posted by admin on Feb 18
Our chickens have finally started producing. We get about 5 eggs per day. We have 9 hens and 1 rooster. That’s enough for the two of us. Last Fall Casper and I went to a chicken class. It was really interesting. I was surprised at the number of folks that turned out. My friends at Sleepy Hollow Gourd Farm have just increased their brood.
Mike & Joan Glover, Sleepy Hollow Farm
$6,000 — Heritage Birds
The Glovers are purchasing Heritage Breeds (Buckeyes and Partridge Chanteclers) that are on the near extinct list and are hatching their own chicks, using a new incubator. With the purchase of a poultry processing unit, they can offer meat to their customers for the first time. They are also selling baby chicks to other local poultry farmers and offering the use of their equipment to them.
The Glovers are increasing the number of laying hens from 60 to 100 to satisfy the high demand for brown eggs to Swain County residents and restaurants. With this expansion, they will be considered one of the largest egg producers in the county.
Keep up the good work!!!!
Jax
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