Now that the rush of summer is gone, we were truly hoping that autumn and winter would be a little easier and calmer. So far, we have been wrong. Our final batch of chickens for this season was brought to the processor last week. They are now in the freezer awaiting their new homes inContinue reading “Winter is Coming to the Farm”
Category Archives: Animals
Watering Plants and Animals: A Review of Fogg-It Watering Nozzles
One of the frustrating things about starting seeds is that many of them need to be babied while they are sprouting. Watering with a regular hose nozzle is too strong of a stream and can disrupt the seeds, or break the fragile stems. We found these amazing misting nozzles on Amazon, and we knew theyContinue reading “Watering Plants and Animals: A Review of Fogg-It Watering Nozzles”
Raising Meat Birds
Something super exciting is happening at Frontière Farm House very soon! Our first batch of meat birds is going to the processor tomorrow, and we can’t wait to share them with all of you. Back at the end of March, we received a shipment of Red Ranger and Husky Ranger chicks from The Chick Hatchery.Continue reading “Raising Meat Birds”
New Kids In The Flock: Recent Additions to Our Farm
We’ve been told that spring is coming, but we beg to differ. We’ve had alternating days of wonderful weather, with clear skies and reasonable temperatures, and complete garbage. This morning, I woke up to snow dusting the entire yard. Luna wasn’t super impressed with it when I took her out to do her business andContinue reading “New Kids In The Flock: Recent Additions to Our Farm”
Our Birds Love Cheerios
Chickens and ducks have a wide variety of foods they enjoy eating. There are several human foods that are given to them because they are higher in certain vitamins or minerals. Ducks need extra niacin (or vitamin B3) when compared to chickens. Cheerios and green peas both have higher levels of niacin, and they areContinue reading “Our Birds Love Cheerios”
Leading the Ducks to Water, and Making Them Drink
Last weekend, we took our ducklings out for a walk. The only way we could get them all heading in the same direction was leading them with their drinker. It’s basically their favorite thing in existence. We had to remove the sound, as we didn’t really expect this to be posted. Future videos will haveContinue reading “Leading the Ducks to Water, and Making Them Drink”
A Brief Introduction
Hello and welcome to Frontière Farm House! We are Robert and Nicole Goetz, and we’re happy to have you here. There is still a lot of work going on behind the scenes with the website, but it’s coming along. We wanted to introduce ourselves and share a little of the work we’ve done at the farmContinue reading “A Brief Introduction”
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