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Tag Archives: chickens
Farming: Why do you have grass?
One of the arguments I hear often about why we have to continue modern industrial farming practices is because there just isn’t enough arable land to grow enough food for everyone. I almost always wonder what the latest person who said such a thing is doing with his or her yard. Seriously, what are you doing […] Continue reading
Posted in Farming, Food, Law, Philosophy
Tagged arable land, chickens, Choices, Experiments, farmers, Farming, food production, grain, Grass, industrial farming, Life, revolutions, Self-sufficiency, self-sustainment
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Farming: Zombie chickens?
One of the things that veteran chicken farmers warn about is cannibalism. Chickens will attack each other when they are overcrowded, have sick chickens among them, or are just plain bored. The breed we got on April 15th, Speckled Sussex, has proven so far to be a particularly precocious one, and we discovered yet another element to […] Continue reading
Posted in Farming
Tagged Animals, breeds, cannibalism, chickens, Experiments, Farming, free range, Heritage, speckled sussex
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Farming: Peep!
Chickens have once again arrived at the farm in the form of 50 Speckled Sussex peeps from the Mt. Healthy Hatchery. These birds are a heritage breed know for good quality in both laying and meat. Chickens are part of our overall strategy for self-susta… Continue reading
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Tagged Animals, chickens, Farming, multiculture, self-sustainment, speckled sussex
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Farming: Farming goals for 2010
Perhaps my first goal for 2010 is to fully embrace the fact that I am, indeed, a farmer. I think that even I have had a stereotype of what that tag means, and I am discovering that there is truth and fiction to that stereotype. What I have come to realize already is that farming […] Continue reading