Yorkshire Pasture Poultry

Summer is my busiest period of the year, the laying hens are on the move and my seasonal meat chicken operation is in full swing..

The lucky people of Luddendenfoot have a new monthly market right on thier doorstep at the Luddendenfoot community centre, the Good Grub Club! Following on from Food Circle Huddersfield, Lyndsey of Company Bread in Halifax decided her local community needed a food market too. One with real food producers who are local, do things proper and can tell the people of Luddendenfoot all about it. If you've followed my content or story for any length of time you'll know how much I believe in circular...

It used to be that I didn't order my first chicks of the season until late April to be sure most of our cold cold weather was out of the way. Baby chicks don't like the cold! This year I've moved to ordering them just a couple of weeks earlier as it seems to be that bit warmer these past couple of years. Regardless the chicks are put under heat lamps. When the chicks arrive they are just a day old, so tiny and so delicate. Fluffy little yellow balls. The chicks I'm talking about are being...