The Carter LoDown

Backyard Farming & Life Musings

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Recent Posts

  • Kid-Friendly Ducks for Your Homestead

    Kid-Friendly Ducks for Your Homestead

    Whenever we purchase any animals for our backyard, we first consider whether the animal is friendly. If they aren’t, we don’t look any further. We want friends and family to feel comfortable at home, especially in the summer when we are outside- where all the animals are. If our friends…

  • How to Care for Chickens in the Winter

    How to Care for Chickens in the Winter

    Winter is a time of mud, snow, more precipitation, and a dirtier chicken coop overall. Every winter, I wonder how I can keep eggs cleaner, the coop cleaner and refreshed, and the chickens comfortable, fed, and watered. Feeding Chickens in Winter Grain We free-feed our chickens with my husband’s amazing…

  • How to Care for Babydoll Sheep in Winter

    How to Care for Babydoll Sheep in Winter

    Our backyard farm’s most fun, exciting animal is our sheep. When we purchased her, we asked, “What do we do in the winter?” Luckily, sheep have an amazing coat of wool that protects them from the harsh weather. The flock we purchased her from is said to not even go…