For the past four months, we’ve been raising Rhode Island Red hens to replace the layers that were snatched by foxes in the spring. Like the broilers we raise, these new hens have been traveling around our pastures in big cages or “tractors” toward a date when they would be big enough to join the […]
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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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Our Freedom Ranger broilers are growing up fast. For the 10 or 11 weeks that they live on this earth, they’re housed in wood-framed cages on our farm’s pasture. They don’t get to run around free, but we do move the cages–called “tractors” in the poultry biz–twice a day so they can forage in fresh […]
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