Chickens At Five Weeks

Jonathan moving the pens.

                                                

Sweet Peas in the garden.

                                                 

The blackberries are blooming!

                                             

Sugar snaps.

We picked our first blueberry a few days ago!

                                                          

 ~Christina
for Hale Family Farm

Chickens At Four Weeks

I can hardly believe that the broilers are already four weeks old!  That means there is just four weeks to go.  

~Christina
for Hale Family Farm

Chicks At Three Weeks

Jonathan moved the chicks to the pasture this week!  Our pens are modeled after Joel Salatin's.  For anyone that hasn't herd of Polyface or Joel Salatin you should check them out.  Also for anyone that wants to see whats going on on at Polyface you might want to look at the Polyface Hen House (my sister, Leanna, writes on Thursdays).  Hope your Saturday was wonderful! 

~Christina
for Hale Family Farm

Straw

My dad and brother got our annual supply of straw last Saturday.  We use the straw primarily for mulching down the aisles of our garden.  It keeps a lot of unnecessary weeds down, and it is also much cleaner for sitting on when you're picking.  Another wonderful thing about straw, it is a effective way to reduce your potato beetle population.  For some reason or other they don't like it.  It has helped us so much!

Just a few shots from around the farm.  Everything is growing so fast!

~Christina
for Hale Family Farm

Chicks At Two Weeks

 The chicks are two weeks old today!  They are almost ready to move to the pasture.

~Christina
for Hale Family Farm

Red Clover

 Just a few shots of this beautiful spring day!

~Nancy
for Hale Family Farm

Our Herd

Kapella is due to kid in a few weeks, so look for pictures!

Tanjello

Willow

Hosanna

Summer Melody

Spring Melody

 Fawn

Flora

Sugar Maple

Bonnie Blue

Our herd of Nigerian Dwarf  goats.

 ~Christina
for Hale Family Farm