AJ is caring for our this season’s first batch of two hundred Cornish Cross chicks. The first few days are pure joy, since fluffy, cheeping chicks are undeniably cute. As they get older, caring for them becomes more of a chore, as they eat more, drink more, and make a lot more mess. By the end […]
We have been looking for a new feed blend for our soy free layer ration this year. Including soy really simplifies the task of fortifying protein levels, but there’s enough uncertainty about the health implications of high soy diets to convince us to look for alternatives. Like a lot of food debates, I’ve found suspect claims in both
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Just in time for warmer weather and backyard grilling, we picked up a hundred pounds of bun length hot dogs from the butcher. Made with our pork and all certified organic ingredients, these taste great and don’t leave you with regrets. “Regrets, I’ve had a few” after eating national leading brand hot dogs. A side
I’m amazed at how patient the boar is with all the piglets. He doesn’t act very paternal; I’d actually anthropomorphize his relationship as more avuncular than patenal. Which is to say he isn’t involved in their care and maintenance, but he plays games with them occasionally and shows up for birthday parties where he wins their affection by
Wiring up all the doodads on the mobile chicken coop has dragged out longer than I hoped due to several parts arriving late. But today I completed all the wiring, only one week after this season’s pullets moved in.
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I noticed a heifer had a loop of electric fence wire tightly wrapped around her foot. It was old galvanized wire, a light gauge wire that remains partially buried here and there. The wire is probably twenty or more years old. It was strung all over the farm on rebar posts, then abandoned. It is particularly
