2 part-time homesteaders trying to leave the earth a little better than we found it
It’s spring, so of course there’s so much going on at Bellfern Homestead, and I’m too tired to organize it all into an interesting and themed narrative. This is going to be a casserole-style blog post: take what you have, mix it all together, add cheese, and hope it holds together. We’ve got over a hundred chickens … Continue reading Spring on the farm
I wouldn’t deliberately choose to process chickens in a cyclone. It’s just that when you raise meat chickens, you’re working on a timeline. There’s a lot to line up: you have to consider the day the chickens were hatched, and calculate 7-8 weeks to determine the butchering window. And when you’re a part-time farmer, weekends … Continue reading Raising meat chickens: the nitty gritty
This morning I got a call from the post office. They were calling to let me know that my package had arrived and was ready for pickup. Delighted, I hung up and let my boss know that I had to take an early lunch to go pick up my chickens from the post office. When … Continue reading Chicken Nuggets
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