Tag: weighing

Weighing chickens

25 Apr 202214 Jul 2009 by Mike (tfb)

Booked a chicken processing date today: slaughterhouse day is July 29. They’ve been looking good all along, but now the White Rocks seem mighty…tasty. I keep remembering one of them hurrying by with a long worm trailing from his beak,… Read the rest

Farm eggs with hot sausage

7 Jul 20092 Jul 2009 by Mike (tfb)

A week after arrival, the 25 Shaver Red Sex Link ready-to-lay layers are starting to lay. That’s good. We’re up to 7-8 eggs a day, and most are just shy of Small (on the official egg scale), but the numbers … Read the rest

Main order done!

16 Nov 202328 Jan 2009 by Mike (tfb)

Five hours and done! This year’s main seed order was a first: finished in one session! Usually, it takes two. My head was starting to spin a little, but I felt COMPELLED by the late date to keep going (although … Read the rest

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