Field Tripping with Turkey Poults
Spending time with Mike and Michele this summer has given us a deeper understanding of both farming and soil health. Their chickens are in a movable roost that is regularly rotated around the farm to distribute manure, replenish nutrients and bring biological life to the fields. By doing what they do, scratching seed and eating bugs, chickens (and now turkeys) contribute to keeping down weeds and pests. Less bugs is great in our book! Also Leonardo loves to watch Michele drive the tractor. She has let him sit in the seat. And it may have been the best moment of his life. See below for photographic evidence.
We get our eggs from their farm. And we've grill roasted their chickens. Interested in supporting them? You can visit their online store to purchase frozen whole birds, parts, and organs. It's a drive from Boston, of course, but if you are headed out to the Hudson Valley, Albany or Troy it's worth a side trip. Pick-up on the farm or local delivery is available.
Birds are so interesting to photograph! Such personality. Scroll through their field trip from barn to pasture in stills here. :) On Labor Day, these poults were ready to get to work on their pasture.