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A Horse, A Pig, An Armadillo And A Dog

Blog: Dark Water Ranch   -   Friday May 06, 2011   -   By shepherd

God must have thought that I needed a laugh today. Here is my story of what happened on the farm today, I went out to start to feed, surprise, surprise a pig ran out from the wooded area and ran a circle around my feet and took off for the pig pen. Okay, so...

Side of Beef or Whole Pig, Lamb, Etc

Blog: Specialty Meats and Gourmet   -   Saturday April 09, 2011   -   By The Meat Detective

Is it a good deal to get a Side of Beef, Whole Pig, etc. You need to educate yourself prior to purchasing a whole beef, side of beef, whole pig, whole lamb, etc.  It is almost like buying a car - do your research, talk to a local butcher about...

Fall Piggies going to market

Blog: Anonymous Farm   -   Thursday October 21, 2010   -   By Risha

Next Tuesday is the end of the playtime for 4 of our piggies. Call Alan if you are interested at 815-721-5483. We are taking requests for brats, breakfast sausage, and piggy quarters processed to your specifications by Galloways in Como, IL (@ 815-626-0305)....

Red Wattles on the Way!

Blog: Red Barn Heirloom Gardens   -   Wednesday May 19, 2010   -   By Darren

We're getting ramped up for the summer!  Tomorrow our first batch of Red Wattles Pigs will arrive all the way from Illinois.  Can't wait to get them to their new home and on the pasture!

Spring Fever

Blog: Antaya Acres Heritage Farm   -   Monday March 01, 2010   -   By Brett & Stephanie

Ten inches of snow 3 days ago, and here I sit filling in my seed order.  I am so ready for garden Its infecting my dreams.  Last night was the piglets raiding the pumpkin patch dream, and I don't even have the pigs and the garden on the same...

My Four-Legged Tiller, Part 2

Blog: Hurricane Farm   -   Wednesday October 14, 2009   -   By Chris

The frost has hit and the squash is done.  Sadness creeps into the picture as one looks around at the dying plants.  The sqash was commanding the garden mere days ago, but its leaves are now turning a sickly dark color.  The frost sneaks in...

Local Foods at a Local Restaurant

Blog: Hurricane Farm   -   Wednesday September 16, 2009   -   By Chris

A local Connecticut restaurant, Zest, has some wonderful dishes on the way prepared with local ingredients including ribs grass-fed, dry aged beef.  If you are in Northeastern CT, stop by their 1750's farmhouse restaurant and try the taste and flavor...

Opening the Stand

Blog: Pleasant Valley Farm   -   Monday August 03, 2009   -   By Emily

Thanks to everyone who stopped by to see us at the stand's reopening on Saturday!  After being closed for over 3 years, we weren't sure what kind of turnout we would have.  Once the stand opened, everything ran smoothly, but we did have a little more...

Moving Pigs, Our Second Encounter

Blog: Hurricane Farm   -   Monday July 27, 2009   -   By Chris

Last week, or sometime thereabouts, we had to load three of our hogs onto the trailer in order to take them to be processed.  As readers will recall, our first experience loading pigs, while perhaps comical, took WAY TOO LONG!  This time we had it...

The Scoop from the Coop!

Blog: Heirloom Country Farms   -   Sunday May 24, 2009   -   By Rob & Katharine

05-24-09  We have Fresh Suckling Piglets ready for your dining pleasure! These are completely and 100% chemical free, pasture raised, born and raised right on our farm from our own CRITICALLY ENDANGERED heirloom breed of stock called the Gloucestershire...

Free Range vs Pasture Pens

Blog: Harp Turkey Ranch   -   Wednesday May 06, 2009   -   By Wes

We get alot of emails on how we raise our poultry here on the farm, so decided it would be a good topic to discuss on the blog.  There is basically two different ways to raise your pastured poultry. We are going to discuss both ways.  We raise all...

Animals have jobs too

Blog: Harp Turkey Ranch   -   Tuesday April 21, 2009   -   By Wes

Here at the ranch all the animals have jobs too. Their jobs are to do the back breaking work of clearing and tilling the land, at the same time fertilizing and spreading it too. The pigs have gotten more done then I first thought they would. They have to till...

Happy Easter

Blog: Harp Turkey Ranch   -   Sunday April 12, 2009   -   By Wes

Wanted to wish every body a happy Easter Holiday. We finished our first batch of Poulet Rouge Broilers last week. Everything went great and the chicken tasted great. We were able to fill every order that we pre sold, leaving only 2 chickens for us to enjoy...

Poulet Rouge Broiler Update - 3

Blog: Harp Turkey Ranch   -   Saturday April 04, 2009   -   By Wes

Would just like to share some photos that i had taken this afternoon of the poulet rouge broilers. They are going to be processed on Wed. April 8 th just a few days away. I'll report dressed weights.    The farm is buzzing now. I start at daylight...

Baby Animals in the Barnyard

Blog: Hurricane Farm   -   Sunday March 29, 2009   -   By Chris

Here are some of the much anticipated photos of our baby farm animals.  We've been quite busy getting things prepared for their births and arrivals, as well as with sugaring, but here are some shots of the recent additions to our farm. Moments after...

Poulet Rouge Broiler Update - 2

Blog: Harp Turkey Ranch   -   Friday March 20, 2009   -   By Wes

The first batch is now 9 weeks old. I weighed four of them today as the suspense was killing me. 1@4lbs - 2@5lbs - 1@6lbs, Keep in mind that was on a cheapo scale, but I did calibrate it with a 10 lb weight before I weighed them so they should be pretty close...

A set of twins

Blog: Harp Turkey Ranch   -   Sunday March 15, 2009   -   By Wes

Our third doe had her new kids this morning. Went out for feedings and there they where. A beautiful set of twins. 1F - 1M. So that puts us at 8n ew goat kids this year. 2 more then expected. All in all we have 4F-4M kids. Now means we have 4 new does to add...

Another set of triplets !!!!

Blog: Harp Turkey Ranch   -   Thursday March 12, 2009   -   By Wes

Wow we just had a second set of triplets yesterday. 1F - 2M. What a start to a new season on the new property. We have now have what we expected to get from all three does, but we still got one more doe that is due any time now. Will it be another set of...

Mouring the Passing of Jordie Hamlet Nevedal, Wond...

Blog: Cowmomma's Cupboard   -   Wednesday March 11, 2009   -   By Cowmomma

We have been providing hospice pig care to our 15 year-old pot bellied pig Jordan Hamlet for the past year.  He seemed to have cancer with spread to his liver and we had constructed a special pen for him in our garage with heat so he could get outside on...

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