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Hi there, and thank you for visiting!

We are Wild Canadensis - Missy Horvath and Travis Imhof, from the Pocono Mountains of Northeast Pennsylvania. Missy and Travis educate new homesteaders on skillsets that include hobby farm design, raising chickens, meat rabbits, herbs and vegetables, and sharing resources that work to help you create a sustainable and affordable homestead.Missy and Travis grew up in Pennsylvania subsistence hunting, processing wild game, gardening and farming. They created their own small farm in 2012, and began mentoring locals during their homesteading journey. With years of experience growing vegetables, herbs, and livestock, they are happy to share what works well for their sustainable lifestyle.Are you interested in learning more about homesteading? Ready to start your hobby farm and need some assistance? If you live in the Villages of Barrett or Pike Township in Monroe County, Pennsylvania, contact us to learn more about:** Hobby Farm Design
** Baby Chick Brooder Rentals
** Baby Chicks/Meat Rabbits
** Predator Control
** Composting
** Fermenting
** Wild Game Processing
** Skull Preservation & Mounting
** Sewing WorkshopsDo you love homesteading, but not quite ready to start your own hobby farm? Want to try out a few things first and support our homestead in another way? We can help with that too:** Homesteading Lending Library
** Homegoods on Etsy
** Visit us and take a tourScroll on to learn more about us and the services we provide - you can also find us here:** Facebook - Missy Horvath
** X - @Wild Canadensis
** growinghomesteaders.blogspot.com
** Etsy - wildcanadensis.etsy.comCome visit our homestead, schedule a consult, or request pricing by contacting Missy at: [email protected]

Meat Rabbits

Wild Canadensis began their journey with New Zealand/Californian meat rabbits in 2024. Follow our blog, Growing Homesteaders, to watch our hobby farm expand and become more sustainable.

Hobby Farm Services

Missy was introduced to gardening as a young girl, and gained farming experience working on a seed corn farm and dairy farm during high school. She is an experienced veterinary technician, and owned her own pet sitting business from 2000 - 2016. Missy began raising chickens from egg to laying hen in 2008, in a forested area with wildlife and high predator presence (deer, bear, raccoons, possums, foxes, coyotes, and birds of prey). She specializes in predator protection to keep your small livestock secure.

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"Missy and Travis have made us the proud hen farmers we are today!  They provided us with their knowledge and understanding of hen health and safety care. We were given all of the tools to aid us in successfully raising hens:  informational books, resources, safe living quarters, proper organic nutrition and equipment.
They extended their knowledge and experience to help us defer preying animals as well. Visiting our hens while we are away from our homestead is always appreciated, and our hens love seeing them. Thank you Missy and Travis!"
Best regards,
Denise and Eric Keiling (2024)

European Skulls

Travis began hunting and trapping wild game in the Pocono Mountains at age 12 - he is a successful archery, rifle, and muzzleloader subsistence hunter, harvesting deer, bear, wild boar and coyotes. Travis is an avid trapshooter and reloader, and preserves wild game skulls for local customers. Please click below for European skull mounting fees.

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