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Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow
It’s been quite some time since I sat down to write a new blog post. I had a few written back in the winter of 2019 outlining what we had been doing on the farm and what our plans for the future were, but… Continue Reading “Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow”
A Break From the Farm
Our farm is currently not too terribly taxing when it comes to the amount of labor we have to invest to keep it running on a daily basis. During winter we don’t have any meat chickens out on pasture because there is no real… Continue Reading “A Break From the Farm”
Pastured Poultry Update
It’s been a while. How are you? Sorry we haven’t posted lately, but sometimes life gets a little busy with kids, jobs, side jobs, side-side jobs, and side-farm jobs. Since our last blog post we have pretty much finished up all of our major… Continue Reading “Pastured Poultry Update”
Eggs, Eggs, Eggs!
We have entered a lovely time of the year now when our Spring-born pullets have started laying like crazy! Ideally we would have started our chicks in the Fall, so they would begin laying in the Spring, but our plans were derailed by the… Continue Reading “Eggs, Eggs, Eggs!”
Selling Chicken
After doing some trial runs with the Cornish Cross, we’ve decided to squeeze in a couple of batches of chickens this Fall that will be available for sale! We secured processing dates on October 11thand November 1stfor two batches of 50 chickens. We will… Continue Reading “Selling Chicken”
Our Newest $300 Chicken Coop
It finally feels like we’re turning the corner into Spring! Now that the weather is nice, everything seems to be moving at the speed of light. We have so many tasks on our farm to-do list that it doesn’t feel like we’re ever going… Continue Reading “Our Newest $300 Chicken Coop”
April Farm Update
Well, here in Kansas it seems we have set off some sort of eternal winter. We have had snow (albeit not much) the last three weekends….of April! Nonetheless, we have been moving forward with our plans here on the farm, even if Spring refuses… Continue Reading “April Farm Update”
Raising Cornish Cross Chickens
There are a lot of contentious issues in the food/agriculture world: GMO vs. Non-GMO, Organic vs. Conventional, Grass-fed/finished vs. Grain Finished, and on and on and on. Perhaps the most misunderstood of these issues, however, is the Cornish Cross chicken. If you’ve ever watched… Continue Reading “Raising Cornish Cross Chickens”
Incubating Chicken Eggs
At the time of writing this, a heavy coat of ice has our woods hunched over and groaning like they would rather do anything but stay upright. I can relate with every passing year. Looking out the window it’s hard to fathom that we… Continue Reading “Incubating Chicken Eggs”
The Disappearing Chicks
Today we just wanted to share a quick story that illustrates how unpredictable farming can be. As you know, we need to replenish our laying flock and are starting our trial Cornish Cross meat bird batch. Well, instead of relying solely on incubation to… Continue Reading “The Disappearing Chicks”
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