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Category: Chickens

Magical Season

Magical Season

Summer is always a busy time of the year at Fasching Farm, but this year it has especially flown by without notice.  Numerous projects, in addition to everyday chores and activities, have kept us so busy there wasn’t time to look at the clock (or calendar).  Now we find ourselves in September!  Summer is about gone.  School is starting, and you can already feel the cooler nights and shorter days.  That can only mean one this – the beginning of…

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Spring Chickens

Spring Chickens

For many people raising chickens is their first step in growing their own food.  The incentives of raising your own poultry are numerous but, primarily, a fresh supply of eggs might be the most popular reason people raise chickens.  I still remember getting our first mix of newborn chicks mailed to us from the hatchery.  We were very excited with the prospect of farm fresh eggs collected daily from the free ranging flock. Each January, when the hatchery sends us…

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