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It’s really cold

20 Jan 200922 Nov 2008 by Mike (tfb)

It’s taken a couple of days of this pretty intense cold snap for me to realize it’s yet another whimsical display of the crazy weather we’ve been having for the last six years or so. It’s not that overnight temperatures … Read the rest

Categories Farm lab (research!), People, Weather Tags snow, unusual, eggs, Autumn, Winter 3 Comments

Big egg

6 Nov 200827 Oct 2008 by Mike (tfb)

Every few days, at two dozen a day, along comes one very big egg. It’s hard to see with the chipped paint on the old egg scale, but these big guys take it right off the chart. Beyond measurement by … Read the rest

Categories Animals, Harvest, Tools Tags chickens, unusual, eggs, scale, Autumn 9 Comments

Fantastic egg tray technology!

3 Feb 20226 Sep 2008 by Mike (tfb)
Egg trays

OK, so they’re just regular cardboard egg trays from the commercial kitchen world, and they’ve probably been around exactly like this for decades. BUT, they haven’t been around HERE. Lynn recycled them from Shelter Valley Folk Festival, where she was … Read the rest

Categories Animals, Fieldwork, Harvest, Tools, Local food Tags eggs, storage, recycling, Summer 10 Comments

Odds-and-ends omelet

16 Oct 200826 Aug 2008 by Mike (tfb)

Preparing and gazing at food can bring as much enjoyment as growing, sharing and eating it! I’m really not a cook, but with fresh, quality ingredients, whipping up something appetizing is…simple. For our field lunch today, an omelet made from … Read the rest

Categories Cooking & Eating, Veggies, Local food Tags chickens, eggs, basil, garlic, tomato, onion, peppers, cooking, meat, Summer 2 Comments

Weighing eggs

2 Sep 200825 Aug 2008 by Mike (tfb)

Egg production has been moving along smooth as anything. The girls are great, easy going, seem to be having a good time, and they’re pumping out 23-25 eggs a day. Besides giving them out to everyone around here, there’s been … Read the rest

Categories Farm lab (research!), Animals, Harvest, CSA, Tools Tags eggs, weighing, chickens, Summer 10 Comments

Eggs everywhere!

4 Jul 200826 Jun 2008 by Mike (tfb)

Barely a week after the arrival of the laying hens, egg production is in full swing, with about 20-21 eggs a day from 25 birds. From the start, all of the hens took to laying in one particular nest, I … Read the rest

Categories Animals, Local food Tags birds, eggs, Summer 7 Comments

Definitely ready to lay

23 Sep 201120 Jun 2008 by Mike (tfb)

It’s back-to-back chicken stories, from chickens to the slaughter to chickens ready to lay! The hatchery moved up the scheduled delivery of the 20-week-old Shaver Red Sex-Links by three days, and today was it. These girls are cool, and ready … Read the rest

Categories Animals Tags chickens, chickenhouse, eggs, Summer 11 Comments
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