Join me for a nighttime routine as I secure my backyard chicken pen and observe the clever instincts of my Muscovy ducks. Learn how ducks use water for protection and how a well-designed coop can help ...

Skunks can be a nuisance, and they may take up residence under your house or in your yard. Here’s how to get rid of skunks in your yard and keep them away.

Join Mark from Self-Sufficient Me as he reveals the real threats backyard chickens and ducks face in Australia. Watch as two large goannas, also known as monitor lizards, interact near his chicken ...

It’s a pleasant spring morning, you’re lazing in bed, and then—clackety thunk-thunk clack! A bird is thrashing away at your window and raising quite a racket. It’s annoying and it’s interrupting your ...

Chickens are the universal symbol of urban homesteading. Instagrammers pose with one tucked under an arm as a self-sufficiency flex. But what if I told you raising backyard chickens in Portland is a ...

A Golden Retriever named Maya and her human parents became overnight caregivers to a trio of abandoned baby geese back during ...

Want to find quiet Washington towns that make you slow down? These 10 peaceful places offer calm streets and relaxing escapes! 1. Coupeville Weathered wooden buildings stand shoul ...

Owls, like other birds, need water. But since they stay active all year round, you want to make sure have bathing and ...

If you’ve ever wanted to feel like nobility without the burden of actually ruling a kingdom or attending boring state dinners ...

Spring is a good time for the amateur chicken owner. Rather than the annoying digital noise of an alarm, it is now cockerels ...

Building a new bird house is great and all, but if you installed it without considering these important tips, you might have a perpetually empty nest.

Last week on the Outdoor Life Podcast I talked to executive editor Natalie Krebs about the hottest debate in waterfowl hunting: whether the prevalence of flooded corn is shortstopping the migration in ...