Our eggs come in many colours, brown, white and even green. We like to spice things up in our egg boxes. The brown hen egg is the standard egg sold in Ireland & the UK. It is laid by a red feather hen such as a Rhode Island Red. In the USA a white egg…
Early this week a beautiful Jersey heifer was born on the farm. ‘Friendly Aoibheann’s mother is ‘Beechdean Dazler Ivy’. She came from the Beechdean herd in the UK late last year. She is part of our new Jersey dairy herd. Friendly Aoibheann is the first Jersey heifer born on our farm. Sometimes when you are…
Animal manure is the one of the most important soil improvement resources we as farmers have. It was the number one resource in the past and it may well be again in the future. In the interim it has had competition from alternatives, but as these alternatives get more expensive and shorter in supply manure…
This weekend our farm was covered in a blanket of snow. While it does increase the work load a tad, it certainly adds a little bit of magic to the place. Penny keeps an eye on our sheep and lambs as we give them some supplementary feed during the cold snap. Penny has been with…
How do you shoe a Donkey? The fact is, in the main you don’t. We use two donkeys as livestock guardians with our Bronze Turkey flock in Summer & Autumn, they then move on to our sheep flocks in Spring. They keep Mr fox away as they are territorial and don’t like four legged intruders.…
Early Lambs off to a Good Start We have been busy on the farm in the early days of the New Year. Our first lambs arrived on the 4th of January, tucked up inside for the first week of life from the cold, they now are hardy enough to go outside to some fresh grass. …
A Massive Thank You and how to cook your bird to get the most out of your roast Massive Thank You and a Happy Christmas to everybody Thank you to all our customers who have supported us through this difficult year. We are now busy preparing for everyone to pick up their Christmas dinner from…
The Wall of Turkeys Our busiest time of the year, as we’re nearly there with all the turkey prep. We’re looking forward to seeing you all in the coming days. I’m the King of the Castle One of our hens grabbing a cheeky drink from one of our water troughs Farmhouse Eggs Our hens scale…
Doing our bit to keep things safe and simple Thank you to everybody who has ordered off us this year. With the year that’s in it people have ordered early and the vast majority of our orders are now in. We are busy on the farm preparing for the collection days and everything is going…
Composting on the Farm A steaming dung hill on a frosty morning. We compost a lot on the farm, we reuse and spread it back onto the land to increase the organic matter in the soil. Lovely Hereford Cross Heifers 3 of our latest new arrivals to the farm for our calf to beef operation.…