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Category Archives: Pastured Poultry
Keeping the grass fresh in the goose pen
I love grass. It feeds the animals and keeps things nice & clean. The geese love it too, and will eat it down to the roots if they are on it long enough. The challenge is: How do you keep … Continue reading
Eagles love to eat ducks
It’s not uncommon for us to have eagles come by, but we got to know one up close & personal last week. Most of our ducks are penned up in 5′ x 10′ open bottomed pens. They get moved to … Continue reading
Selling blown duck eggs
The value of my eggs tripled this week. I just sold a dozen duck eggs on ebay this morning for $16.50, shipping not included. The best part is that I got to eat them before they sold! I’m moving into … Continue reading
Goose Laying an Egg
Here is a sequence of photo’s I never expected to get. I was building nests for my geese (hole+sand+straw+shelter) and I happened to have my camera along. Good ol’ Splotchy was having contractions, so I snapped these as the egg … Continue reading
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How to nest a goose
It’s spring (or nearly so), and that means nesting time. Now that I’ve finally got the routine worked out for successfully nesting geese, I’ll share it with you. For those of you who just want to see how much I’ve … Continue reading
Blown eggs–an easier way?
I love finding ways for my birds to pay their own way! Spring is coming, and the ducks, chickens & geese have been laying more eggs–good news! Our surplus eggs (pastured, organic, no-soy, no-corn) have gone to friends. That “egg … Continue reading
The First Goose Egg of Spring
Joel ran to find me yesterday morning because the first goose egg of the year had appeared. The first eggs this year came from a pair of American Lavender Ice geese. Continue reading
Chickens & Cows on the Pasture
A cow pie is money, and I like to get it back in the soil “bank” as soon as possible. Of course, I’d rather not spend my time following around the cow with a rake to spread the manure out as soon as it hits the ground. I’ve got chickens lined up to do that job for me. Continue reading
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Holistic Sustainable Agriculture from the Soil Up
There were 27 people who came out and joined us for Dr Dettloff’s presentation Saturday. I will type up the notes about local resources which we compiled throughout the day, and distribute them to those who joined us. Continue reading
Geese mow my lawn
It has now been 7 weeks since my goslings hatched, and they are about half-way feathered out–about 3 lbs each. It’s been cold and rainy since they hatched, but their parents have done excellent work keeping them protected. Continue reading
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Tagged Geese, grass-fed, mob grazing
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