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Welcome to our website. Like our small farm there are more things to come. Different subject pages are on the left. Check out the blog on the bottom left for more info as well as current projects. Our family has moved to Geneva County Alabama and we are in the process of setting up our new farm.

Jacob Looking At The Flooded Chactowhatchee River in Geneva Alabama

 



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  1. Thank you for the UTube video about your chicken tractor. Best I’ve seen yet! Any time frame when you will have the plans and material list available?

    Thanks

  2. Great site. Been gardenng for years. My folks raised broilers commercially when I was growing up. Geat info on coop. What’s capacity for medium hens.? Also want raise about 25 broilers on grass and feed to procss and freeze.

    Been getting my tabe eggs from a local free-range flock. No comparison! I don’t eat Tyson chicken beause of the feed, antibiotics and growing conditions. No taste and mushy texture.

    I’m located in the Arkansas River Valley near Ozark on I-40, 72951. mapquest and let me know how many hours & miles to you.

    Thanks, ken

  3. Thanks for the design and video. Hope to build one by Spring. 1 Have you done any update to the list of materials? 2 Have there been any design change sugestions you like or have already incorporated?
    If not let me know and I will share back the bill of materials I do this winter – most likely in a spreadsheet.

    1. I have only built one Ultimate, although another will be in my future. Until I build another I cannot get a better estimate of materials. I had a blog post about the Ultimate with a few small updates I have done with pictures. I would be interested in pictures of your build and a materials list, thanks,

  4. Does washing eggs have an Effect on hatch rate?
    I have done a lot of research on this very subject. My conclusions are that leaving the natural bacterial bloom that is left on the eggs from hatching is the best thing to do. The shells are very porous and the bloom keeps the bacteria and other organisms in balance. Rinsing off the bloom leaves the surface of the eggs vulnerable to an overpopulation of bad bacteria. Especially for hatching purposes leaving the eggs in a close to a natural state as they were when the came out the back of the chicken is the best practice. Also leaving the bloom on the eggs as long as they are stored in bulk (up to two weeks) until you are ready to carton and sell is also recommended. Hope maybe that helped. There are a few blogs out there I have read from small farmers like yourself that have done experiments and posted their results. I will find the links again and post them here for you soon.

  5. Rebuilding the Fruit Stand building on the farm as a chicken brooder and feed storage building.
    Here’s an idea, a living wall brooder/feed storage made with woven switch walls and a living sod roof upheld with a Reciprocal Roof Frame. Structurally sound and sustainable.

  6. Hello,
    I watched some of your videos. I am kcbigjoe. I have a questionn or two about your tractors and equipment if we could email when you gave time. Thanks

  7. I just finished reading “Ten Acres Enough”. What a wonderful and refreshing documentary of a man and his family escaping the city to become a simple farmer during the mid nineteenth century! I recommend it to anyone wanting a look into the pressures of “making a living” in our society’s past not unlike it is in the present. Thank you JL for having this book available in your library. It has caused me to take a different view to my small operation.

  8. Hi JL, Thank you for all of the invaluable information that you have provided to me over the years. I built your ultimate chicken tractor about 3 or 4 years ago and love it. I would like to add some wheels to it in order to make it easier to maneuver. Will you please give or sell me some plans for ultimate wheels design for my ultimate chicken tractor? Are those lawnmower wheels? Would you prefer a better wheel? I noticed that you only use 2 wheels. Do you think 4 would be better? Do the wheels raise the tractor up just enough to keep predators from getting underneath the tractor? Whenever I move my tractor the front where you have your wheels tend to rise up a few inches. That said do the wheels actually help you move the tractor? Thanks again and have a great October. AB

    1. The original wheels I had on the ultimate were lawn mower wheels from an old junk mower. They lasted several years before the plastic gave way. I replaced them with new metal lawn mower wheels that were on clearance at Walmart, they have failed to be as durable as the plastic ones. I will be replacing these with a solid wheel that came off a wheelchair I got for free. The axle is very simple, a thick walled pipe that I welded bolts on the ends. The pipe goes through the pvc at the back, and does keep the back of the coop about an inch or so off the ground. The wheels on the back do make it much easier to move, I wouldn’t want wheels on the front as it isn’t needed. When I move the coop I pull the front with a rope connected to the bottom PVC pipe frame and lift the front off the ground.

  9. Very pleased with the merchandise I received. It is of good quality and was sent out promptly. This was a small order but saved the usefulness of an old and often used kitchen gadget.

  10. I recently purchased 5lbs of Reid’s field corn seed from. Thank you for shipping it so promptly. I was wondering how many day and what is the germ rate?

  11. Wondering how your fence turned out. Looking to plant the seedlings I grew from seed to make one here in Maryland.

  12. May 28, 2022

    To whom it may concern,

    I placed and received my order for a Daisy Powerline 822 922 22 Caliber Rebuild Kit Reseal Gun BB Air Rifle Set. The order ID number is 02-08662-68844. The sales record number is 47518.
    I got my parts today and after tearing down my Daisy Powerline 822 the parts I removed are not like the parts I received. The parts I received are like the following link. https://www.ebay.com/itm/151853975846?hash=item235b33c926:g:Wf0AAOSwdttgy2vY

    The parts I need are more like the parts for Daisy Powerline 7880 880 35 880s Rebuild Kit Reseal Seal Gun BB Air Rifle Set in the following link:
    https://www.ebay.com/itm/153500949565?epid=2255392589&hash=item23bd5e9c3d:g:5N4AAOSwEOpeYsK6.

    Please advise.

    Thank you,

    Ben Cromer
    Bcromer627@charter.net
    864-327-7933

  13. I’m looking for a 1930-16 Breech Gasket Sleeve for an old Crosman 760 can you tell me how to go about finding one?

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