Growing real food in beautiful Graham, WA
Panic Sales are STRONG…. We have been getting a lot of calls from people looking to buy chickens. My guess is that panic-buying is driving most of these calls. Our laying hens have been producing and we have a steady supply of eggs, but are selling out regularly (we appreciate that)! We hope you are…
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Wow – Been awhile… Yikes! We haven’t been staying up to date with our blog posts but that doesn’t mean we haven’t been busy… Bear with me as I try to touch on what we’ve been up to and some plans for the upcoming growing season. Catching up Birds, Birds, Birds! We are finally seeing…
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It’s A Boy! Our doe, Masha, went into labor last night and gave birth to a healthy boy. He is all white and has the cutest little squeaky voice. more to details to follow…
2018 Recap and Plans for 2019 Hello friends! First, thank you for your support during 2018 and helping it be a success. We wanted to provide a quick recap of 2018 and give you an idea of what we have planned for 2019. Yes, this is a long overdue post – with how busy we…
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Summer Update and Check-In Whew! We’ve been way too busy to find time to keep up with the blog and website. For that we’re sorry. It’s hard to believe that Summer is almost over – and still so much to do! I wanted to take a minute to catch you up with what we’ve been…
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Spring update – Full Steam Ahead! Veggies Well it is ON! The Sun is out and has dried out the garden enough that we have been planting and now have a bunch of plants growing in the ground. Our 20-week CSA starts delivery this week – we delayed two weeks due to the weather –…
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Earth Day Event Cancelled Unfortunately our planned Earth Day Event is cancelled. Due to the the weather and poor conditions, we have to focus on planting the garden and moving the birds out on pasture. We are working on a Summer Event and will email details to all of our customers to thank them for…
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Incubating our Turkey Eggs We’ve been collecting eggs from our Bourbon Red Turkeys for the last 2 weeks and it’s finally time to start incubating them! Turkey eggs incubate for 27.5 – 28 days (unlike chickens at about 21 days). Otherwise, the process is about the same. We collected fertile eggs and stored them in…
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An early Easter Egg(er) Hunt! So the other evening while we were out collecting eggs, I looked up and noticed some feathers sticking out between the old boards under the eaves. I first thought that it was just a birds nest since we have some barn swallows that have nested in the barn before. Upon…
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Hatching, Planning, Waiting… Successful Hatch! We successfully hatched out the fertile eggs we purchased as part of our breeding plan and laying hen replacement. The 30 eggs we ordered (and one extra for free) arrived via USPS damaged leaving only 28 for the incubator. Of those, 26 developed and from the 26, we hatched out…
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