We finally got all the broilers slaughtered, processed and delivered. We only a little over 50 broilers this year, and …
Tag: Chickens
The Pitfalls of Animal Feed
In the past few days I came across a few posts that I’ve mentally bookmarked as case-studies in how farming …
Consumer Reports – Meat on Drugs
Looks like Consumer Reports is the latest organization to throw its weight behind the antibiotic-free meat. Full story here. In …
Got one!
Caught an opossum in the live trap by the broiler pen. Now if we could only get the fox that …
Mystery predator still at large
So we’re down from 18-19 layers to about 8 as of this evening. The parents have been away visiting my …
Sumthin’ been eatin my chickens!
As you may remember from earlier the little broiler chicks are now in their new field pen. Unfortunately, something has …
Weaning Chickens
Just weaned a few chicks today. Yeah, I know, chickens don’t usually have to be weaned. But we had a …
NASCAR chickens Vs. Heritage breeds – the first days
As this is the first year that we’re breeding our own meat chickens, I opted to get a few commercial …
Chickens!
When I checked the incubator last night before bed, I thought I heard a few eggs peeping. Sure enough, …
Candling Eggs
It’s been 8 days since the eggs went into the incubator, so it’s time to candle them. Candling is the …