Of all the animals on the farm, the chickens experience the biggest change during the winter. Chickens are naturally photo-sensitive, …
Year: 2013
If This Then Awesome
If you spend as much time browsing Craigslist as I do, then you might just love a little tip I …
Chicken Coop Rehab: Part 3
We’ve just finished up the work on the chicken coop for the year. With winter looming we knew that there …
The Turkeys: 2013
The turkeys were the one unequivocal flop on the farm this year. Not everything can be a rousing success the …
Interesting Spray Foam
So the weather is about to take a several-month long turn into the below-freezing realm. In preparation, I’ve been working …
Pigs in the Cornstalks
We’ve completed the last big fencing project of the year. We quickly put up some temporary electric fence around all …
Thanks for the Turkey
The water in the scalder was heating up. The water was on, the plucker was ready, the knives, bags and …
Turkey Fight!
I’ll say one thing for the Turkeys, they are occasionally entertaining. Like this little fight that broke out the other …
The Pigs: 2013
All the way back in January, it seemed to strain credulity to believe that we could sell 3 entire pigs. …
Wrong Tool for the Job
The cold weather seems to have sounded the death knell for our cordless power tools here on the farm. I’ve …