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Starting a Chicken and Herb Farm
There certainly is a lot involved with starting a farm. Mine is no different! Winter is coming to an end, spring is only days away, and the sun is showing her bright face more and more as the days go...
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Spring Has Sprung, Chicken Tractor Fun
Spring has sprung on the farm and the deadlines are piling up. 120 chickens are coming April 16th(ish), I am going to need to have feed, shelter, and water for the little chicks. The good news is, I’m...
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Starting A Farm On A Budget, Something From Nothing
Starting a farm isn’t easy. No one said it was going to be. However, I am finding it is a lot of fun. I almost feel guilty at how much I enjoy this. There are about a million decisions to make every...
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With Baby Chicks On the Farm, It Is Starting to Look Like a Serious Poultry Farm
Which came first, the chicken or the egg? Chicken babies, or chicks, can survive up to 72 hours on the fluid in their stomachs after they hatch from their shells. Because I did not start with any...
View ArticleFarm Video Update 4.25.2013
I used to do short video updates when Kate and I were riding across America on bicycles. I want to bring back that a little bit with some farm video updates. Quick videos, no editing. Just a little...
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Farm Video Update 4.27.2013
Owning a farm is not all about the plants and animals, it is a business too. What do all businesses need? Good marketing! I know that I produce the best chickens money can buy, and I know other people...
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Starting a Herb Farm With Tiny Greenhouses
Have I mentioned yet that I love what I do? Honestly, I don’t know where the stereotype of the dumb hick farmer came from. This career keeps you on your toes, forces you to be creative, innovative, and...
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Pastured poultry moves out to chicken tractors and farm video update
At long last, the nights are warmer, we have gotten some spring showers, and it is time to move the birds out on pasture. With the night time temperatures still in the 30s until recently, I was...
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Chickens Raised on Pasture Almost Ready For Processing
Time is flying by! Ironic, because all of my chickens cannot fly. The chickens on farm start out as cute little fuzz balls. They are excited with their new world, they are curious, and they are always...
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A chicken farm can be great for the environment
When I moved to New Milford in January and I was driving around looking for land to use, I came across a common misconception. That was that “chicken farms stink”. There were a number of people who...
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FoodCyclist Farm packs up chicken tractors and moves locations
Just when I thought life could not get any crazier, I went and made a huge decision. I am going to move my whole farm to a new location in a different town. In the short term life is indeed crazy, but...
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Chicken tractors, Mobile Coops, and Happy Herbs
It’s 6:30 in the morning, your phone rings, it’s the Post Office. “Umm hello, is this FoodCyclist Farm? We have your baby chickens here, please get them out of here.” Then you drive to the Post Office...
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Catching Up with the Chicken Farmer
I had the embarrassing moment the other day when I was checking in on the farm blog and realized that I had not updated the blog since earlier in the fall. Saying a lot has happened since then is quite...
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