Homesteading Calculators
Essential calculators for homesteaders and small farmers. Plan your chicken flock, calculate livestock feed and hay needs, estimate land requirements, and manage your homestead with confidence.
Homestead Chicken Flock Size Calculator
Calculate how many laying hens your family needs based on egg consumption, breed lay rate, and seasonal variation. Includes coop sizing, feed costs, and annual production.
Homestead Livestock Feed & Hay Calculator
Calculate total hay and grain needs for cattle, horses, goats, sheep, pigs, and other livestock. Get bale counts, feed costs, and storage estimates for any feeding period.
Homestead Self-Sufficiency Land Calculator
Calculate how many acres of land you need for self-sufficient homesteading based on family size, food goals, livestock plans, and climate zone.
Homestead Garden Yield Calculator
Estimate how many pounds of vegetables your garden will produce based on crop type, garden size, and growing conditions.
Homestead Canning Yield Calculator
Calculate how many jars you can fill from pounds of produce, with processing times and canning methods for tomatoes, peaches, green beans, and more.
Homestead Dairy Animal Calculator
Calculate how many dairy goats or cows you need based on weekly milk consumption, with breed comparisons, feed costs, and pasture requirements.
Homestead Fencing Material Calculator
Calculate fencing materials, posts, wire, gates, and costs for pastures and paddocks with labor estimates.
Homestead Water Usage Calculator
Calculate total water needs for household, livestock, and garden irrigation with storage and pump sizing recommendations.
Homestead Firewood Needs Calculator
Calculate cords of firewood needed for winter heating based on home size, climate, stove efficiency, and wood type.
Homestead Meat Yield Calculator
Calculate take-home meat from live weight for beef, pork, lamb, poultry, and game with freezer space estimates.
Homestead Seed Quantity Calculator
Calculate how many seeds you need for your garden beds based on crop type, spacing, and germination rates.
Homestead Pasture Rotation Calculator
Plan rotational grazing with paddock sizing, recovery periods, and stocking rates for cattle, sheep, goats, and horses.
Homesteading Emergency Food Storage Calculator
Calculate emergency food storage needs for your family with quantities for grains, beans, canned goods, and more.
Homesteading Garden Space Calculator
Calculate how much garden space you need per person for food self-sufficiency based on diet and growing conditions.
Homesteading Butcher Weight Calculator
Calculate what live weight animal to buy for your target amount of freezer meat with cost estimates.
Homesteading Rainwater Harvesting Calculator
Calculate rainwater collection potential from your roof. Estimate annual yield, tank sizing, and first-flush diverter requirements.
Homesteading Livestock Breeding Calculator
Calculate breeding dates, due dates, heat cycles, and weaning schedules for cattle, goats, sheep, pigs, rabbits, and more.
Homestead Startup Cost Calculator
Estimate startup costs for your homestead including land, housing, livestock, fencing, garden, and equipment expenses.
Homesteading Off-Grid Solar Calculator
Size your off-grid solar system with panel wattage, battery bank capacity, and inverter recommendations based on your electrical usage.
Homesteading Crop Rotation Planner
Plan multi-year crop rotations to maintain soil health, prevent disease, and maximize yields with companion planting recommendations.
About Homesteading Calculators
Our homesteading calculators help you plan every aspect of your small farm or self-sufficient homestead. Whether you are sizing a chicken flock for your family's egg needs, calculating how many tons of hay to buy for winter, or figuring out how many acres you need to be self-sufficient, these tools turn guesswork into confident decisions.
Built with real-world data from USDA extension services, livestock nutrition guides, and experienced homesteaders, these calculators account for breed differences, climate zones, seasonal variation, and waste factors — so your numbers match reality.