And I’m very excited to have the baby chicks finally arrive on farm, middle of last week!
They will stay in the brooder until they are old enough to go out on pasture in about 3 weeks.
This month I did an experiment on our extra pasture that turned out really great!
I made my first crop of hay…
using my grandpa’s old rake that he converted from the original horse pulled style to be able to be pulled by a tractor.
We got about 20 small square bales off of about 2 acres of pasture. We use hay for bedding for my parents’ layers, and I’d like to switch over to using it for my broiler chicks as well when they are in the brooder.
“When my time as a farmer is over, I want to be able to say… that I was a good steward.”