August 2025 vol. 1 It took me longer than expected, but I finally completed the new (and improved) egg mobile. I first hinted at this project in the newsletter (link) announcing the purchase of 500 laying pullets toward the end of May. I’ve been pecking away at it as time permitted, but I’m happy
June 2025 vol. 1 When the deadly H5N1 bird flu virus made its first appearance at an Indiana poultry farm in February 2022, roughly 30,000 turkeys were euthanized in an attempt to avert a larger outbreak. It didn’t work! Three years and nearly 200 million dead birds later, they (the experts) still don’t have a
September 2024 vol. 3 Now that we’ve undertaken a few markets closer to Austin, we’ve been selling a lot more eggs. We get a lot of questions around how we raise our hens, and notably about the color of the yolk, and whether we wash them. I’ve previously written a newsletter addressing these things, but
July 2024 vol. 2 A few of you have taken the time to forward me articles and news clippings, or ask directly, about the looming crisis in the egg and poultry industry. So when I read a recent article from Dr Mercola I was reminded that I should provide a written response with respect to
