Hey local folks! Two exciting chicken announcements have been in the works for the last several weeks and I’m excited to make them both public today. Five Green Acres Pastured Chicken is now available for pre-order! Harvest Day is Sunday, June 2 – plan to pick up your pre-ordered birds or cuts and join us in the Harvest Potluck Celebration.
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In a much-anticipated move, the sheep were reunited with the pasture this Saturday. And the whole crowd cheered.
I had no idea this hatching business could span a few days, but it has, much to our delight. Amid all the excitement, I was able to catch on video the moment when our first Lavender Orpington greeted the world. We’re on day 3 of hatching and each one is as exciting as the last. Also, this week’s post is
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Last night at 10pm we noticed the first pips of two chicks breaking through their eggs. We could also hear cheeping sounds coming from inside. Can you imagine what I dreamed about all last night? The real event happened around 8:30am today. This birthday boy is happy to share his day with newly-hatched chicks. Yessir, he’s quite pleased with the
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In just over a week, the fluff balls I introduced you to at the end of March have changed considerably. The wings are feathered out, many tails as well. They’ve grown dramatically taller. The combs are starting to become more prominent. And they are eating and eating and eating. Unlike the batch of Cornish Cross broilers that we raised last
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The broiler chicks are here and what a vital, lively bunch they are. Enjoy!
One of the things that has caught our attention since planting our roots in the country is the wealth of folk wisdom embedded in the English language. So many pithy phrases have their roots in rural slang, adages that would have been uttered by the Farmy version of Captain Obvious; not meant to be instructional, but reflective of common
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My basement is still piled with bags of wool waiting to be washed and dried before the hearth, I’ve not yet finished any of the winter-wear woolens on my knitting needles, but the supply of firewood outside is dwindling, a signal which has aided me in making the mental leap from wanting more winter time to complete these tasks to
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Just before Christmas I picked up this old reliable incubator. I was on the verge of putting one on my Christmas wish list and thought I should “check Craigslist first”. Famous last words. Being able to hatch my own eggs is power. An incubator is power. I am drunk with power. Symptoms of this include: + ordering hatching eggs of
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First it was the discovery of a nest built with wool and the paper strip and string from the top of a feed bag. Thrifty bird builders – we could learn so much from you. Then it was the discovery of a double-yolk egg in the chicken coop. For those keeping chickens, a double-yolker is like spotting a rainbow. (shown
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