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Tag: Fail

No more freezin

March 1, 2018

Well, it looks like the weather has finally turned. Winter is (if merely writing these words) headed out the door …

Tags: Chickens, Fail, Watering, Weather
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Evolution of a chicken feeder

August 30, 2016

We’ve been searching for a good chicken feeder solution while the chickens are out on pasture.  Sure, we’ve been using …

Tags: Chickens, DIY, Equipment, Fail, Second time's a charm?
By Andrew / 2 Comments
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Broilers: Scaling, Efficiency and Other Excuses

August 1, 2016

I wanted to believe that Joel Salatin’s chicken-raising method would work for us.  We started out with some pens we …

Tags: Chickens, Equipment, Fail, Pasture
By Andrew / 2 Comments
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Mega-waterer v2.0 cold weather update

January 15, 2016

We’ve been through a good old-fashioned Minnesota cold snap in the past week and a slight problem arose with the …

Tags: Equipment, Fail, Water
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’15 Turkeys

November 30, 2015

After the great turkey massacre of 2013 we were unenthusiastic about delving back into turkeys.  We were busy enough with …

Tags: Fail, Success!, Turkey
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Piglet gone wrong

June 29, 2015

Warning, this blog post is about a necropsy of a deceased piglet, which includes pictures. If this sort of thing …

Tags: Fail, Pigs
By Andrew / 1 Comment
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Replacement Gilt Blues

May 12, 2015

I decided to keep a few replacement gilts (young lady pigs) this spring.  I sorted out two of the best …

Tags: Fail, Pigs
By Andrew / 2 Comments
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The Great Farrowing Disaster of 2014

February 11, 2014

So about two weeks ago we had three pigs lined up to farrow their first litters. Hooray! Until we realized …

Tags: Fail, Pigs
By Andrew / 1 Comment
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The Turkeys: 2013

December 7, 2013

The turkeys were the one unequivocal flop on the farm this year.  Not everything can be a rousing success the …

Tags: Fail, State of the Farm, Turkey
By Andrew / 2 Comments
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Thanks for the Turkey

November 28, 2013

The water in the scalder was heating up.  The water was on, the plucker was ready, the knives, bags and …

Tags: dogs, Fail, Turkey
By Andrew / 2 Comments
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