At 9 A.M., I met the contractor at the farm site. We spread the Typar and discussed the plan for the day. The dump truck driver arrived with the first load of gravel at about 9:30 A.M. After that, the contractor spread the gravel while waiting for each successive load to arrive. The loads came […]
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On harvest day, we focus on getting the live birds cleaned and into the ice water bath as efficiently as possible. We usually spend the next day on final cleaning, cutting the birds into pieces, and packaging the meat for storage. The plucker does a great job removing the feathers from the birds. In seconds,
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The rainy weather has been a continuing frustration to our progress, since we have limited indoor work space. We planned on someday buying a carport from Costco, because they have been offering one that has all the features we would want. We didn’t get it in the spring, when they had it in stock, because
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