This week we answer your homesteading questions, including Who should own sheep? What kind of property, pastures and skills do you need? How do you keep Guinea fowl and other free range birds alive? What goats are best for a single person who want's rich milk? What tried and true animals self sufficiency systems are there? What farm implements or vehicles should a homesteader with 10ish acres get? Stay tuned for part B of this ask Homesteady coming out tomorrow! Sign up to our email list so you don't miss any of our videos here - https://www.thisishomesteady.com/join-homesteady-movement/ SUBSCRIBE to our PODCAST HERE - iTunes - https://goo.gl/oWorJB Stitcher - https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/homesteady LOVE HOMESTEADY? Help us keep it going! Becoming a Pioneer - You get instant access to the new forum, discounts, and homesteading classes and podcasts! https://www.thisishomesteady.com/head-west-become-pioneer/ Shopping at Amazon through our Amsteady Link - http://www.amsteady.com Just click that link then do your regular shopping, we get a bonus! AFFILIATE LINKS To The HOMESTEADING GEAR I use everyday -https://www.thisishomesteady.com/gear-use/ Get Homesteady Tee Shirts (and other clothing) Here - https://shop.spreadshirt.com/homesteady/ ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQ3uQB6Stt0

Tiny living with a family of 6 isn't easy, but with some intentional design and good planning it can be done!  Before we moved to our new homestead in PA, we built ourselves a small living space up above a garage that was already on the property. Over the last 9 months our family of 6 lived in that 1000 square feet, 166 square feet per person, eating, sleeping, working, cooking, homeschooling, everything.  We found that one of the most important ways to make tiny living work for a big family is to design your space with your needs in mind.  Before building our own tiny home, we designed the home 4 different ways, trying to figure out the best design for our large family.  It was good that we designed multiple floor plans, as the first idea we designed was not our favorite. If you plan on building your own tiny home, I suggest designing at least 3-5 tiny home plans. Designing multiple plans, you will think of good elements in each design to incorporate in your final design.  When designing your tiny home, focus on creating space with multiple uses, that more than one person can use at a time.  This is especially important for tiny home living with a big family.  Our family homeschools our kids, and K and I work from home, so all 6 of us (and K pregnant with number 7) are all home all the time. That means your tiny home needs to be able to handle the use of all of us everyday, all day.  2 areas in our design got a TON OF USE by multiple people at once... the bathroom and kitchen. Designing a bathroom for six people (one of them pregnant) It is hard to have that many people share a bathroom, but with the layout we used in our bathroom, we were able to have different "zones" in the bathroom, which allowed multiple people to use the space at one.  Using the bathtub as one zone, we tucked the toilet behind the bathtub in a spot that was not visible to anyone else using the bathroom. One person could use the toilet while another showered or used the sink and there was still some privacy.  The kitchen counter - the ultimate multi use space. We designed our Kitchen counter with a very large eat at island. This allowed K to do meal prep, the kids to do homeschool projects, and me a space to work at, all at the same time! And when it was time to eat dinner, no dining room table needed, the eat at kitchen counter was our dining table as well!  Things we would have changed about our design...  Our space was designed to be a tiny home for us for almost a year, but long term we designed this space to be a guest house / studio. This layout is great for that purpose, but if we had planned on living in this tiny space long term we would have changed it a bit.  Our kids had a small room that we used for some time as a play room, but the ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LPBTGJiSd3U

How do you catch, clean and cook a fish from the wild? Learn how in this episode of Homesteady, and see the extended version over at www.thisishomesteady.com. In the streams and lakes around you are fish waiting to be caught! Fresh caught fish makes a wonderful meal. Many people who believe that they don't like to eat fish have never enjoyed fresh caught, well prepared fish. In this video you will watch as we show you how step by step you can catch a fish, gut it and clean it, and cook it up for your family to enjoy. Want to see the extended version? Head on over to http://www.thisishomesteady.com/head-... and become a Homesteady Pioneer. Then you will have access to the extended version of all our videos and members only podcasts! And don't forget to checkout our Sponsors Get free organic seeds for your garden https://www.growjourney.com/ Nutrition - http://www.mycorenutrition.net/ Raising Chickens - http://stores.powerplucker.com/ Homestead Tools - http://www.nwsupply.net/ Bees - http://rjsbeefarm.com/ ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Pmx0Sbi3Jc

In this video, you will see how we butcher our Pekin ducks for meat on our homestead. Learn how to kill, process, pluck and remove all feathers, how to gut and package meat for your family. We raised 8 Pekin ducks this year to put in the freezer for special meals for our family. Today is butcher day, and we will process all the ducks in one afternoon. Watch how we process our ducks and turn them into beautiful table fare! In this video we use killing cones and mora kives to kill the ducks. Then we remove the feathers with the help of paraffin wax we bought a michaels craft store. The wax helps remove the smaller feathers. (some are affiliate links) Killing Cones - http://amzn.to/2tkOQtI Mora Knifes - http://amzn.to/2sP8b8O Paraffin Wax (not Amazon, Michaels) https://goo.gl/o5RmUb Poultry Shrink Bags - http://amzn.to/2tkFkqx Large Pot for Dunking - http://amzn.to/2rwc4fa ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qFu6kz2a5iQ