🚜 Raise your own 
The homestead
Hunt your own, raise your own. If you already fill the freezer from the field, livestock and poultry are the natural next step toward feeding yourself - eggs, meat, milk and honey from your own backyard or acreage. Pick an animal to see what it gives you, the space and effort it takes, and how to raise it.
🐔 Poultry
Birds for eggs and meat - the easiest, fastest place to start.
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🐔 Beginner Laying Hens
🍗 Beginner Meat Chickens
🦆 Beginner Ducks
🦃 Intermediate Turkeys
🐦 Beginner Quail (Coturnix)
🪿 Intermediate Geese
🐤 Intermediate Guinea Fowl
🦆 Beginner Muscovy Ducks
🕊️ Intermediate Squab Pigeons
🦚 Intermediate Peafowl
🦤 Advanced Emus
🐓 Beginner Bantam Chickens
🐔 Beginner Heritage Chickens
🦆 Beginner Pekin Ducks
🦆 Beginner Khaki Campbell Ducks
🐦 Intermediate Pheasants
🦤 Advanced Ostrich
🦤 Intermediate Rhea
🐔 Beginner Rhode Island Red
🐔 Beginner Plymouth Rock
🐔 Beginner Orpington
🐔 Beginner Wyandotte
🐓 Beginner Silkie
🐔 Beginner Australorp
🐔 Beginner Brahma
🐔 Beginner Leghorn
🐔 Beginner Sussex
🐔 Beginner Marans
🐔 Intermediate Cornish Cross
🦆 Beginner Indian Runner Ducks
🥚 Beginner Ameraucana
🌈 Beginner Easter Egger
🍫 Beginner Welsummer
🪶 Beginner Barnevelder
🧣 Beginner Faverolles
☁️ Beginner Cochin
🎩 Intermediate Polish
🗼 Beginner Jersey Giant
🌅 Beginner New Hampshire Red
🕊️ Beginner Delaware
🌰 Beginner Buckeye
🌒 Beginner Dominique
✨ Intermediate Hamburg
🏭 Beginner ISA Brown
🔗 Beginner Black Sex-Link (Black Star)
💍 Advanced Sebright Bantam
🏛️ Intermediate Dorking
🌉 Beginner Langshan
🌾 Intermediate Campine
🖤 Intermediate Minorca
💙 Intermediate Blue Andalusian
🦆 Beginner Cayuga Duck
🦆 Beginner Rouen Duck
🦆 Beginner Welsh Harlequin Duck
🦆 Beginner Ancona Duck
🦃 Intermediate Bourbon Red Turkey
🦃 Intermediate Narragansett Turkey
🦃 Intermediate Broad Breasted White Turkey
🦃 Intermediate Royal Palm Turkey
🦃 Intermediate Blue Slate Turkey
🦃 Intermediate Beltsville Small White Turkey
🦢 Intermediate Embden Goose
🦢 Intermediate Toulouse Goose
🦢 Intermediate African Goose
🦢 Intermediate Chinese Goose
🦢 Intermediate Pilgrim Goose
🦢 Intermediate Sebastopol Goose
🐐 Livestock
Bigger animals for meat and milk, from rabbits to cattle.
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🐇 Beginner Meat Rabbits
🐐 Intermediate Goats
🐑 Intermediate Sheep
🐖 Intermediate Pigs
🐄 Advanced Beef Cattle
🦙 Intermediate Alpacas
🐐 Intermediate Dairy Goats
🐖 Beginner KuneKune Pigs
🐄 Advanced Dexter Cattle
🐐 Intermediate Nigerian Dwarf Goat
🐐 Intermediate Boer Goat
🐐 Intermediate Angora Goat
🐄 Advanced Jersey Cow
🐄 Intermediate Highland Cattle
🐖 Intermediate Berkshire Pigs
🐑 Beginner Dorper Sheep
🐑 Intermediate Merino Sheep
🐑 Beginner Katahdin Sheep
🐇 Intermediate Angora Rabbits
🐹 Beginner Guinea Pigs
🐐 Intermediate Nubian Goat
🐐 Intermediate Saanen Goat
🐐 Beginner Pygmy Goat
🐐 Beginner Kiko Goat
🐑 Intermediate Suffolk Sheep
🐑 Beginner Jacob Sheep
🐑 Intermediate Icelandic Sheep
🐖 Intermediate Tamworth Pig
🐖 Intermediate Mangalitsa Pig
🐄 Intermediate Hereford Cattle
🐐 Intermediate Alpine Goat
🐐 Intermediate LaMancha Goat
🐑 Beginner Shetland Sheep
🐑 Intermediate Romney Sheep
🐇 Beginner New Zealand Rabbit
🐇 Beginner Flemish Giant Rabbit
🐄 Advanced Guernsey Cow
🐐 Intermediate Oberhasli Goat
🐐 Intermediate Toggenburg Goat
🐑 Intermediate Hampshire Sheep
🐑 Intermediate Barbados Blackbelly Sheep
🐖 Intermediate Gloucestershire Old Spots Pig
🐖 Intermediate Hereford Pig
🐖 Intermediate Duroc Pig
🐖 Intermediate Yorkshire Pig
🐖 Intermediate Large Black Pig
🐄 Advanced Angus Cattle
🐄 Advanced Belted Galloway Cattle
🐄 Advanced Holstein Cattle
🐄 Advanced Texas Longhorn Cattle
🐇 Beginner Californian Rabbit
🐇 Beginner Rex Rabbit
🐇 Beginner Silver Fox Rabbit
🐇 Beginner American Chinchilla Rabbit
🐝 Bees & Guardians
Honey, pollination, and the animals that protect the rest.
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🪱 Micro-livestock
Insects, worms and snails - protein, compost and animal feed from the smallest of spaces.
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Keep predators off your stock
The fastest way to lose a flock is a coyote, fox, raccoon or loose dog working the fence line at night. Good fencing and a guardian animal stop most of it - and when the pressure stays high, that is where the hunting side of Huntervale earns its keep.
How to protect your stock →Explore the homestead
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What should I raise?Match animals to your space, goal and experience.
🐺Predator protectionID the threat and build a layered defense.
🍳Homestead kitchenProcess eggs, meat, milk and honey into food.
📐Coop & run sizeHow much space your flock really needs.
Calculators & helpers
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Egg hatch dateHatch, candling and lockdown dates by species.
🌾Feed costHow much feed your animals eat, and what it costs.
🐔Flock sizeHow many hens for the eggs you want each week.
🐐Pasture stocking rateHow many animals your land can carry.
🐣Breed selectorThe best chicken breeds for your goal.
🩺Flock health checkerCommon poultry symptoms and what to do.