PROSPECT FARM


We are not your average farmers - if you could even call us that yet.

For some time it has been our goal to live sustainably off the land and now we are going for it! Our intention is to move towards having a household of production, not consumption through starting a multi-generation family farm providing organic vegetables, rustic breads and goat dairy for the local community. Our hope is to someday have our Vermont farm not only be a place to find quality local whole foods, but a community meeting ground to serve as an outlet for wellness, education and leisure for our neighbors.

Although we met in college, we both coincidentally grew up in the same New Hampshire area. Our studies originally focused on art and literature, which today are still huge influences to us, but we were looking for a change. Together we travelled throughout the country and have lived on both coasts, including a big city and an island in Maine. Through our experiences, we learned that we work the best as a partnership day in and day out and that our college studies are not what define us. What is most important to us is the way good “slow” food unites the ones we love.

Through this blog we hope to not only keep a log for ourselves, but also be able to share our stories and thoughts as we embark on this wild journey!


Wednesday, October 19, 2011

Mama Hen?

For the last couple of months we have noticed that one of our Barred Rocks is bigger, brighter, louder and harder for us to "rangle."  Since flocks form a hierarchy we chalked it up to be that she was just head bird, we named her Mama Hen and moved on... UNTIL three nights ago when locking them in at night Meryl heard load and clear "Cock-a-doodle-dooo." Mama Hen is in fact a rooster! Now, what to do with him before the hens start laying and those eggs turn into chicks! 

Yesterday we processed the first half of our broilers that have been living out in the movable coop.  Due to scheduling conflicts our chicken guru Matt was unable to come up to assist us.  So we watched Joel Salatin videos on YouTube and since Matt had assisted Meryl through it before, we felt prepared to give it a go ourselves.  It was a total success!


Mama Hen is a Rooster!
Processing Area
Plucking
Eviscerating
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