Crawford Homestead

Crawford Homestead Homesteading, our growth towards a healthier lifestyle and self sufficiency! We are a small homestead growing fast! In the coming years we will raise for meat.

We are starting the journey to becoming more self sustaining and adapting to a healthier living style. Since we are starting small rabbits and chickens are a great way to go. The rabbits will be raised for a healthier meat for my self, my husband and our large breed dog. Rabbit is a very healthy, easy, and space saving animal to raise for meat. The chickens are first being raised for breeding and

selling purposes along with egg production. The goat on out homestead is a pasture buddy for the lamb and w**d control. The next couple years we will add a milk goat for soap making purposes. The ram we have will be used for studding out services and his fine wool. Each year he is sheared and his wool will be hand spun for selling. Along with all the animals I will share our large 100 year garden that we will be planting every year starting this year! The excess fruits, veggies, and herbs will be sold off. We plan to can and preserve what we can sharing all the processes along the way. Our home is an old farm house so we will share our old unique finds from different home objects to decade old flowers and trees.

Natural dog treats for your farm pup from H&N HomesteadThe liver treats, freeze dried quail eggs and Trachea chews are a...
06/23/2026

Natural dog treats for your farm pup from H&N Homestead
The liver treats, freeze dried quail eggs and Trachea chews are a big hit. We can't wait to try more

Cane Corso are hard chewers and thrive off a reward based training system, but high value treats are a must.
Puppies consume a lot of treats, to me it's important for them to be healthy and high quality! Not to mention I never miss an opportunity to support another homestead!

We have some new arrivals to the homestead! Two Cane Corso puppies named Birch and FernWhile Cane Corsos are not a lives...
06/13/2026

We have some new arrivals to the homestead!
Two Cane Corso puppies named Birch and Fern
While Cane Corsos are not a livestock guardian breed they are a property protection breed and in most cases livestock become easily included. Also known as Italian Mastiff they are very loyal, high energy and perfectly suited for farm life. The best part is they are amazing family dogs making them all around a great choice for our lifestyle.
I say our lifestyle because they are not suited for any home which is why they are not a common pet breed. They are an intelligent breed that thrive with a job and space.

Each season we get 30-60 meat chickens. Usually as soon as they leave the brooder they free range everyday. This year th...
06/05/2026

Each season we get 30-60 meat chickens. Usually as soon as they leave the brooder they free range everyday. This year though I wanted some help from them in my garden since it went untouched last season. I'm containing them in a chicken tractor so they clean up the garden and add some fertilizer. I'm not planting in this section right away instead I am prepping it for some fall planting later in the season. You can see the difference from one section to the next, after only a few days!

I find richness in the simple things, growing plants, sharing love with my family, and building a life that feels good ♥...
05/29/2026

I find richness in the simple things, growing plants, sharing love with my family, and building a life that feels good ♥️

Why is egg packaging important?It's the first impression of how customers will perceive your eggs, it communicates your ...
05/20/2026

Why is egg packaging important?
It's the first impression of how customers will perceive your eggs, it communicates your values.
First impressions build trust, customers often judge the quality of presentation before even tasting!
Clean, sturdy and eye catching cartons signal your farm is well cared for.

Custom cartons feel more premium, branding means repeat customers. So your cartons become your business cards. Further more premium packaging supports higher pricing, customers are more willing to spend on products that feel more artisanal, local and thoughtfully produced.

https://www.etsy.com/listing/4508732667/customized-colorful-vintage-egg-cartons

An excellent little road trip to the Cuyahoga Valley National Park ! If you are a Michigan local, this little gem of a N...
05/18/2026

An excellent little road trip to the Cuyahoga Valley National Park ! If you are a Michigan local, this little gem of a National Park is only a few hours away and totally worth the trip!

Spring time is the best, my turkey hen has hatched out 11 healthy turkey poults! A chicken hen also hatched out two turk...
05/09/2026

Spring time is the best, my turkey hen has hatched out 11 healthy turkey poults! A chicken hen also hatched out two turkey poults but she is very feisty and protective so I can't get anywhere close lol We are up to 40 babies, and I saw one of my other turkey hens just started sitting too! Lol
Promised my husband I wouldn't order any baby turkeys this year, so glad I've been able to stick to our agreement 🤣🤣

Not all eggs are created equally.Farm fresh free range eggs have notably higher levels of vitamin D, A and E. Firmer whi...
05/02/2026

Not all eggs are created equally.
Farm fresh free range eggs have notably higher levels of vitamin D, A and E. Firmer whites, richer flavor and a better texture! Store eggs can be weeks even months old when they reach the shelf, which also lowers the overall nutrition in them.
Further more commercial egg labels can be misleading, reading as free range or cage free but in reality still live in crowded indoor stressful conditions.
Farms you see the birds living naturally doing what they are meant to do forage, which results in highly nutritional eggs!

New egg carton design coming to the Etsy shop later today!

https://www.etsy.com/shop/CrawfordHomestead1

Before we get to the busiest time of the year we have planned a few family road trips! First up was a family visit in No...
04/24/2026

Before we get to the busiest time of the year we have planned a few family road trips! First up was a family visit in North Carolina and then the New River Gorge National Park and Preserve in West Virginia Tourism
An absolutely beautiful place with a very rich history!

Springtime in Michigan means lush, rich green grass 🌱While it may look like the perfect all-you-can-eat buffet, spring g...
04/14/2026

Springtime in Michigan means lush, rich green grass 🌱

While it may look like the perfect all-you-can-eat buffet, spring grass is actually very high in sugar and protein, and lower in fiber—making it more like a concentrated feed than you’d expect.

Because of this, animals need a slow transition onto fresh pasture to avoid digestive upset. For horses, too much too fast can even lead to serious issues like laminitis (founder).

So if you see animals not fully turned out on those beautiful green fields just yet—there’s a good reason for it! 💚

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9175 Pitman Road
Ypsilanti Township, MI
48197

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