Up to now, my wife’s plans to add new designer eggs to our flock of laying hens had been going according to plan. “Chocolate” and “terra cotta” were the chosen new colors and to that end we had purchased 10 each of the Welsummer and Cocoo Maran breeds. They spent the allotted four weeks in […]
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We had postponed our September Freedom Ranger broiler slaughter till tomorrow on account of rain but the weatherman this morning moved the downpours to late this afternoon, so we’re on again. As I type this, I’m waiting for the water in our electric scalder to come up to 140 degrees Fahrenheit. When it does, the […]
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You have to be careful what you wish for on the farm. Deep in the throes of winter, you yearn for warmer days and maybe a little green grass. Of course, that day arrives soon enough, and with it a whole lot of work you didn’t have to do when there was two feet of […]
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