Happy Friday!
I hope you all had a wonderful Friday and are looking forward to the weekend! After my posts this last week, I’ve had several questions about the farm. I’ll try to answer some of these and if you have more questions, please send them my way.
What exactly was the picture of in your last post?
It’s a chicken tractor at night with the lights on.
The next inevitable question….
What is a chicken tractor?!
I’ve had this question more than anything else. I should have
explained it then!! In essence, what a chicken tractor is, is a movable
home on wheels for my birds. Below are the pictures of the tractor
itself, but I’ll give more detail here. The tractor is a large frame
that has no flooring. Each morning I move the tractor to a new spot
that gives the chickens fresh grass. That is why I use the term pasture
raised. The wire is what keeps the birds protected from predators
(skunks, raccoons, and hawks, etc.). The tarp keeps them protected from
the elements (sun and rain). Yes this requires a lot more labor on our
part, but its the closest to natural that I have seen yet, and the
birds seem pretty happy.
How do we buy from you?
I will
be having a batch of birds for sale around the Thanksgiving time period.
I have a state inspected processor that will be handling all of the
butchering. (This will also let me sell in grocery stores if I wanted.)
I will sell both whole chicken and parted out chickens (breasts, wings,
legs, etc.) I’ll have more detail on that part later, but for now I
plan to use Facebook and cell phone/texts for you to place an order.
I was surprised by the amount of comments about starting a blog or the fact that so many of you read through the whole posts. If you’re still reading this, I love you too, even if you’re not mom 😉 I am not an expert, and I am continually learning as I go. If you have questions, please do send them to me. It helps me to learn the answers as well, and it also lets me think about things that I might not have thought of yet.
Have a blessed weekend!
Spence
The Red Fern Farm