by Mark & Jill Baker | Mar 1, 2009 | Chickens, Green Acres
Well, as of this week the brooder is in operation again. This week we started 100 layer hen Auracana, barred rock, and assorted heritage cock chicks in the brooder tank. replacements and 25 heritage breed cocks. Baker’s Green Acres is always looking for...
by Mark & Jill Baker | Feb 19, 2009 | Farm to Fork, Green, Green Acres, Organic Farming, Organic Politics
We have a bit of a running joke here: Mark is either networking or farming, depending on who he’s spent the last hour talking to. Last night we got to do both at the same time. The USDA and Michigan Land Use Institute put on the last in a series of meetings...
by Bakers | Nov 9, 2008 | Chickens, Education, Fun, Organic Farming
Welcome to this update from the northern Michigan Home of the Happy Hen, where pastured poultry still abound, the eggs are farm fresh and beautiful, the goat milk is fresh, and the kids can get happily dirty.Last weekend we spent Saturday afternoon watching a fellow...
