🐓 Homestead Animals

Chickens in the backyard, goats on a small plot, rabbits for meat — practical homestead animal guides for South African families.

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Waddle into Homesteading: Raising Ducks for Eggs and Pest Control
🐓 Animals & Livestock
Waddle into Homesteading: Raising Ducks for Eggs and Pest Control
Are you tired of those grocery bills climbing higher than a jacaranda tree in bloom? Or maybe you’re battling a never-ending army of slugs and…
01 Jul 2026 Read →
Grow Your Own Fodder: Cutting Livestock Feed Costs with Lucerne and Napier Grass
🐓 Animals & Livestock
Grow Your Own Fodder: Cutting Livestock Feed Costs with Lucerne and Napier Grass
The grocery bill keeps climbing, doesn't it? Especially when you're trying to feed your family *and* your animals. Those bags of chicken pellets, rabbit cubes,…
01 Jul 2026 Read →
Tick Patrol: Using Guinea Fowl to Protect Your Homestead
🐓 Animals & Livestock
Tick Patrol: Using Guinea Fowl to Protect Your Homestead
If you’ve spent any time with livestock here in South Africa, you’ll know the relentless battle against ticks. It’s a constant worry, seeing those bloodsuckers…
30 Jun 2026 Read →
Honey from Your Hives: Starting a Backyard Bee Colony
🐓 Animals & Livestock
Honey from Your Hives: Starting a Backyard Bee Colony
The smell of warm, golden honey, straight from your own backyard hive, is something truly special. It’s a flavour of your veld, your garden, your…
30 Jun 2026 Read →
Milking a Mini-Dairy Goat: Boergoats for Backyard Milk
🐓 Animals & Livestock
Milking a Mini-Dairy Goat: Boergoats for Backyard Milk
Remember that feeling, standing in the grocery store aisle, looking at the price of milk, and wondering if there was a better way? Or maybe…
30 Jun 2026 Read →
Your First Flock: Setting Up a Potchefstroom Koekoek Coop for Eggs
🐓 Animals & Livestock
Your First Flock: Setting Up a Potchefstroom Koekoek Coop for Eggs
Your First Flock: Setting Up a Potchefstroom Koekoek Coop for Eggs There’s a special kind of satisfaction that comes with walking out to your backyard…
30 Jun 2026 Read →
Animal Husbandry — The Circle of Life
🐓 Animals & Livestock
Animal Husbandry — The Circle of Life
🐔 Kids Lesson 4 of 5 — Animal Husbandry The Circle of Life Ages 5+ · 3 hands-on projects · Biology · Empathy · Responsibility…
18 Apr 2026 Read →
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