Posts Tagged ‘tractor’

Surviving the Snowstorm!

Posted in Animals, Ducks, Energy, Farm, Goats, Hogs, Layers, Rabbits, tagged , , , , , , , on January 27, 2016 | Leave a Comment »

Along with much of the East Coast, we just endured a record-breaking snowstorm. When you live on a homestead with livestock, weather is a big deal. The livestock need to be cared for every day, and that means getting to them, and making sure they can get around, no matter what the weather. As we […]

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Weekend Update

Posted in Farm, tagged , , , on June 28, 2015 | Leave a Comment »

This was a busy weekend on the farm! We have a lot of livestock for sale and have been busy helping customers get started with their homesteading projects while maintaining our own homestead! Our lawn had been getting pretty overgrown recently because our tractor, which we use to keep the grass trimmed, has a bent […]

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Recently Weaned Rabbit Kits on Pasture

Posted in Rabbits, tagged , , , , , , on June 5, 2015 | Leave a Comment »

Here is a short video showing a couple of our most recent litters of Silver Fox rabbits. These are about 5 weeks old and were recently weaned from their mothers. Once weaned we move them out to pasture in our portable pens. These allow them to forage on pasture while being supplemented with certified organic […]

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Chicken Tractors

Posted in Chickens, Layers, Meat Chickens, tagged , , on March 9, 2014 | Leave a Comment »

The chicks are growing quickly and will soon be ready to live outside. Unfortunately, our busy work schedules preclude us from completing their main coop before they will be ready to venture outdoors. To meet their short-term outdoor needs we opted to build a chicken tractor that they could reside in until the main coop […]

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Putting New Tractor To Good Use!

Posted in Land, tagged , , on August 14, 2013 | Leave a Comment »

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