They will rebuild the ruined cities and live in them. They will plant vineyards and drink their wine; they will make gardens and eat their fruit.
Some friends gave us a rooster last weekend. Handsome feller, but so far hasn’t really meshed with the gang, so to speak. But onto more important news, we have now had the geese in the paddock with the meat birds for two nights, and have had the same count of meat birds both mornings. It… Continue reading Geese on Guard
As we mentioned in our last chicken post, we did get the meat birds out on past year. We have a few critiques thus far. Let’s just say the system has pros and cons. First the pros: Super easy to do the chores. Just put the feed in the feeder put the water in the… Continue reading Apparently the meat birds are tasty
Busy day today. Not only was it the first day of the new school year (homeschooling, you'll get used to it) but we got the chicks out on pasture. I say chicks, but they are going into their fourth week, and these things are huge. Uncle Adam was kind enough to get the electrical netting… Continue reading Putting the Chicks on Pasture
For our meat birds we have decided to pasture them using a Justin Rhodes style meatshaw. This should allow us to get them out on grass for the remaining five weeks of their brief lives. We started out a few weeks ago at Papa's house, where Seppi and Daddy cut most of the pieces out… Continue reading Building the Chickshaw
Little Farm in the Big City 