Failures are a part of life, and sometimes you just need to push through.

In my recent project for my chickens I designed a mobile cooling station for my chickens, and part of the designed worked out great. However, another part was almost a total failure.

In this episode I will walk you through the good, the annoying, and what I see as a fail in the project.

This is all about learning, and I think I have done a lot of that. My goal has always been to make mistakes, and let other people learn from them. So this is 100% an episode accomplishing just that.

Problems are inevitable, and sometimes we just put them off. When I had a problem with my chickens show up this week I decided it was time to stop procrastinating and take care of it.

In this episode I go through what is happening with my chickens, and why I need a new project for them.

I also go through the project, and what I hope it will accomplish. I really hope this solves a bunch of problems I am having in one go.

Understanding all the different grades of wood is frustrating. Even when you know what they are trying to keep everything lined up can be tough as well.

In this episode I walk through a bunch of grades that people will hit most often to at least start defuddling your brain when trying to figure it out.

I hit softwood, hardwood, and plywood. While this isn't comprehensive if you have wanted an intro to learn more than the basics you gather from the big box stores this is a great place to start.

We need to recharge our brain. The best way I have found to do that is to stop doing what you normally do, and do something different. Do those hobbies you enjoy, but don't get to do often.

Another method I have found is to find a way to dis-engage your brain for a while from the day-to-day.

In this episode I talk about things that I do, and as part of that some of my favorite books that are fun to read and take a while so it is a good way to dis-engage.

Inefficiencies can kill your productivity long-term. If you don't stamp them out you can have death by a thousand cuts to long term goals.

However, if you do stamp them out you can find ways to get more done faster, and more reliably. I know this is a lowly DIY podcast, but going through this exercise I would say is even more important because you have less time to waste.

In this episode I walk through 5 things I try to do to help become more efficient in my tasks, or add barriers so I stay on task and efficient.

Learning something new can be a major exercise in frustration if you don't have a good strategy. Almost to the point you don't want to learn about the topic after all.

Probably two or three times, or more, a year I get a wild hair and want to learn about a completely new subject, or hobby. I have no idea why that is. I used to spend a long time trying to get a good grasp on the topic, ultimately to drop it because it wasn't interesting.

I now have come up with a process that narrows it down to several hours instead of weeks to get me to the same result. I have used this method countless times, and had consistent results each time.

So in this podcast I walk you through the steps I go through, and why. Hopefully it can help you when you want to learn something new.

Safety in our homes are super important. So I am going to cover 10 things you can buy and do your self to help stay safer at home.

We cover prevention of somethings, and resolution of the situation if possible. Plus we go over a couple of ways to make life a bit easier when you are trying to figure things out.

Finally, we hit on a couple of things you should do right now if you haven't already.

We already covered getting your chickens at the first couple of weeks of life. Lets talk about the rest of their lives, but we'll do it behind their backs.

In this, part 2, we discuss getting your chickens out on pasture, along with feed and other things they need.

We also talk about different coops, and ways to house your chickens so they have a nice safe place to stay at night. I also give you my recommendation on coops to checkout, and to make for your chickens.

Also in my failure segment I talk a bit about how I messed up killing my rooster, and it didn't go as smoothly as it should have.

Raising chickens is a lot of fun, and very interesting. It also isn't all that hard. I spent way to much time researching it before I got my first chickens.

In this part 1 of walking you through raising chickens I disstil down the most basic things you need to know about getting and raising chickens.

We start with where to buy, and how to get them. Then move on to the first few weeks of their life in a brooder, and the things to consider along the way.

In my failure segment I talk about how I messed up with my first batch of chickens and lost many of them.

Chickens are awesome, and not for just living in the country. There are a ton of benefits beyond just getting eggs everyday, but those are good too.

I recommend everyone try having chickens at least once not only for all the things they can do for you, but for the life experience and skills they give you.

Give this episode a listen if you are curious what you can get beyond eggs and meat from owning and raising chickens.