Category Archives: chickens
Strike!
The Egg Layers Union 104 has notified the management of Godfrey Family Farms that all union chickens are on strike due to unfavorable working conditions. Specifically, it is TOO DANG HOT to lay eggs. Management of Godfrey Family Farms has … Continue reading
Feeling Small
By now, you’ve probably heard of the egg recall that involves 2 farms in Iowa. Due to the risk of salmonella, one farm is recalling about 380 million eggs and another is recalling about 170 million eggs. Their eggs were … Continue reading
Chicken Mansion
For a while now, I’ve been meaning to write about our housing system for our laying hens. This is our “chicken mansion.” Brian and a few friends repurposed our hoop houses by expanding them and putting them together with some … Continue reading
Well, we’ve been thinkin’
Folks who know us know that we aren’t afraid to try new things. Sometimes, we get in over our heads, sometimes it all works out in the end and we heave a sigh of relief. Case in point: over the … Continue reading
Just Farmin’ in the Rain
We’ve had some serious winds the past few days. This is the first chicken hoop house to flip. Another one flipped today, and that one landed on a chicken. The one that flipped over today really messed up the … Continue reading
Transformation
Mean rooster: Nice rooster: Yes, that scale does say 8.29 pounds. It was a really big rooster. He turned out slightly larger than either of the ganders we processed on the same day. We have a great rooster who is … Continue reading
Paper Planning
Last night I spread out all my planning papers and made sure we had all our dates right for our stock to meet the demand for our meat CSA that starts in January. I am the planner in the family. Brian … Continue reading
Local Harvest Listing
I finally posted our farm on Local Harvest. You can check us out here. And please, send in those great reviews
The Autumn Wind is Blowing
The wind chimes are making quite a lovely racket this evening as the wind has picked up. I’m not a big fan of wind. The last few days have been such nice weather that I really hate to see a … Continue reading
Planning for a Meat CSA
We are in the planning stages of putting together a meat CSA. What that means for us is a lot of research into what meats we would want to add to our lineup (currently, pastured veal, chicken, eggs, and pork). … Continue reading