Looking for an abundance of local veggies you might feed your chickens or yourself? The Sonoma County Harvest Share (SCHS) is now live. A brilliant idea whose time has come, the SCHS is a NING site that is easy to locate, register on, and use. If you haven’t used the NING software technology yet, it [...]
I interviewed Suzi Hajjar of Stonybrooke Sustainables of Cotati. They currently have 74 chickens and are awaiting the delivery of 30 more chicks this week. Suzi sells her “Eggs of Color (ungraded and unsized) from pasture-ranging happy hens” directly to customers such as myself and at the Cotati Farmer’s market. Suzi started with 25 chicks [...]
One of our primary strategies for helping make your chicken flock more sustainable is allowing the chickens access to your backyard or farm. Assuming you have sufficient space (more on that shortly), this is a great strategy. Here’s what Robert Plamondon in Oregon has to say on chickens foraging for food from : http://www.plamondon.com/faq_feed.htm
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Bob Cannard, of Green String Farm www.greenstringfarm.com, has farmed sustainably for 30 years. His father Bob Cannard Sr. was an avid advocate of backyard chickens, particularly in Sonoma, CA. We asked Bob Cannard how he would feed chickens locally. He provided the following chicken meal plan.
Free range
In your backyard, periodically rotate in your garden with [...]
In our extensive research of all things sustainable chicken, I finally stumbled upon Robert Plamondon, a farmer in Blodgett, Oregon who has done great thinking and writing on practical free-range poultry rearing. Robert and his wife Karen live on a 37-acre farm in Oregon’s Coast Range and raise 500-600 layers and 2000 broilers a year, [...]
Deb, her husband Djubaya, and little Talise, keep 20 chickens on 3-acre rural residential property, 4 miles outside of Sebastopol, CA. They currently feed their chickens organic lay pellets from the local feed store, kitchen scraps, and garden weeds. They are interested in finding more local sources that provide good nutrition for good egg production. [...]
We spoke with Ron Lawson, owner of Field of Greens (www.myfieldofgreens.com) in Sonoma California. “Our hens are not just free range, but FREE-WILL, raised with plenty of room to roam about in the Sonoma sunshine. Field of Greens provides eggs to individuals, high-end restaurants and groceries in the local area. They feed their [...]
Harvey Ussery and his wife Ellen are modern homesteaders. Their excellent website is a treasure trove of eloquent writing on the new life of the land. They have numerous well written articles on food independence, composting, chickens, bees and cows, and occasional musings on the state of the world. Their website is clear and easy [...]
Laurie-Ann interviewed Sean H. on Wednesday January 29th. She asked him our series of questions, and here is some of her report.
They keep 8 chickens, they are allowed to range around a section of the property. Chickens receive food table scraps and garden scraps (outer cabbage leaves, etc.) Apparently the hens are a little picky [...]
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