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April 18, 2010

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Maike

Thank you so much for sharing this!! It was a joy to read and I have to say, I do envy you a lot (but in a friendly way *g*). Sadly, I live very far away so I will neither get a taste of those lovely eggs nor get to cuddle the alpacas... Boy, I hope they come up with beaming technology soon, it's about time!

Abi

you are welcome maike :) i wish you could visit us here too!

keana

Rex is damn sexy! I love the honor system & I don't see your Facebook-ing schedule on here...that takes up time too!

Abi

too many obvious jokes here about rex and i'd like to keep this blog clean, keana ;)

lol! there is that whole other digital world that takes up time every day too, so true. blogging, fb, etsy etc. perhaps another post is in order?

chppie

I'm curious about the role of the alpacas on the farm. Besides hanging out with them and feeding them, how much time do you spend with them on alpacas issues (health, etc.) and do you plan to use their fleece to spin? For personal or commercial use?

Abi

we have two 'fiber boys' that we got in late november of 2009 and they are very easy to care for. alpacas need to be wormed on a schedule (approx every 3 months), have their hooves and teeth trimmed as needed, as well as be shorn once a year (coming up in may!).

since this is our first time doing anything like this i am not quite sure what i will do with their fleece yet. i don't know how to spin yet but that is the obvious next step for me. i don't plan on selling them commercially though. i can't wait to knit with it myself and gift some to friends!

i hope that helps! let me know if you have any more questions :)

chppie

Thanks! That was really interesting. I don't spin yet either so I will enjoy hearing about your adventures. I always look forward to reading your blog. I'm on the other coast and non-farmy so it's a great peek into another world.

Melissa

Hi, Abi. I was just wondering where you get your organic chicken feed. We haven't been able to find a local supplier in upstate NY...

Thanks,
Melissa

Abi

we use green mountain feed. they make such high quality feeds and we are able to get them through our local feed store. here is the link to their site! i hope it helps :)

http://www.greenmountainfeeds.com/default.aspx

Melissa

Thanks SO much for the link! We'll see if we can try them out.

Michelle Chapin

Abi, Thank you SOOOO much for posting this! My husband and I are in chicken heaven reading this! ahahah Where oh where did you get those amazing egg cartons?
So ...now after caring for about 60 chickens, are you guys still wanting to go even bigger?? Thanks again so much! xoxo Michelle

Abi

you are welcome, michelle! it was fun to work out the day like this. it's second nature to us now and we are pretty efficient about it.

i laughed because i joked with greg at dinner that i ordered 50 more chickens today and he just about fell over. i am ready to go bigger and he's happy to stay put for now. that being said i do plan on ordering a few more chickens (just don't tell him) ;)

i would love to add meat birds to the mix too! we will at some point in the very near future and start the same way we did with the layers, enough for us at first, to see how it goes.

Sarah

So glad to hear the honor system works for you. I see that kind of thing a lot here in New Zealand (just about every other house has a stand at the end of their driveway with eggs, potatoes, kiwis, flowers etc. - it varies regionally) and I'd like to see more of that in the States.

Maike

Thank you, that makes me very happy =)

Abi

hi sarah :) we are happy the honor system is working out but we are also lucky enough to be in a very accessible location so it works out well for everyone.

my husband talks about going to new zealand all the time. my cousin went a few years ago and my sons teacher just went two years ago. as soon as we can find a good chicken sitter ;)

karin

That sounds wonderful - you have really grown into it right along with the animals.

karin

BTW I think I'll be up to see you next week, gotta get me some of those eggs. :) Let me know what days are good for you.

Abi

can you come on saturday for the big 1 party? we'd love to have you here!

Joy

Thank you! I enjoyed reading about your chickens. Maybe you'd be interested reading about another 'egg-gatherer' in my neck of the woods... http://freshairlife.blogspot.com/2009/07/katzors-farm.html
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