So we’re down from 18-19 layers to about 8 as of this evening. The parents have been away visiting my …
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Farm Walk: Green Pastures Farm
Yesterday was one of the first farm walks of the 2012 for the Green Hills Farm Project. Since I haven’t …
Farm-wide Wi-Fi
If you tuned in earlier this week, you may have noticed a bit of uber tech-geekery going on around here. …
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 …
The Great Sparrow War of 2012
With all the birdhouses we’ve been building and installing around the farm, there have been precious few desirable birds trying …
Green Machine – Now on Faceypages
Well I finally caved. We’re on facebook. Which brings up a whole different set of issues. Apparently businesses on facebook …
Technology for Sustainable Farmers – criteria
So if we’re going to dive headfirst into this whole technology thing, then we need to first define what we …
Sustainable Farming = Anti-Technology?
So I was watching a nice little movie with my wife the other night called Midnight in Paris, and it …
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 …