1 Week Old

 Notice their feathers!

Arrival Week

Here they are!  The little chicks!

We want to give you a big thank you for taking responsibility for your health, for consuming foods that nourish your body, and for supporting your local economy.  Those three objectives do not come without much effort, sacrifice, and perseverance.

Thank You!

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This spring is our 2^nd season for raising farm fresh eggs and pastured poultry. It has been a great adventure raising them, learning new things, and meeting new people.

Rejoicing Still,

The Cnossen Family

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Our Beautiful Layers

Great Disappointment

Very, Very Disappointing!

  

 This is the 3rd time we were attacked by another animal.

It happens on the weekend in the middle of the night.

What a sad sight to behold on a beautiful crisp morning.  :-(

24 out of the 49 chickens gone!

Chicken & Hogs

Feeding Time!  They eat like hogs!

 Speaking of Hogs  -  Here they are! 

Tyler feeding them our scraps.

Pasture Time!

Time to go out on pasture!

Happy Little Creatures!

Safe and sound in their new chicken tractor!

50 Chicks!  They're Here!
They will be sheltered in our brooder for about 3 weeks until their feathers develop.

Once they are hearty enough to withstand the outdoors, they will be placed in my (once again) new and improved chicken tractor, where they will be able to receive fresh air, varied insects and grasses, along with non-gmo wholesome grain free of antibiotics, pesticides, herbicides, and arsenic.

  After 5 weeks, they will have grown to 3.5 lbs. - 5.5 lbs., at which point they will be ready for processing by our USDA facility and then enjoyed from our dining room table.

Daylight Hours Make a Difference

As daylight hours decrease, layers dropped in their egg production, but as daylight hours increase, their production increases!   

We are back on the increase!  Order your eggs today!

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February Egg Deliveries

Sweetwater - Thursday, 2nd & 16th

Athens - Thursday, 9th & 23rd

March Egg Deliveries

Sweetwater - Thursday, 1st, 15th, & 29th

Athens - Thursday, 8th & 22nd

April Egg Deliveries

Sweetwater - Thursday, 12th & 26th

Athens - Thursday, 5th & 19th

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Watch for the Athens Farmer's Market Schedule.

We'll be there!

Grasses - The Perfect Gift

This is good old Tennessee soil!

After one planting, only a few blades of grass made their way through the hard soil.

 Improvements are on the way!

Fescue begins to spring forward.

There IS hope for the soil!

Here is a beautiful bed of clover!

That's better!

A dairy cow is closer to reality for us! 

Below is a mixture of clover, fescue, and timothy grass!

Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows.  James 1:17

Processing Day for Last Batch

Tuesday, October 25th our broilers will be processed

by the USDA inspected facility.

They look GREAT!

First Farm Tour

Our first farm tour was for little Rayna and her mama. 

Rayna enjoyed walking through the clover.

We finally reached the egg mobile where our hens lay their eggs.

Rayna collected eggs that day!

At first, Rayna was timid around the hens, but soon

she was feeding them and enjoying it!

 To finish off the field trip,

Rayna packaged the eggs and took them home!

Lord and Lady Bacon



Lord Bacon looking handsome as ever!

Lady Bacon posing beautifully.



Lord Bacon rooting for MORE food!







Lord Bacon resting in the middle of the day.



Blessings From Above

The Watcher

Four hummingbirds visited us throughout the summer months. The bird on the branch watched diligently as the other four hummingbirds tried to get a drink. As each one came close to the feeder, the bird on the branch dive bombed them, giving them no access to the feeder.  Thus the hummingbird at the feeder is the same bird on the branch.  In spite of The Watcher's aggressiveness, the four hummingbirds continue to make effort, giving us a beautiful show throughout the day.

Developing Feathers

The baby chicks arrived July 14th and are doing very well developing their feathers in this TN heat.  August 4^th, the chicks will be moved to the chicken tractor where they can forage on grass and insects, while eating non-gmo grain.

  

Look'in Good!

Our birds are 7 weeks, 3 days old.  They look great!

Processing Day

After enjoying fresh grass, all-natural feed, and plenty of warmth and sunshine, our 7 week old broilers have grown into healthy, plump birds.

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And these birds survived the
Tennessee Tornados!

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Ready for processing!

Only 2 More Weeks To Go!

The broilers are doing great!  Not only are they receiving excellent feed with no hormones, no gmo's, and no antibiotics, they are also out on green grass, receiving fresh air and sunshine, while foraging for live protein in the form of insects.  

The chickens are in their 6th week with only 2 weeks to go before their processing.