Chickens love taking a bath, as long as it is in dust and not water. There definitely is a reason the phrase “madder than a wet hen” was coined, as I learned when bathing dirty chicks once. But, frollicking around in a dirt bath (or chicken dirt bath, as they are also often called) is …
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Cooking oil might not be an item most folks keep at the top of their “must have” preps list, but perhaps it should be. We preppers love (with good reason) dual and especially multi-purpose items – and cooking oil has a plethora of uses. Any type of cooking oil can be used for survival and …
Becoming a livestock breeder could be one of the most lucrative and self-reliance boosting prepper side hustles that exist. The benefits of not only having ample livestock on your survival homestead and honing the skills required to properly tend to them is the primary reason we enlarged our barnyard five years ago. And perhaps the …
Preppers should be compiling and storing important documents with the same vigor as we self-reliance minded folks stockpile food, water, and supplies. Both during but especially after a SHTF scenario, paper copies of essential marriage, custody, ownership, and health records preserved digitally may not be accessible (temporarily or ever again) depending upon the nature of …
Native Americans were “preppers’ ‘centuries before the phrase was ever first uttered. In the most austere of primitive conditions the tribes not only survived, but they thrived. These indigenous people made it through hundreds of harsh winters without starving to death due to their abundance of their food cultivation and preservation techniques. Approximately 60 percent …
West Virginia is one of the most rural states in the Union – that alone makes this locale a haven for preppers. There are so many blissfully perfect places for a self-reliant family to set up a survival homestead or prepper retreat, it is pretty difficult to pick just one. The vast majority of the …
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Becoming a HAM radio operator is a prepper side hustle that can pay off substantially as a bartering skill during a SHTF event. While it will be difficult to make money as a HAM radio technician now (unless you become a trainer or equipment dealer), being one of the few survivors who can communicate with …
Keeping quail has become quite popular with homesteaders. While they may not replace chickens as the most common poultry bird on a homestead, they are being raised for both their delicious meat and tiny but tasty little eggs by many self-reliant folks across the country. Quail are a perfect poultry bird for small homesteaders to …
Is there a perfect (or nearly so) place for preppers to live in your state? Yes, there is – even if you live in bastions of liberalism states like California and New York. This best place for preppers to live in every state series will help guide self-reliant folks to the most welcoming and beneficial …
Prepper side hustles are a great launching pad for preppers who want to work from home. Working from home is the best option for any prepper… unless you win the lottery and do not have to work at all! Some folks are fortunate enough to be able to transfer from a traditional job to a …
