Chicken Thistle Farm CoopCast
164 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 7 years ago - ★★★★★ - 900 ratingsSharing our small farm stories and skills along our farming, gardening and homesteading journey.
Visit the farm for an informative and sometimes irreverent tour through our garden, livestock pastures, chicken coop, beehive and greenhouse as we live - pasture to plate.
Farming topics free range around pastured heritage pigs, broiler chickens and pastured eggs, heritage breed turkeys, an heirloom vegetable CSA and garden, high tunnel / hoop house / green houses, organic and traditional gardening, farm infrastructure, tractors, sustainable energy, being self sufficient, permaculture, food preservation, bees, beekeeping and even fence mending.
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Episodes
015 Farming updates, planting peas in the garden, high tensile fencing project
April 08, 2012 11:27 - 50 minutes - 44.6 MBOn this coopcast: Listener feedback on YOUR farming projects (cool!), Chicken coop chicks updates, Pastured chicken pre-orders have started, Status of the gardens and seeds, The peas are in - must mean spring in NY, Knitted farm animals (Indigo Moon's Chicken Thistle Farm Collection), Sugar Mountain Farm's Kickstarter Project - here, Prepping for piglets in 21 days! On Farm U: What is High Tensile fencing, Basic fencing design, Electric fence energizer basics. Other notes: Up u...
014 Farmstead hatched chicks, a visit to a heritage pig farm in NY, fenced in thinking
March 31, 2012 16:26 - 53 minutes - 32.3 MBOn this coopcast: 5 on farm hatched chicks in the coop now, Soil blocks and seeding in the hoophouse, The new farmstand, some general small farm / farming updates. A new segment called The Coopcast Community: What is that picture on Facebook?, Do you know the breed of your chickens?, What do coop hatched chicks eat?, A Small Farm Kickstarter Project worth supporting. Questions, Conversations and Rumination: Visiting a pasture pig farm, Managing our pig herd in the future, Analysis ...
013 Effects of "summer" in March on gardening and farming, Are you a farm / farmstead /homestead or homesteading, portable poultry netting
March 25, 2012 14:33 - 49 minutes - 29.6 MBOn this coopcast: An update of Nugget and other incubating eggs, Managing pigs in unexpected heat, Warm spring and it's effects on the gardens, Soil block frustrations (again)! A new segment called Questions, Conversations and Rumination: What is a farm? And in this episodes Farm U segment: Portable pasture netting for poultry, Management of netting, Energizing the netting, Where to find the netting.
012 Farming while on vacation, grocery store produce (organic or local), ordering pastured chickens
March 17, 2012 19:33 - 51 minutes - 31.2 MBOn this coopcast: Managing a farm while you are on vacation, Buying produce from the store (gross), General farm updates, The adventures of "Nugget". And in this episodes Farm U segment: Buying / selling meat chickens, The importance of good "forms", Pricing of chickens.
011 Round hay / straw bales, homestead hatched chicken, tractor talk and reviews (for small / hobby farms)
March 10, 2012 22:04 - 49 minutes - 29.7 MBOn this coopcast: Updates on the coop hatched chicken named "Nugget", Grade School Science Fair, Some good listener questions. And in this episodes Farm U segment: Small farm tractors, Brands and dealers that matter, Types of tractor tires, Size and selection.
010 Stir frys and soil blocks, A farmstead hatched baby chick, pastured Cornish X
March 03, 2012 15:53 - 48 minutes - 22.9 MBOn this coopcast: Thanks for all the reviews and feedback - keep it coming - a great community of listeners, Andy is losing the guinea discussions, A soil block love affair, Good eats with pork steak and preserved vegetable stir-fry, A new firearm comes to live with us, Hatched in the coop chickens. And in this episodes Farm U segment: Final part of our Cornish Cross (Cornish X) chicken discussion, Putting the birds on pasture (tricks and tips), Pasture pens, Water, feed and other ...
009 General livestock updates, local feed and grains for animals, Cornish Cross chickens on pasture (part 2)
February 25, 2012 16:35 - 46 minutes - 22.1 MBOn this coopcast: Kelli managing the farm and Andy's business trip, Crazy weather (really, it never ends), General animal updates (pregnant pig and broody hen). In our Listener Feedback/Questions discussion: Great feedback and reviews this week, Questions about feed, Other discussions. And in this episodes Farm U segment: Second part of our Cornish Cross (Cornish X) chicken discussion including; Where to get the chicks (hatcheries and strains), Food, feed and feed restrictions f...
008 Raising Cornish X Chickens, water for livestock (chickens), eating a Bourbon Red turkey
February 18, 2012 13:33 - 45 minutes - 21.5 MBOn this coopcast: A Bourbon Red Turkey in the oven, Soil block germination rates, Managing mice in the greenhouse, Broody hen update. In our Listener Feedback discussion: A plea for feedback and ratings on iTunes, Bucket waterer tips for chickens, Egg prices around the states, Breeds of chickens in our laying flock. And in this episodes Farm U segment: First part of our Cornish Cross (Cornish X) chicken discussion including; How do they breed a Cornish Cross broiler, A little ...
007 Managing chicken coops, CSA update (vegetables and tools), pasturing birds for better eggs
February 11, 2012 15:27 - 47 minutes - 22.5 MBOn this coopcast: Soil block update, CSA status, Upcoming farm stand, Our plans for a broody hen. In our Chicken Talk discussion: How we set up our chicken coop for our climate, How we pasture (range) our birds. And in this episodes Farm U segment: Chicken manure management, Carbon to Nitrogen in manure management (deep litter), Coop cleaning.
006 Memorable heritage breed turkey stories, Big Game recipes from the farm, and seed starting supplies
February 04, 2012 12:52 - 42 minutes - 20 MBOn this coopcast: What's with this winter weather, A Pig-noucement, Super Bowl (big game) foods, Seed orders and annoying birds in the coop. In the Farmers Choice: More memorable turkey moments. And in this episodes Farm U segment: Seed starting suplies, Lighting considerations for seed starting, Soil blocking.
005 Farming pastured heritage turkeys, geothermal heating / cooling, rural alternative heating options
January 28, 2012 14:09 - 41 minutes - 19.5 MBOn this coopcast: A thank you to all the listeners and fans around the world (you are the best!), The FIRST geothermal heating bill, A pig with "the runs", Seed orders and annoying birds in the coop. In the Farmers Choice: Stories of our first experience with turkeys. And in this episodes Farm U segment: Alternatives to fossil fuels for heat in the country, Wood vs corn vs geothermal, Sustainable energy as an investment.
004 Winter hoophouse, Ordering seeds (heirloom and hybrids) and About Eggs
January 21, 2012 14:34 - 40 minutes - 19.4 MBOn this coopcast: Winter weather has arrived with a big windstorm, Managing a winter hoophouse, Ordering seeds (where, what and how). And in this episodes Farm U segment: Eggsactly what does egg labeling mean; Brown eggs vs white eggs; What would you buy or how should you label if you sell eggs.
003 Lessons learned on the farm and being prepared on the farm
January 13, 2012 19:59 - 41 minutes - 19.5 MBOn this coopcast: A followup on “Wheezy” the chicken; An excited boar and lessons learned; Being prepared on the farm. And in this episodes Farm U segment: What products do we keep handy on the farm; Best ways to be prepared on the farm for the unexpected.
002 Annual "Farm Meeting", injured chicken, and antibiotic resistance
January 06, 2012 20:03 - 39 minutes - 18.7 MBOn this coopcast: Discuss the latest happening on the 'frigid' farm, 'Weazy' the chicken, A rehashing of the annual Farm Meeting. And in this episodes Farm U segment: How to check a chickens health, Discussion about antibiotic resistance
001 Meet our farmstead and hear why we are talking about gardening, farming and homesteading
December 29, 2011 18:56 - 35 minutes - 16.8 MBMeet the farmers Andy and Kelli and learn how we got HERE on our farming adventure. We share our first thoughts on the point / audience / reason / format of these things. There's also a discussion of what’s going on around our small farm and homestead. This episode introduces our Farm U segment where we share some ruminations about a CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) model, discuss what a consumer should look for and expect and talk about what a farmer should consider when starting out ...
000 What is a Chicken Thistle Farm CoopCast / farmcast / farming podcast?
December 26, 2011 00:51 - 8 minutes - 3.96 MBAfter producing a few episodes we wanted to offer new listeners a quick way to hear what a Coopcast sounds like: Meet Andy and Kelli, Learn why do what we do, Hear how we share our thoughts. Subscribe to the Chicken Thistle Farm CoopCast for a weekly dose of our informative and sometimes irreverent take on gardening, farming, homesteading and other activites from our homestead/farmstead. Our farmcast, err, coopcast invites you into our gardens, livestock pastures, chicken coop and greenhouse ...