my account    view basket

 
 
Home Shop Farms CSA Forum Events Newsletter News Blogs Photos

The Blog Barn: an Assortment of LH Member Blogs

Entries Tagged with   [range]

Molting

Blog: Free Range WNY Chicken Eggs   -   Wednesday November 09, 2011   -   By Brenda

This is our second year raising chickens and for the first time our chickens went into a molt. When chickens molt is means that there feathers fall out and they grow new ones. This primarily happens when the days get shorter and the nights get cold. Most of...

Renegade Rabbits

Blog: Pleasant Valley Farm   -   Thursday October 20, 2011   -   By Emily

If you've ever stopped by the farm, you've likely seen our free range critters. The turkeys, ducks and chickens frequent the front yard (and occasionally, much to my irritation, my front porch). You'll often see a cat or two (or four!) as well. But...

The Truth About Eggs... Part 2

Blog: Rockgate Farm   -   Sunday July 17, 2011   -   By Angela

Part 2:   Are free range, pastured eggs higher in certain Vitamins and Omega 3 Fatty Acids? Welllllll, before I answer that question, clarification of terms is required.  The general public is actively being mis-led by...

The Wonders of Nature Never Cease to Amaze!!

Blog: Rockgate Farm   -   Sunday July 10, 2011   -   By Angela

Who would have thunk it?!    After going missing for quite a long time, the prodigal duck has returned.....with (13) ducklings in tow.  AMAZING!!   I told the family that she had most likely succumbed to the marauding pack of...

Okay, so I am a hypocrite

Blog: Miolea Organic Farm   -   Tuesday April 26, 2011   -   By Brian

We closed last year’s books and, as was documented here, it was brutal.  Just like investment portfolio’s we have to diversify further.  I do not think the average American understands how difficult being a small farm can be.   However, I...

Dark Cornish Chickens

Blog: The Clark Family Farm   -   Monday April 25, 2011   -   By Maryann

Dark Cornish Chickens Only 25 are being raised this year. Maryann has added some exotic fowl to her menagerie! The Dark Cornish is a traditional chicken developed purely for great taste. We raise then on pasture and witihout drugs. The bird of choice...

SonRise Ranch Newsletter with Coupon

Blog: SonRise Ranch   -   Friday April 08, 2011   -   By Douglas

Just sent a newsletter out with a great coupon... Douglas Lindamood SonRise Ranch   http://archive.constantcontact.com/fs075/1105067856846/archive/1105096439408.html   ...

New Hatchery is up and running!

Blog: Foxhollow Poultry Farm   -   Friday March 11, 2011   -   By Tai

With a week's worth of elbow grease and 12 hour days we have finally created a space clean enough to call our hatchery. The walls are white, floor is epoxy painted, vented heater, lots of lights, incubators, hatcher,new work counter and...

Wandering Hens

Blog: 3 Acre Farm   -   Tuesday March 01, 2011   -   By Janelle

I have about 6 dozen hens and some roosters.  You can see their photos at www.3acrefarm.com on the blog page.    The white hen with some black on her neck feathers in the foreground is a Delaware, the black and white in the center is a...

Bicycle CO-OP Tour Update

Blog: Rainbow Ranch Farms   -   Wednesday February 09, 2011   -   By Poly

Good morning! The group of university students touring co-op's and farms across the country will be here on Thursday Feb. 10th. They are only using bicycles as a form of transportation and are a dedicated to this project. They will be visiting co-op's...

DeLauro Calls for Equality for Women Farmers

Blog: Rainbow Ranch Farms   -   Tuesday February 08, 2011   -   By Poly

An important bill, brought to our attention by our friend Katherine W. Washington, DC— Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-3) today introduced the Equality for Women Farmers Act. She was joined by Congresswoman Anna Eshoo (CA-14), an original co-sponsor of...

Thunder snow - Harbinger of rough times?

Blog: Beaver Creek Gardens CSA   -   Tuesday February 01, 2011   -   By Cheri

All the prognosticators are calling for a winter storm today that will impact 100M people in the US on this first day of February.  With the days getting longer, we have been busy with seed orders and anticipating the smell of newly awakened soil. ...

Mingling in the Winter Sun

Blog: Real Food Farms   -   Tuesday February 01, 2011   -   By Thomas & Kristeen

  Hello from the farm!   The chickens love the warm weather we are having right now. Grandma, aka "Cha-Cha", had snapped a couple of pictures of our layers out mingling in the sun...or waiting for some scratch to...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO FATTIE PATTIE - One Of Our Sows ...

Blog: Rainbow Ranch Farms   -   Thursday January 27, 2011   -   By Poly

Happy Brthday Fattie Pattie, One of our sows is 2 years old today, she is so beautiful. Today She celebrates her 2nd birthday, and this birthday is special, because it will be her first celebrated here with us. It's going to be a big CELEBRATION!

Rainbow Ranch Farms

Blog: Rainbow Ranch Farms   -   Monday January 24, 2011   -   By Poly

 Rainbow Ranch Farms Rainbow Ranch Farms is owned by a cooperative group of farm members and operated by farm members protocol. A small, private farm, specializing in the delicate dietary and health needs of a close nit group...

Chickens in the Snow

Blog: Free Range WNY Chicken Eggs   -   Friday January 07, 2011   -   By Brenda

I was surprised that our chickens had such a strong reaction the first time they experienced snow. Our hens have free range over our yard all day long and they are tucked away safe and sound at night from preditors. I was surprised when we got our first snow...

Free Range vs Pastured

Blog: Rainbow Ranch Farms   -   Friday December 31, 2010   -   By Poly

Free Range vs. Pastured: Chicken and Eggs   Thursday, March 05, 2009 11:59 AM   By  Cheryl Long   Tags: pastured , grass-fed , free-range , chicken ...

Don't Wash Those Eggs!

Blog: Smaht Fahm   -   Thursday December 16, 2010   -   By Erin

I see you in the grocery store (a place I go rarely, but living in New England, there's only so much you can grow and preserve), staring at the egg section, baffled about all the egg choices available.  What is free range versus pastured?  What about...

Roaming Eggs

Blog: Miolea Organic Farm   -   Tuesday November 02, 2010   -   By Brian

  Of the plethora of problems we face with our chickens, o ne is that the biggest group of layers tends to be too "free-range".  I know that might sound counter-intuitive, but any situation that...

Tags:

Home | Next »

Combined RSS feed for site. Right-click, copy link and paste into your newsfeed reader

Blogs


Popular blogs


Popular Tags




home | about us | contact LocalHarvest |

© 1999-2008 LocalHarvest, Inc.
Your use of this site constitutes your acceptance of our