Not The Farmers Wife

Not The Farmers Wife

Hosted by: CJ Steedman

CJ is Not The Farmers Wife! She's the farmer. She's also a mum and partner. CJ discusses topics like homesteading and farming from the female perspective. She particularly like talking about her chickens, goats,...

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Episode 40 - Are You A Prepper

The Not-So-Glamorous Side of Prepping 1. Exaggeration and Extremism: - We might get accused of having a penchant for Doomsday scenarios, but we prefer to call it 'imaginative preparedness.' No harm in being ready for...
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E39 Hard Livestock Decisions & How to Avoid Them

Hard Livestock Decisions and How to Avoid Them   Introduction - Welcome and introduction to the podcast. Episode 39 - Brief overview of the importance of keeping livestock healthy on the homestead.   Segment 1:...
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Episode 38 - Homestead Hiccups

Homestead Hiccups What can go wrong? When you are homesteading with animals just about anything can go wrong.  CJ runs through a list of the disasters that have occurred lately on the homestead.
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Episode 37 - Making Money from Chickens

Making Money from Chickens - Making money from your chickens can be as rewarding as it is surprising. Here, we'll explore various avenues for turning your feathered friends into a source of income. From selling eggs...
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Episode 36 - Managing Excess Eggs

Nature has its own way of surprising us with an overabundance of goodness, a phenomenon we often overlook in our busy lives. It's a beautiful cycle in agriculture, where nature presents an oversupply of her treasures,...
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Episode 35 - Fowl to Human

Fowl to Human Diseases in Backyard Chickens - Protecting Your Flock and Family In this podcast, the host delves into the realm of chicken diseases, debunking myths and addressing concerns regarding the transmission of...
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Episode 34 - Raising Meat Birds

Raising Meat Birds Segment 1: Getting Started Discuss the motivation behind raising chickens for meat in an urban setting Urban homesteaders often raise chickens for meat to have a direct source of fresh,...
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Episode 33 - Weird Chicken Questions

The chicken or the egg? The egg did! Chickens are the closest living thing to dinosaurs. And eggs are how dinosaurs reproduced… So I’m going to say the egg was first.   I was asked why I sell bleached eggs with my...
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Episode 32 - What We Feed Our Stock?

Title: A Guide to Animal Nutrition Made Easy Understanding Nutritional Needs: To take good care of goats, it's important to know what they need to eat at different times in their lives. Goats go through different...
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Episode 31 - Why Drink Raw Milk?

 The Nutritional and Health Benefits of Raw Milk: A Homesteader's Guide   In the world of homesteading, the idea of producing your own food is deeply ingrained. Few things symbolize self-sufficiency more than having...
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Episode 30 - Bees and Other Pollinators

In "Bees and Other Pollinators," we explore the critical role of these tiny creatures in urban homestead gardens. Pollinators are the unsung heroes behind bountiful harvests and flourishing landscapes. For urban...
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Episode 29 - Livestock Breeding and Reproduction

Livestock Breeding and Reproduction My favourite thing on the farm is managing the livestock and especially the breeding process. We discuss breeding cycles and timing, selection of breeds, issues with breeding...
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