Eggs and Veggies – Earth Day 2022

Kari Clausen enters year three of BlackBird Farm, operating out of our Many Spokes location in Manson.  Look for her at Earth Day 2022 in Chelan this spring and then at Farmers Markets and restaurants throughout the growing season.  Kari has continued tending the...
Happy Hens Discernment Time

Happy Hens Discernment Time

As long as you want chickens, you have to keep saying YES – yes to flock replacement.  This spring – we’re choosing to take a step back for awhile to give ourselves some discernment time. By the third year of a hen’s life, egg production drops...

New Home for the Happy Hens: July 24, 2019

  Podcast – LISTEN NOW – Episode Nine Final Touches    Getting Ready for the Move Here at the new land, we completed our first two chicken houses, each one capable of supporting 500 Happy Hens. A Night Move (When the chickens can’t see) Tip...

The Meaning of a Miracle: July 16th, 2019

  The Mind of a Rooster  That’s Segundo rooster walking towards us, and Pretty Boy walking away. Who knows their mind? Perhaps they read Robert Frost “Good Fences make Good Neighbors? or maybe its true, “The grass is always greener on the other...