Sometimes, raising animals naturally is hard, really hard. This is one of those times. A couple weeks ago, our Black Spanish turkey hen hatched out a dozen or fourteen beautiful little big eyed poults. We have marveled at how she has taken to mothering and how Thomas, the dad, has so easily adapted to his [...]
Posts Tagged ‘free range eggs’
The Lord Giveth, The Lord Taketh Away
Posted in General Farming, tagged free range eggs, pastured poultry, heritage turkeys, farming tragedies on April 19, 2012 | 4 Comments »
Agriculture Myth Busters: The Vegetarian Chicken
Posted in Livestock, tagged free range chickens, free range eggs, omnivore's dilemma, pastured chicken on October 25, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
We get asked a lot of questions by customers, neighbors, readers of this blog and other curious sorts, about the diets of our animals. Mostly they are regarding soy, antibiotics, growth hormones and corn. Some are from people genuinely interested in facts. Some are from people who’ve recently watched Food, Inc. and are looking to [...]
Pastured Eggs Now Available
Posted in cooking, tagged free range eggs, pastured eggs on December 15, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Our girls are now producing enough beautiful, tasty, healthy, amazing eggs that we can make them available on a limited basis for only $3 a dozen. They have received rave reviews from those who have tried a dozen so far. We’ve heard, “This reminds me of the eggs I used to eat as a little [...]
Egg Production Slowly Increasing
Posted in Family Life, tagged farming, free range eggs, livestock, pastured eggs on November 2, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
“Eggs, glorious. Eggs marvelous. Eggs wonderful, eggs.” (If you’re old enough to remember that little ditty, then I’m sorry, but like me, you’re pushing your sell by date.) Our Buff Orpington hens are finally, slowly, getting up to speed. We had 5 eggs yesterday. We had 4 the day before that. As winter gets closer, [...]
First Egg
Posted in Livestock, tagged chickens, farming, free range eggs, omnivore's dilemma, pastured chicken on September 19, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Yesterday, as we were moving the hen pen, Brittan discovered a big surprise. Actually, it was a very little surprise. One of our girls had laid an egg for us. It was quite small, not much bigger than a quail egg, but perfectly formed. We were so excited. I have been saying it would be [...]
