As a large portion of the country goes into a subzero February freeze deemed “The Siberian Express”, hope for Spring seems a somewhat desperate leap. But, as Hal Borland was famously quoted, “No winter lasts forever; no spring skips its…
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Choosing Chicken Breeds
Are you looking to add your first flock of backyard chickens? Maybe you’re just adding a few new birds to your existing flock of layers. Either way, choosing the right breed for your homestead is an important decision for any…
Posted in Little Giant®, Miller MFG Company, Poultry Tagged with: Ameraucanas, Australorps, backyard chickens, backyard poultry, Barred Rocks, Brahma Chickens, chicken breeds, cold-hardy chickens, Dominiques, Easter Eggers, hobby farm, hobby farming, Orpingtons, Silver Laced Wyandottes, types of chickens
Why a Langstroth hive?
Miller Manufacturing has centralized their line of Little Giant® beekeeping supplies around the Langstroth honeybee hive design. While there other designs for hives in the market, from top bar to native pollinator bee houses, the decision to focus the Little…
Posted in Beekeeping, Little Giant®, Miller MFG Company Tagged with: backyard beekeeping, bee space, beekeeping, hive, langstroth hive, modern beekeeping
Weekly Roundup: Baaah.
With kidding and calving season kicking into high gear, we’re starting to be inundated with baby animals. This does not make us upset. It does leave us cooing at our computer screens over adorable, tiny farm animals. It’s a good…
Posted in Miller MFG Company Tagged with: backyard chickens, chick days, farm life, goats, homesteading, puppies
The Right Breed of Rabbit for your Homestead
Whether you’re homesteading in a suburban backyard or on 40 acres in the country, raising rabbits on your land can be a great addition. While backyard poultry garners most of the media attention when people start talking about urban homesteading…
Posted in Miller MFG Company, Pet Lodge® Tagged with: alternative meat, animal husbandry, farming, homestead, homesteading, meat rabbit, meat rabbits, rabbit breeds