Welcome to the Mississippi Family Homestead podcast! In this episode, Scott and Tina get real about the biggest mistakes that cost us years on our journey to self-sufficiency. If you are passionate about homesteading, gardening, raising chickens, or building your own dream, this episode is packed with hard-earned lessons.

We dive deep into our most costly and time-consuming regrets, including:

• Moving too slow and spending our best years working for someone else's dream

• Why buying a mobile home didn't fit our long-term off-grid and property goals

• Building the wrong chicken coop and our biggest livestock setup failures (size, ventilation, and predators)

• Why waiting to buy a sawmill and building too small of a DIY workshop set our projects back

• The real reason we wish we started our YouTube channel sooner

Whether you are a beginner homesteader or a seasoned pro looking for advice, we break down what we thought at the time, what actually happened, and what we would do differently today.

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Do you have to own 100 acres and a barn full of animals to be a homesteader? Not at all! In this episode of the Mississippi Family Homestead podcast, Scott and Tina break down what homesteading actually looks like today—and why anyone can do it.Whether you live in a high-rise apartment, a suburban neighborhood with an HOA, or out in the country, you can start living a more self-sufficient life right now. Scott and Tina share their personal journey of leaving the suburban "hamster wheel" for 50 acres of family lan

Ep. 2 | Backyard Chickens 101 — Getting Started on the Homestead

Thinking about raising backyard chickens on your homestead? Scott and Tina from Mississippi Family Homestead share the 10 things they wish someone had told them before they started — straight from 6 years of real experience with a flock of nearly 30 chickens.

In this episode:

• Know your local laws before you get chickens (rooster bans are common!)

• How to choose the right breed for eggs, meat, or just for fun

• The truth about egg production — molting, age, and realistic expectations

• Coop size requirements and why prefab coops are often misleading

• How to predator-proof your coop (they learned this the hard way)

• Proper nutrition — layer pellets, grit, calcium, and treats

• The real daily and weekly commitment of chicken keeping

• Basic first aid supplies every flock owner needs

• The honest financial cost of raising backyard chickens

• The emotional side of homestead chickens nobody talks about

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Is 100% self-sufficiency actually possible for a modern family?

Probably not — but that does not mean you should stop trying.

In Episode 1, Scott and Tina sit down in their backyard in rural

Mississippi to talk honestly about what self-sufficiency really

looks like today. From the story of Dick Proenneke living alone

in remote Alaska for 30 years, to growing a garden, raising

chickens, collecting rainwater, canning food, and dreaming of

going off-grid — this is a real, no-fluff conversation about

homestead life from a couple who left the suburbs six years ago

and never looked back.

New episodes every Friday.