Chicken Thistle Farm CoopCast

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0135 Cold weather on the farm, boxed wine and vaccines Feb 12, 2015

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The updates this week are short as the cold weather has mostly kept the farming inside. It's also hard to do much with over 3 feet (that's a meter for our international listeners) of snow on the ground. We do take some time ot tell the story of Farmer Andy and his boxed wine tho! In this episodes Farm U we talk about the hard and factual science behind vaccines and the debate about vaccination. We look at the mechanisms of the immune system and the research behind the methodology. Farmer Andy and Dr. Kelli have a round table discussion clarifying the real science of vaccines. Finally we wind up on the front porch to share some of our closing opinions about the vaccine "debate" that's out there from our perspective.

0134 Hog AI issues, cold weather farming, selecting vegetable garden seeds Feb 04, 2015

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This weeks updates include our struggles with a new gilt and artificial insemination this winter. We also talk about the other challenges of the deep snow and our chickens. We then look forward to warmer days in the Veggie Patch segment where we talk about the process we go through ordering seeds for the vegetable garden. Who we have ordered seeds from before and what we look for in a seed company.

0133 The loss of a beloved sow and honest farming on the web Jan 28, 2015

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** There's one bad word - so for the kids ears this is marked "EXPLICIT" ** This weeks episode was a tough one as we talked about the loss of one of our first pigs ever - our favorite sow Hermione. We talk about the stuff that led up to her passing and then how we managed things after she was gone. That includes how our one lone pig Snow White is doing this winter. Then we have some Ruminations about the farms online that don't share the lows of farming and only seem to like to share the positives. We talk a bit about the following article -

0132 New Year Updates, Missed Pig AI, A Hunting Story Jan 15, 2015

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In this episode we review the happenings on the farm (and gardens) over the last few weeks. We talk about the chickens finally starting to lay eggs again (and the impact of extending their days with lights). We talk about some of the food we ate and made of the holidays and we discuss the missed opportunity with artificial insemination and our pigs. Andy complains about the cold weather and then warms up while telling a hunting store from last deer season.

0131 The Christmas Coopcast Community Cluster Episode Dec 18, 2014

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Our final episode of 2014 is dedicated to our listeners and fans around the globe this holiday season. It's our huge thank you for making us the #1 farming podcast on the planet! We talk about emails, tweets, Face book comments and posts as well as personal interactions and phone calls we haven't gotten to but have most deffinately read! Thanks to everyone in the community for listening and be a part of the CoopCast in 2014. For those of you who know how to use search engines we do talk about moving electic netting and moving pasture pens. :) Merry Christmas from Chicken Thistle Farm!

0130 Farming and health care, sick pig and Christmas lists Dec 11, 2014

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This episode brings us back from a few weeks off and updates about the events we had around here on the farm that kept us from coopcasting last week. We talk a little bit about farming and health care in proximity to the farm (given the recent events). We also discuss our sick pig and the course of treatment we underwent to get her back to being a healthy girl again! In the Farmers Choice segment we share a few simple gift ideas for the holidays that might make your shopping easier!

0129 Easy farm recipes, bad jokes and favorite vegetable garden greens Nov 20, 2014

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We are calling this the "We eat good episode" since we are talking about simple, fast and delicious farm recipes including: Pressure cooker chicken Frozen veggies in chili Pre-made frozen cookie rounds Easy ways to help you can / freeze more food. In the Veggie Patch we climb on board the Rowboat of Goodness and discuss a few winter squash varieties and some of our favorite non-lettuce greens in the garden.

0128 Pork pickup episode, hunting season updates and a CSA review Nov 13, 2014

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This weeks updates are around the pick up of the smoked pork (and we have customers coming as we are recording). Farmer Andy shares a bit of a bow season update and we talk a little about the status of the hoop house. We close with a review of the local fruit CSA we were enrolled in and all the goodness and a little of the stuff they could have improved.

0127 Pork from the butcher, hunting update and a trip down memory lane Nov 05, 2014

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This weeks updates include a hunting season short session. We talk about bo season so far and the only arrow this season to miss its mark thus far. We also talk about the pork that's back from the butcher and the impact of the seasonal reduction in eggs. In Farmer Kelli's Choice, we take a trip down memory lane. Visit our Facebookpage (login not needed) and scroll back through the pictures to our first post in 2010... we walk through 2010 and 2011 remembering several of the highlights in photos!

0126 A discussion about moving pastured pigs to the processor Oct 22, 2014

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This week's update is really an episode discussion around the end of the pork season for us - the moving of the pigs to the USDA processor. We talk through what we did to get the pigs comfortable wit hthe trailer, how we use sorting borads to move the pigs on pasture into the trailer, our holding pen strategy, fencing and dropoff. It's really a retelling of the stories and some of hte skills we used to get this little piggie to market!

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