keeping is an increasingly popular hobby that is experiencing a resurgence. More and more cities are rolling back ordinances that prevent keeping chickens on your property, leading to an uptick in interest. There are hundreds of different types of chickens to choose from – hybrids, heritage breeds, crosses. One of those breeds is...
Backyard chicken keeping is an increasingly popular hobby that is experiencing a resurgence. More and more cities are rolling back ordinances that prevent keeping chickens on your property, leading to an uptick in interest. There are hundreds of different types of chickens to choose from – hybrids, heritage breeds, crosses. One of those breeds is...
Californian rabbits are a new addition to my little farmstead, but already they’re one of my all-time favorite breeds. The Californian rabbit is extremely docile and friendly, though they can be a little bit shy right at first. The first Californian I ever took in was found running loose. She was very shy around me...
Rex rabbits are a breed I’ve personally kept since I was a kid and still have to this day. They’re easily one of my favorite breeds to keep, whether you’re an enthusiastic pet rabbit owner or work on a full-sized farm. These rabbits are friendly, intelligent, and tame. My Rex rabbits love being pet, and...
Backyard chicken keeping is an increasingly popular hobby that is experiencing a resurgence, and along with it is backyard duck keeping. More and more cities are rolling back ordinances that prevent keeping ducks on your property, leading to an uptick in interest. There are numerous types of ducks to choose from. One of those breeds...
Hatching eggs in an incubator at home is one of the most addictive parts of the backyard farming hobby. There are few things more satisfying than watching new life spring forth from the eggs you’ve been carefully incubating for weeks. One type of bird you can hatch and raise yourself is emus. Emus are an...
Hatching eggs in an incubator at home is one of the most addictive parts of the backyard farming hobby. There are few things more satisfying than watching new life spring forth from the eggs you’ve been carefully incubating for weeks. One type of poultry you can hatch and raise myself are peafowl. Peafowl are sometimes...
Hatching eggs in an incubator at home is one of the most addictive parts of the backyard farming hobby. There are few things more satisfying than watching new life spring forth from the eggs you’ve been carefully incubating for weeks. One type of gamebird I hatch and raise myself is the chukar partridge. Chukar are...