Thursday, April 16, 2009

Chicks for Sale: Brown and Colored Egg Layers


Limited quantities of chicks available for sale: healthy, vaccinated, excellent laying varieties, from high producing lines. Please email if you are interested, chicks will go to good homes only!

Useful Sites

FoodRoutes - Where Does Your Food Come From?

Grassfed Beef Association: www.americangrassfed.org

Local producers: www.eatwild.com

Wednesday, April 15, 2009

Learning Center: Beef Cuts



A diagram showing common cuts of beef. For customers who purchase halves or quarters, they will get a variety of all cuts.

Tuesday, April 14, 2009

Chicken Tractor


Our "chicken tractor" is designed to be pulled around to fresh pasture every few days, and the wire mesh floor prevents predators from getting in at night, while allowing the manure to drop through....we get the benefits of extra fertilizer, and with all the hens scratching and foraging, we have our own soil enhancing system free of charge!

3 day old chicks


This year's batch of layers....we are looking forward to more delicious brown eggs from our free range hens, as well as the pastel colored eggs we can expect from the new addition of Ameracaunas to our flock!

The Beginning....


Today is the first official day of Hickory Field Farm! Not only did we finally decide on a name, but we also made our first sale....8 adorable chicks to a very excited buyer from Connecticut. We have more chick sales happening this month, but come May we turn our attention to the cattle. More info to come on availability of fresh eggs, grass-fed beef, and fresh pastured roasting chickens!