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Raise Your Own Animals

Raising your own animals is a rewarding and sustainable way to provide fresh meat, eggs, milk, and other products right from your backyard. Whether you’re interested in chickens, goats, pigs, or even rabbits, this category offers guidance on everything from choosing the right breeds to building proper housing and managing animal care. Learn about feeding, health, and breeding practices to ensure your animals thrive, and discover how to incorporate them into your homesteading lifestyle for a more self-sufficient and fulfilling way of life.

Cochin Chickens

Mother Duck & Ducklings

Goose Eggs

Homegrown pig rooting in hay

Mother goat and kids

Reasons to Raise Angora Rabbits

Chickens

How Much Does it Cost to Raise Chickens?

The cost of a chicken can vary slightly by breed or depending on where you live, but for the most…

All Raise Your Own Animals

Chickens

50+ Chicken Breeds from A to Z (& How to Choose)

Chickens

20+ Ornamental Chicken Breeds

Chickens

16+ Heat Tolerant Chicken Breeds

Chickens

18+ Bantam Chicken Breeds for Small Spaces

Chickens

15 Chicken Egg Deformities (And What Causes Them)

Chickens

13+ Chickens with Feathered Feet

Geese

40+ Goose Egg Recipes

Chickens

10+ Best Dual Purpose Chicken Breeds (Eggs & Meat)

Chickens

10+ Chickens that Lay the Most Eggs (Best Egg Laying Chickens)

Chickens

10+ Fluffy Chicken Breeds

Chickens

20+ Cold Hardy Chicken Breeds

Chickens

Brahma Chicken Breed Guide

Chickens

Serama Chickens Breed Guide

Chickens

Welsummer Chicken Breed Guide

Chickens

How to Make Eggshell Powder (& 10+ Ways to Use It)

Chickens

Cochin Chicken Breed Guide