The above video shows how a mother hen looks after her baby chicks after a natural incubation. The hen and chicks are placed into an isolation pen to keep them safe for the first few weeks.
Mother hen will initially be completely obsessed with her babies and show them how to eat etc. Once the hen loses interest it's a sign that it's time to remove her from the pen because her job is done.
Miso, mushroom & green bean bake is a fresh, modern take on green bean casserole, which Americans will know as a traditional thanksgiving side dish.
There’s nothing more disheartening than seeing your carefully nurtured harvest fall prey to animal predators. After investing time in preparing the soil, growing from seed,
This is a simple guide about breeding Japanese or coturnix quail in the backyard and basically my assessment of the most relevant information people need
It’s always a conundrum when unripe fruit falls from a tree. Should you bin it? Compost it? Or try to ripen it? Fruit that has
With the holiday season approaching there’s one thing better than smelling the roses and getting people together outside and that’s the smell of a BBQ
Long prized for its health-boosting and purported medicinal properties, turmeric (curcuma longa) is a flowering plant in the ginger family. This heat-loving perennial is easy
Self Sufficient Me is a blog about self-sustainment by growing our own produce (plant/animal), and self-fulfilment by looking after our health (physical/mental) through exercise and slowing life down a little.
