tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6950565322343555064.post310369930300859517..comments2024-02-13T09:36:29.494-05:00Comments on Blue Viola Farm: Teaching the chicks to forage.....safe from hawksfreemotionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10129588842227646172noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6950565322343555064.post-15468237597705509542012-05-06T12:43:43.933-04:002012-05-06T12:43:43.933-04:00Really, you can't even call it a bad day. Mor...Really, you can't even call it a bad day. More like a bad minute.freemotionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10129588842227646172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6950565322343555064.post-88019462599298361322012-05-06T08:35:07.137-04:002012-05-06T08:35:07.137-04:00"with only one bad day..." aint that rig..."with only one bad day..." aint that right!Ohiofarmgirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02606563929369721111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6950565322343555064.post-78507328991284504052012-05-05T21:54:42.570-04:002012-05-05T21:54:42.570-04:00Yup, it is a work-intensive yet satisfying life......Yup, it is a work-intensive yet satisfying life...and the food is A-M-A-Z-I-N-G-!freemotionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10129588842227646172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6950565322343555064.post-36498796859254310962012-05-05T14:07:01.538-04:002012-05-05T14:07:01.538-04:00We also raise our broilers on pasture. Ours start ...We also raise our broilers on pasture. Ours start in a Salatin pen, then move to the 40' sq. pen when they are big enough (about 8-10 weeks). These are either moved daily, or every 4 days.<br /><br />I've also been asked about raising and eating. For me, it was a choice of raise my own or stay sick and in a wheelchair the rest of my life. I could not afford to pay another farmer to raise my food.<br /><br />I was raised in a family that believed an animal you took into your care, you were responsible for until it died of old age. We had bantam layers, but they were pets. We ate the eggs, but buried the birds when they died.<br /><br />So it was a big mind set change for me, to decide to raise and eat what I raised. But I could no longer afford, health-wise, to eat grocery store food.<br /><br />So now we raise our own layers, broilers, beef and pork. And have the garden, all organic, and as sustainable as we can manage.<br /><br />Like yours, ours have a really good life, and 10 bad minutes.Pam Rhttp://goldenoakfarm.us/noreply@blogger.com