Chicken pusher

I was at the market last weekend hawking chickens, which is always fun, but there are still plenty left. Order now and spread the word to family and friends!

Details here: http://www.dropstonefarms.com/2010/08/chickens-round-3-pickup-august-21-23

Order here: http://tinyurl.com/chickens2010-3

Skip the deposit, since the mail probably wouldn’t get to us in time.

On spam (not the tasty kind)

Garth and I — cranky, internet-nerd introverts — are really, really opposed to spam. We both hate it when the act of purchasing something from someone automatically signs you up for their mailing list.

Unfortunately, I forgot to ask everyone who ordered chicken at the farmers’ market two weekends ago if they’d also [...]

Chickens, round 3 — Pickup August 21-23

Email is out to our mailing list subscribers about the new batch of chickens! They will be ready starting August 21. Copy/pasting here in case you are not on the mailing list (if you are interested in chicken, you should sign up).

This batch is NOT antibiotic-free!! Scroll down for more info.

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More customer feedback

Subj: NEED MORE CHICKEN!!!

[We] are in ecstasy over here, post roast chicken. Do you have any more we could purchase? Also, could we sign up to order more now? How many can we reserve? We LOVE your chicken!!!

On being told the 48-hour deadline has passed so we can’t legally give them [...]

The perils of heritage livestock.

Heritage chickens. They have great foraging instincts and they love to explore. It’s great and it’s the reason that we raise only these breeds. It’s wonderful to raise an animal that acts like an animal.

Additionally, we raise our birds outdoors from the day we get them. They are on grass and dirt (and [...]

Chicken errata

Our second batch of chickens for this year went smoothly last weekend. It was a small batch and we had some enthusiastic helpers. I even had enough energy to go to the show (the New Pornographers) that I had tickets to in Seattle that same night!

Two things that may or may not [...]