Homestead Poultry and Farm Eggs
Raise a productive healthy flock manage them through the seasons handle eggs safely and understand what the law actually says about selling farm eggs. Built from real experience managing a working flock in North Florida.
About This Module
Chickens are usually the first animal on a small homestead. This module covers the full arc from choosing chicks to collecting and selling eggs with honest coverage of the parts most guides leave out.What You Will Learn
1. Setting Your Flock Goals
20 min
Exercise
2. Breed Selection for Hot Climates
25 min
Exercise
3. Sourcing Chicks: Hatchery vs Local vs Feed Store
25 min
Exercise
4. Brooder Setup and Chick Care
30 min
Exercise
5. Coop Design for Florida: Ventilation Over Insulation
35 min
Exercise
6. Predator Proofing: The Complete Florida Threat List
30 min
Exercise
7. Chicken Feed and Nutrition
25 min
Exercise
8. Egg Collection Handling and Storage
25 min
Exercise
9. Managing Molt and Year-Round Production
25 min
Exercise
10. Selling Farm Eggs in Florida: What the Law Actually Says
20 min
Exercise
11. Daily Weekly and Seasonal Flock Chores
25 min
Exercise
12. Brooding and Raising Chicks
25 min
Exercise
13. Integrating New Birds Into an Existing Flock
25 min
Exercise
14. Egg Handling Washing and Storage
25 min
Exercise
15. Using Poultry in a Whole Farm System
25 min
Exercise
Enroll to Access This Module
Create a free account then enroll to unlock all 15 lessons, exercises, and resources.
Built on a working farm
Moon Tree Farm raises goats and makes soap in Keystone Heights, Florida. Erin and Kira run the farm; the software gets built alongside it, this one included. The farm pays for the code and the code pays for the farm.
The rest of them: Herbie · Teen Tab · Tertius · Grand Testimony · Art Biz Project · MyNextVote
See the farm →