by Clare | Jul 8, 2011 | Farm Blog, Turkeys
It has now been a month since we last updated on our turkey hen, Jenny, who at the beginning of June was busy producing her second clutch of eggs for the season. Although two chicks hatched from the first clutch, neither survived due to some misguided curiosity on the...
by Clare | Jun 3, 2011 | Farm Blog, Turkeys
If you’ve followed our turkey woes this season you already know that our turkey hen, Jenny, had a tough start to spring this year. A number of her eggs were either damaged or destroyed while our always-struttin’-his-stuff Tom turkey tried to defend her...
by Clare | May 13, 2011 | Farm Blog, Turkeys
Well, it’s Friday the 13th, and it’s Fowl Friday. You can already tell where this is going, can’t you? As much as we love to share our successes, life on the farm doesn’t always go quite the way we intend. It’s been a difficult spring...
by Clare | Apr 8, 2011 | Farm Blog, Turkeys
We haven’t posted about the turkeys in some time, but it’s spring, and it’s become a little interesting around the turkey pen this week! Most commercial turkeys raised for market can’t breed naturally, the Toms are simply too fat, but heritage...
by Clare | Nov 27, 2010 | Farm Blog, Turkeys
This year we were thankful for many things, and I can honestly say we truly felt much more connected to, and thankful for the food on our Thanksgiving table, that we were very fortunate to share with good friends. The Curbstone Valley Thanksgiving feast this...
by Clare | Nov 24, 2010 | Farm Blog, Turkeys
Thanksgiving is less than 24 hours away. In our Let’s Talk Turkey post earlier this year, we cited a number of reasons why we decided to raise our own Thanksgiving turkey this year. We’re so glad we did, and would definitely raise our own in the future....