Building a legacy rooted in respect for the earth, family traditions, and shared knowledge
Do the chickens drive the tractor?
That’s just one of the questions that we’ve been asked about our “chicken tractors” that led us to write this post and describe them a bit more. Continue reading “What’s a chicken tractor?”
Huh? You’re a farmer?
That’s the question that I get asked at least once a week by people that I meet, by colleges at work and vendors or suppliers, and even by my family. It’s something that leads to good conversation and a chance to explain some of the things that are broken with the large-scale conventional food system. Continue reading “Why farm?”
It’s nearly Thanksgiving and the turkeys are huge!
Take a look at the tom in this picture. I’m not sure what he’s going to weigh once he’s processed, but he looks huge to me. Hopefully it’s not just all feathers.
Our first round of meat chickens was successful so we decided to move things along and expand into turkeys for Thanksgiving.
We picked up 50 baby chicks this morning from the local post office. We received 25 Black Sexlink chicks (egg layers) and 25 Jumbo Cornish Cross chicks (meat birds).
We’ve had egg layer chicks before, but this is our first try at running meat birds. Here’s hoping to not screw this up too bad…
