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Day-to-Day, Getting Started, Living the Life, Success Stories

Setting Up for Successful Hatching



I’m getting excited for spring, as we’re about to start hatching season here at Pleasant Valley Farm! Each spring, the poultry help to provide a boost to our income at a time when there are plenty of expenses on the farm. And while I’ve been making a modest income for quite a few years now, […]

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Finding Your Niche, Living the Life, Success Stories

Breeding Heritage Livestock for Our Farm and the Future



Here at Pleasant Valley Farm, we raise a number of heritage breeds and try to be active in helping to conserve them as well. We like Dexter cattle because they are great homestead cows, produce a nice beef carcass, calve easily and are great mothers, are hardy, easy keepers, give a nice amount of milk […]

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Finding Your Niche, Getting Started, Living the Life, Success Stories

Heritage Breeds- What They Are, Why They Matter



Have you heard of livestock being called a heritage breed? Have you ever wondered what exactly that meant? Is it a buzzword, or something that matters? Most importantly, could they be a good fit for your homestead? Simply put, a heritage breed has been around for a long time and was generally developed in a […]

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Diversify, Finding Your Niche, Getting Started, Living the Life

Hatching Income with Heritage Breeds



Spring on a farm can be stressful as you try to fit everything that needs attention into the time you have available, and it’s often equally stressful to look at your bank account. It sometimes seems that all you have are expenses, with very little income before crops are ready. One way we diversify our […]

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Finding Your Niche, Getting Started

Raising Rabbits for Profit – Part 1 – Your Best Breed



Raising Rabbits for Profit Your Best Breed Shared From Grit Magazine – Written By: Callene Rapp If you’ve been raising rabbits for a while as a hobby, the thought may have occurred to you that you could make a little money raising them. The thought may have even occurred to you that you can make a […]

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Finding Your Niche, Networking

Raising Rabbits for Profit – Part 2 – Marketing and Production



Raising Rabbits for Profit Marketing and Production Shared From Grit Magazine – Written By: Callene Rapp Producing year-round In order to maintain profitability, it’s important for the rabbitry to produce litters year-round. This necessitates having litters when Mother Nature, and the doe herself, may not think it’s the greatest idea. Rabbits, like many other animals, are […]

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