Dandelion Hills
  • Blog
  • Sales
    • Chickens
    • Ducks
    • Turkeys
    • Eggs
  • About Us
    • Our Story
    • Contact

Chickens Are Almost Ready!

9/12/2014

0 Comments

 
We are fast approaching the end of our excursion into raising meat chickens.  This second batch appears to have been much more successful and the birds are looking rather huge in their last weeks of grazing and feeding.  If you are interested in purchasing some fresh, pasture-raised poultry, just click on the link at the top of the page labeled "Sales."  We will have a few ready by September 18th and the remainder of the birds will be processed a week or two later.  

Other updates, our first batch of hens appear to be in full production as we are getting 10-12 eggs a day.  Just waiting for the others to get laying and we will likely be in the egg business too!

Special thanks to the "chicken sitters," who helped us out immensely as we did a quick trip to Chicago to get the boys an end of summer train ride and introduce them to the awe inspiring skyscrapers.  Interestingly enough, they seemed to enjoy the trip, but noted that they liked living in the country.

Projects to finish before the end of the year - just a few.  Finish building our shed (blog post to come), build a chicken coop for winter, rework the meat bird pen, prepare the bees for overwintering, harvest the garden and get going on tomato sauce, plant garlic, purchase tarps and get on the back garden.  Just a few things.

Finally, if anyone locally is looking for some strawberry runners, let us know.  I'll be cutting back the runners on our strawberry box rather soon and while some will get planted, others will be composted.  These runners will take well in the remainder of this year and come up strong next spring.  While they likely won't fruit well in their first year, they will set roots and produce well in the following year.  Just contact us via the blog and we could set up a time to meet or have you come and cut some.

Trevor
0 Comments



Leave a Reply.

    Picture

    ABOUT

    Dandelion Hills is a family-owned farm in Caro, Michigan, established to provide beyond-organic food to its owners and the local community while improving the soil quality.

    Categories

    All
    Bees
    Chickens
    Continuing Ed.
    DIY
    Ducks
    Food
    Gardening
    Geese
    Homesteading Tips
    Maple Syrup
    Our Stories
    Preserving Food
    Quail
    Trees
    Turkeys
    Weeds

    Dandelion Hills

    Archives

    May 2016
    February 2016
    January 2016
    July 2015
    June 2015
    May 2015
    February 2015
    January 2015
    December 2014
    September 2014
    July 2014
    June 2014
    May 2014
    April 2014
    March 2014

    TAGS

    Dandelions Hills Farm Caro Michigan Local Permaculture Sustainable Ecological Natural Beyond Organic Biodiiversity Regenerative Family Farm Mini-farm Farmstead Homestead Pastured Eggs Chicks Chickens Poultry Gardening Honey Bees Flowers Herbs Ducks Turkeys Geese Quail Market Garden
Powered by Create your own unique website with customizable templates.