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Comment on Chickens, round 3 — Pickup August 21-23 by Get some local chicken « Small Potatoes

Get some local chicken « Small Potatoes — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 04:29:33 +0000

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Comment on Chickens, round 3 — Pickup August 21-23 by Dropstone Farms » Chicken pusher

Dropstone Farms » Chicken pusher — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 03:11:05 +0000

[...] Posted by Lauren on 16 Aug 2010 at 08:10 pm | Tagged as: Uncategorized 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 [...]

Comment on Chickens, round 3 — Pickup August 21-23 by Dropstone Farms » On spam (not the tasty kind)

Dropstone Farms » On spam (not the tasty kind) — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 05:25:37 +0000

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Comment on About Our Freedom Ranger Chickens by Dropstone Farms » Chickens, round 3 — Pickup August 21-23

Dropstone Farms » Chickens, round 3 — Pickup August 21-23 — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 05:22:38 +0000

[...] More info about our chickens and the ordering process is available here: http://www.dropstonefarms.com/about-us-faq/about-our-colored-range-chickens/ [...]

Comment on Ruby’s Life is Hard -or- Maybe I Should Turn on the Electric Fence by Dropstone Farms » The perils of heritage livestock.

Dropstone Farms » The perils of heritage livestock. — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 01:15:35 +0000

[...] Lauren’s dog is, in general, an amazing animal possessed of a tremendous amount of mothering instincts. Seriously. I’d sooner trust her with a newborn than an electric mesh fence. She has been a tremendous asset in identifying and locating escaped chicks this year. She’ll hear a distress peep long before we do and zero in on the poor little peeper in the way that only a critter with ears that big can do. Good girl. [...]

Comment on Moving the sheep by Kristin Thompson

Kristin Thompson — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 01:39:22 +0000

Ha! Love it. Farming in Suburbia :) We know something about that.

Comment on Moving the sheep by Jay

Jay — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 23:04:28 +0000

This gave a new meaning to the theme song from long ago TV “Rollin rollin rollin Rawhide” with Clint Eastwood as cowboy “Roudy Yeats”. The story was about cattle drives in the old west.
So now we have “Rollin rollin rollin Woolhide”

Comment on Frustrating/sad news, plus update on turkey sales by Dropstone Farms » Chickens, round 2

Dropstone Farms » Chickens, round 2 — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 22:44:58 +0000

[...] up soon here we have another smaller batch. These guys are the ones that the raccoons got into when they were still at home, so the flock is small. We will take reservations for about 35 [...]

Comment on You see that? It’s made of chicken! Brilliant. by FunkyManT

FunkyManT — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 13:43:28 +0000

Oh, this is among the very best things I’ve ever seen!

Comment on You see that? It’s made of chicken! Brilliant. by mk

mk — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 20:33:28 +0000

I think I tried to tell Lauren about these a few months ago, and she was not as entertained as I.

Corn! It comes out of the fucking ground!

Comment on Sheeps! by Melinda

Melinda — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 05:17:03 +0000

Is there going to be wool before there’s meat?

Comment on Sheeps! by Adrienne Wolfe

Adrienne Wolfe — Sun, 04 Jul 2010 00:13:46 +0000

Lauren and Garth – Feel free to give me holler regarding sheep stuff. I had them for a few years and will start up with freezer lamb again in 2011.

Comment on First canning of the year! by Lauren

Lauren — Sat, 03 Jul 2010 17:51:08 +0000

I just used the recipe in the Ball Blue Book for the pickling liquid. Then in the one jar I put an extra pinch of red pepper flakes.

Comment on First canning of the year! by Mangochild

Mangochild — Sat, 03 Jul 2010 09:15:11 +0000

Yum. What spices did you put in the ‘extra spicy’ one?

Comment on Email to Lauren by Peggy

Peggy — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 23:19:36 +0000

It’s a bit reassuring that someone with your fowl experience (sorry, I couldn’t resist) had difficulty recognizing the nature of the bird…We have baby birds in our yard all the time. I can tell doves from quail, but that’s it. Gizmo, our 14-pound attack dog, is interested in all of them. He doesn’t care what type they are. He just wants ‘em! Fortunately, he’s pretty slow.

Comment on Frustrating/sad news, plus update on turkey sales by Lauren

Lauren — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 05:31:29 +0000

Thanks, Frank. I am hesitating on getting ducklings (probably to my detriment, since they would already be getting older if I had them already) and have been looking for adult or teenage ducks on Craigslist. They take about 6 months or so to be ready to lay, and I want my duck eggs nowwww …

Adrienne & Joanna, thanks for your sympathy. I know it’s the cost of doing business and happens to everyone … I guess we just got cocky (no pun intended) because we seemed so safe for so long.

Hooray for electric fence though!

Comment on Frustrating/sad news, plus update on turkey sales by Joanna

Joanna — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 05:26:08 +0000

Ugg… I also have experience the raccoon carnage. Hope the fence continues to deter them and keep up the good work Ruby and Oscar!

Comment on Frustrating/sad news, plus update on turkey sales by Frank

Frank — Sun, 27 Jun 2010 03:18:32 +0000

http://www.meyerhatchery.com/get_list_72.htm has some ducks.

Comment on Frustrating/sad news, plus update on turkey sales by Adrienne

Adrienne — Sat, 26 Jun 2010 00:49:43 +0000

So sorry! We’ve dealt with the coons and coyotes and then when all seemed OK with the electric fencing the eagles found us from above…

Comment on About Our Freedom Ranger Chickens by Dropstone Farms » First batch of chickens – reserve now for early July pickup!

Tue, 22 Jun 2010 05:47:53 +0000

[...] info about our chickens and the ordering process is available on our About our Freedom Ranger Chickens (formerly called Colored Range chickens) [...]