As I helped unload my chickens at the slaughterhouse on the early December morning, I experienced a mixture of emotions. I felt relief that my
Category: Gardening
Have we squelched normal childhood behavior with electronics?
It’s the season of Christmas performances for children. I’ve been to several for my children, and I have noticed that the young siblings of the
Chickens on Pasture
After about 4 weeks old, the chickens, Jumbo X Cornish Cross broilers, have enough feathers to live outside without supplemental heat. They are also large
Providing chicks with pasture in November (and getting them out of my garage!)
Just in case you were wondering, it’s not a good idea to raise 17 Jumbo X Cornish Cross chickens in your garage. I raised 9
My experiment with meat chickens
I’ve purchased meat from pastured poultry producers for awhile now, although I do revert to eating meat from the grocery store, too. In an ideal