Eat chicken. Heal your body. Restore the land.​
Taste and see that the Lord is good! --Psalm 34:8
Homesteading Workshops and Field Days
All courses are custom-tailored, with the exception of the Chicken Butchering Masterclass.
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If you only want to learn
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Chicken Butchering Masterclass
Join us for a VERY hands-on workshop!
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During this class, you will learn how to process a chicken, from start to finish:
1. We will begin with prep and set-up, including how to maintain proper hygiene and sanitation.
2. We will move out to pasture to catch and load chickens.
3. From dispatch to dressing, you will be wholly involved in the whole process.
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When the day is over, you will go home with 2 chickens, processed entirely by YOU--1 whole chicken, and 1 cut and packaged into parts.
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Cost is $75 per person, or $100 for a couple (going home with 1 set of 2 chickens)
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Next available date:
March 2025, date TBD
Chicken Keeping
Breed selection
Where/How to purchase
Brooder supplies and set-up
Chick care
Moving from brooder to pasture
What to do with all of those shavings?!
Raising chickens on pasture
Rotational grazing strategies
Pasture coop basics
Specific needs of egg layers
Specific needs of meat birds
Specific needs of turkeys
Basic health and safety
Fencing needs
Goats 101
Breed selection
Where/How to purchase
Kids, nannies, bucks, and wethers
Basic health and safety
Disease/parasite management
Feed/Supplementation
Shelter needs/considerations
Rotational grazing strategies
Fencing needs
General Homesteading
Multi-Species rotational grazing
Perimeter fencing considerations
Livestock guardians
Common tools and usage
Homestead layout
Cooking with and caring for cast iron
Homestead kitchen tools and set-up
Food preservation:
-pressure canning
-water bath canning
-dehydrating
-freeze-drying
-water-glassing (eggs)
