by Daniel | Jun 8, 2017 | DAIRY, on farm processing, Pigs
Raising pigs on a dairy farm has been a long time practice. It just makes sense. The cow efficiently converts grass into milk by way of her perfectly designed, four chambered stomach. Pigs can and should be allowed to forage on pasture but their digestive system...
by Daniel | May 6, 2013 | chickens, Chicks, cows, Daniel, East West Farm, Farm, free range chicken, on farm processing, processing
Will stop the farming. This Saturday was our first scheduled processing day for our broiler chickens and thank goodness for the ability to forecast the weather. We’ve been receiving gargantuan volumes of precipitation this year and with the knowledge that a...
by Daniel | May 16, 2012 | chickens, Chicks, factory farming, on farm processing, Pastured poultry, processing
Or get someone else like me to do it. We processed the broiler chickens we raised from day old chicks that we got from S & G Poultry this past Saturday. We raise our chickens on the pasture where they can live out their lives in a much more natural, healthy and...
by Daniel | Nov 21, 2011 | Deep Pectoral Myopathy, free range chicken, on farm processing, Pastured poultry
Last week, we hosted a chicken processing demonstration prior to doing the whole batch. Four of the chickens have been injured in the chicken tractor and are unable to move with each relocation. OK, processing? I hate using that word, it makes me think of prisons and...
