Left to right: Martha Pincofft, chef from Austin who wanted to learn about the whole process; Sonja Pelli from St. Louis on her annual visit, who wanted to eat duck and start from scratch; Rachel Mathews from Austin, who loves our farm and cooking with Sonja; jules, who is so grateful to have such support in setting up the little slaughter station and learning how to do it right.
When the wind blows, so does the dust and dander that resulted in jules having some respiratory challenges... the mask, as uncomfortable as it is, took care of that.
Keeping the shower pipes from freezing (trying to, we failed), the ducks loved the run off while the water still ran.
What a great day~ to talk and teach about how we farm and why we raise Freedom Ranger broilers!
We make sure there's trees for shade and play in each pasture. Look! It's green again, from our 3+ inches of rain.
Rare is the moment when it's only one in the whole set-up~ and sometimes there's more than one hen in a single nest!
Oh, it's a balancing act when the gals cluster around for their mid-day 'lunch'.
In a drought there's less to do... so i made them a playground! Next, we add shade to it.
Two cows, Penelope Bovine and Pippy Freckleface, due to calve in April. Two steer calves growing up to become food. All having a good meal of hay.
Flock 5 arrives October 3, 2008 and includes lovely tri-color chicks that add fabulous color.
Even at only a few days old, Flock 5 chicks just know there's a bigger world out there!
They need easy access to both food and water, to wash down their feed... and oh! are they messy!
