Animal Stories

Baby chicks and a March winter storm do not mix well!  We received our first group of baby meat chicks on Thursday March 12, 2026 and by that Sunday, we moved them into our basement to avoid the single digits (!) predicted with a winter …

How We Feed Our Chickens   Our hens, as well as our meat chickens, are pastured on certified organic pasture and receive a certified organic grain ration that includes certified corn and soybeans.    Certified organic always means no GMO’s and no pesticides.  We do …

Fall and late spring are calving times here at the farm. Here in October, we have several mamas due to give birth. The weather this season – dry as a bone – is ideal for the new calves. Mud is something we try to avoid …

Here’s a look at our laying hens and meat chickens on our pastures. There’s nothing prettier or more enjoyable than seeing any of our livestock foraging. It’s healthy for our chickens to be outside foraging. They are in the open air, in sunshine and rain, …

The growing year for our laying hens is divided into two seasons – active grazing and winter.  During the active grazing season, we are rotating our hens through a series of pasture areas with our movable electric netting.   Depending on the rate of recovery on …

On March 31, about 12:30 p.m., with the sun shining bright and a cold north wind blowing, our beloved Jersey milk cow Bonnie gave birth to a bull calf.  We knew she was close by the way she had removed herself from the rest of …

Building a chicken hoophouse has been just an idea for years.   We had intended to build something similar to expand our smaller, traditional chicken house at the Wyoming farm but it was always put off. During 2019, our first full year living here at the …

The number one question we receive about our laying hens or meat chickens is, “How do you keep the coyotes away?”  There is a real misconception about poultry, coyotes and their ability to coexist. To the surprise of many, coyotes are not our major predator …