Category Archives: Farm Animals

Hard Lessons from Life on the Farm

Posted on July 3, 2012 by Larry Braley

This past week after several days of 100 plus heat and drought we awoke Saturday morning to find one of our new pigs dead. This was a tough sight for our kids to see as they had grown fond of … Continue reading →

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Pigs In The Garden

Posted on June 26, 2012 by Larry Braley

  This year we’ve decide to feed out our own pigs for butcher. Last week we purchased two feeder pigs from our friends the Traynor’s. Feeder pigs are young pigs weighing around 30 to 45 pounds and are fed out … Continue reading →

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Chicken Tractor

Posted on June 12, 2012 by Larry Braley

After spending some time at the Brown’s and seeing Ryan’s chicken tractor, I thought I would write a post about another of my favorite country living books, “Chicken Tractor, The Permaculture Guide to Happy Hens and Healthy Soil” by Andy … Continue reading →

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Raising a New Batch of Layer Hens

Posted on April 24, 2012 by Larry Braley

We recently purchased a new batch of chicks to startup our layer flock again. When we first came to our place, we were heavy into raising layers and selling eggs. We got away from keeping chickens for a short time … Continue reading →

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