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Building a Chicken Tractor

August 8th, 2013 · No Comments · farming

Our Freedom Ranger broiler chicks are three weeks old and outgrowing the brooder in the basement. Time to move them outside, so I’m building them this “tractor” they can live in for the next month or so until it’s time for them to get the knife. The concept of a chicken tractor is to move […]

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Cow Meets Sheep

July 12th, 2013 · No Comments · farming

Our new Jersey heifer Emily spent her first day on the farm alone in the permanent paddock. I just wanted her to settle in and get used to being here. She was a bit anxious after being moved from her previous residence, where she’d spent her entire life inside a barn and had never seen […]

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