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Chicken Stress

Chickens can suffer stress and cause stress – here’s the weekend tale of both.

Chickens are kinda like people in that stuff can stress them out – and when stressed out, they do things that aren’t normally in their nature.    Well, last Friday the temps spiked upwards – almost 20 degrees warmer than it had been [...]

Unstuck (a year later)

Ahhh – it seems like just last year I watched the little orange Kubota sink into the muddy spring field (oh wait it was just last year – http://www.chickenthistlefarm.com/2009/04/sinking-feeling-part-1.html).  Being a nostalgic fellow, I figured, why not again…  Especially considering the date on the last post as well…  I mean – what’s 365 days later anyhow between [...]

The chickens are coming, the chickens are coming!

YES – it’s true – the pasture raised chickens are coming…  So that means if you haven’t signed up for updates – you need to now.  Really.  Do it – it’s free!

Then, sometime in March, we will post and email you (if you signed up here) all the specifics about the 2010 pastured chicken orders.

We are [...]

Understand now?

That’s the only question I have for people when I show them a picture like this.  How can you not understand the difference in pasturing chickens when you look at a picture like this.  Don’t you see how pasture raising of chickens (or other animals) is important.  The pen is moved EVERY DAY – and in [...]