It had to happen eventually. Yesterday we killed two of our three-year-old ewes and sent them off to the butcher. It was time to thin the herd. I realized this season, and especially after adding five more sheep–our future breeders–to the flock, that we have more animals than we can feed. We’ll be lucky to […]
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Our opera guest, Andrew, who’s performing the title role in the local production of Puccini’s comedy, “Gionni Schecchi,” has really taken to farm life. Not only is the bass baritone helping with daily chores, he jumped at a chance to help process our Freedom Ranger broilers. On Wednesday, we butchered 22 of the chickens we’ve […]
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Time to slaughter chickens. Our Freedom Ranger broilers are so popular, we decided to double production this year. Here’s what one of our clients said in an e-mail: “We cooked the last chicken we had in the freezer on Tuesday and it was spectacular.” I tend to agree. The Freedom Ranger, a European breed, is […]
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