037: White House on the Hill with Jake and Becky

I’ve said it before and it’s certainly said a lot in the homestead world, chickens are the ultimate gateway animal.  For many, the first time they got a few laying hens in the backyard was the point at which they would say they first started their homestead journey.  For my wife and I, it all started with 4 hens and 2 ducks and only grew from there as we forged ahead on our path.  We had to start somewhere and, while due to lack of experience that first backyard flock sadly didn’t last us very long, we learned valuable lessons that we would apply to our every expanding homestead journey. In today’s episode, I welcome Jake and Becky who share how they got their start on their journey with 6 hens on a rented one acre homestead.   Things really took off from their as they grew their flock, outgrew their first homestead and began building a very successful YouTube channel called “White House on The Hill”. TOPICS DISCUSSED: * How they were inspired to pursue a homesteading lifestyle by watching YouTube channels like Justin Rhodes and Farm Marketing Solutions (John Suscovich) * How their original flock of 6 hens grew to the point of needing a larger property * How they grew their channel to becoming a full-time income * Their advice for those working to build their own content creation business * Their early challenges getting established and making the leap financially into full time homesteading and content creation * How they’ve dealt with criticism and negativity as their online reach grew * They’re decision to maintain transparency on their channel and showing the bad times as well as the good. * How they got started hatching their own eggs and their experience trying and testing lots of different incubators * How they hatched their way to a menagerie of exotic birds on their homestead. * Their experience raising emu’s on their homestead and their hopes to breed them * They both give their advice to those just getting started on their homestead journey CHECK OUT THE WHITE HOUSE ON THE HILL YOUTUBE CHANNEL: https://www.youtube.com/@whitehouseonthehill WHITE HOUSE ON THE HILL'S INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/whitehouseonthehill/ GET THE FREE HOMESTEAD RESOURCES FOR 2023 DOWNLOAD: https://plansandprovisions.com/HR2023 VISIT THE PLANS AND PROVISIONS WEBSITE: https://plansandprovisions.com INTRO/OUTRO VOICEOVER PROVIDED BY: https://www.sweetteafilms.com