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Buckeye
The Buckeye is a dual-purpose breed of chicken with a deep, lustrous red color of plumage. They have yellow legs and skin, and, thanks to their pea comb, are very cold-weather hardy. While Buckeyes...
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Heirloom produce from a winter garden…
Since we recently diverted from our usual poultry post, I thought it would be nice to share some of the other things we’re doing on the farm. Aside from pastured poultry, we are usually working on...
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Basque Hens
Our Basque hens are now entering their first year as mature hens. They are laying beautiful, medium to large tinted eggs. These birds are truly an outstanding free-range breed. The hens are very...
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German New Hampshire
The German lines of New Hampshire chickens have a fascinating history. At the turn of the 20th century, poultry raisers in New Hampshire had begun focusing their efforts on creating a true...
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building your real food pantry: plan for a tomato workhorse you can count on
Reblogged from Auburn Meadow Farm: Fresh from my garden tomatoes, onion and garlic ready for oven-roasting xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx For a girl forever bawking about...
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Sweet Corn… The Devil’s Food
One of my all time favorite stories from writer Garrison Keillor can be found in the introduction to “Leaving Home.” Keillor talks about growing up in a strict Christian home among the “Brethren,” and...
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From Austria, with love… the Sulmtaler
When one thinks of Austria, “love” isn’t likely the first word that comes to mind. High school history tells us that Austria was the birth place of WWI, after the assassination of austrian Franz...
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“The new Chickens magazine is here, the new Chickens magazine is here!”
While not nearly as exciting as a new phonebook, we’re pretty excited about the newest copy of Chickens magazine by Hobby Farms. The January/February 2014, edition is now on sale and there’s great...
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An Exciting Spring Ahead…
We wanted to take a moment to share this great photo of one of our German New Hampshire roosters. They represent the vigor, strength and beauty we are hoping to see from all our birds at Sunbird Farms...
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Spring Happenings at Sunbird Farms
Apple Tree in Bloom at Sunbird Farms Well, Spring has officially sprung…and around here it feels like Summer will start any day (we’ve been knocking on the 90′s already). So it seemed like a good time...
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Sunbird Farms Goes To Italy… (fingers crossed!!!)
To our absolute delight, Sunbird Farms has been chosen by Slow Food to be a US delegate to “Salone del Gusto and Terra Madre,” the international Slow Food conference in Turin, Italy this fall! It is...
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Mother Earth and other fallacies… a summer of reflection
Bigger is better…Can’t have too much of a good thing…I’m better when I busy…Mother Earth… This has been quite a summer at Sunbird Farms. It was the summer that wasn’t planned. Or maybe the summer...
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An Update from the Farm…
Well it’s been quite some time since we last shared anything about our farm. Since the last update, we’ve harvested our walnuts, coming in slightly ahead of last year’s harvest. We’ve also made some...
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le Poulet de Barbezieux
Virtually unknown outside its own country, the French Barbezieux is a chicken who’s famous flavor has been delighting the fortunate few for centuries. Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin, author of the 1826...
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Heirloom produce from a winter garden…
Since we recently diverted from our usual poultry post, I thought it would be nice to share some of the other things we’re doing on the farm. Aside from pastured poultry, we are usually working on...
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German New Hampshire
(This is a post from the past. We are not currently raising this breed, but feel it might be helpful for others who are interested.- SF, Feb, 2022) The German lines of New Hampshire chickens have a...
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