Meal planning with a Whole Chicken
We sell whole, processed chickens, packaged similarly to whole chickens found in the traditional grocery store. Many people are used to buying chicken pieces, like breasts, thighs, and wings, so it may be unfamiliar to purchase and prepare a whole chicken. We’re here to help with recipes and meal planning ideas.
Read MoreHall’s Hill Rice
We love to use as much of our pork and chicken as possible. After all, we have labored and prayed over our meat for months before it reaches the table! So we respect the animals and the effort by wasting very little. Making chicken broth is just one way we use the bones and scraps that would otherwise be trash. With the broth, we make a variety of meals, including rice.
Read More2016 Begins on the Farm
Things are picking up on the farm… So far we have two hogs, 30+/- layers, and a few eager helpers – we are excited for all the Lord has in store for HHF in 2016! We are planning to sell whole and half hogs again this year, as well as chickens. Let us know if you’re interested in either – last year the hogs were claimed quickly! We will be accepting initial deposits soon, so keep up with us on Facebook and here on the blog for the latest info. We look forward to supplying your family with pasture-raised pork and poultry this...
Read MoreBuilding a Chicken Tractor, Step by Step
This coop is an adaption of Joel Salatin’s chicken tractors. I have seen his tractors but have never found a design online and finally just had to guess a bit and build one. I built a coop a few years ago which turned out to be too heavy to move efficiently. I literally went to the drawing board last year and came out with a Salatin-esque tractor.
Read MoreOur first year with Aunty Barbara, our Livestock Guard Dog
Before Barb, it was open season on chickens and any stored feed. We effectively had a neon sign above the barn flashing “Open Late!” Attracted were all types of predators common to Kentucky: possum, raccoons, and foxes. (We never encountered coyotes, probably given the proximity of house to barn). Despite the lack of coyote sightings, there were hoards of others. Fox were the main problem with the chickens. Rumors have gone around that a neighbor has supported the breeding and release of fox in the area to promote fox hunting. With or without a breeding neighbor, our chickens were attacked mercilessly by foxes. Foxes kill for sport (as many as possible) then make off with one or two. The sight of a dozen chickens in various states of dismemberment is one of the most demoralizing things we have encountered on farm. But it was becoming frequent, and coupled with raccoons gorging themselves on feed, we finally quit chickens altogether.
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