Life on an organic farm is.... oh so fresh. Last night our dinner was entirely home grown!

madeleine elizabeth :) Beet bear cat <- (Maddie just wrote that herself!)

My day started off today at 6:30 with chicken chores, which ended up being a nice change from vegetables! They need to be feed twice a day, the second around 4 in the afternoon. Each time they take the same mixture of food, 3 scoops of shelled corn meal for energy, a half a scoop of rolled soy beans for protein, and a dash of kelp for added minerals. The clattering of about 80 chicken's feet rustled about inside the closed coop as I proceeded towards it this morning. Once I opened it up and put down ramp, for the most part, they each took a turn carefully walking down to the ground to gobble up their breakfast.

Yesterday, Eric taught us three interns how to ride on the 4-wheeler! It's quite fun to drive I must say, and the only way to bring 5 gallons of water to the chicken coop in the morning:) During my afternoon trip to the coop, along with feeding, I collected eggs, 18 to be exact. Each is a slightly different color and size. Colors range from off white, creamy white, light pinks, and some with darker shades. These free ranged chickens eggs have a really yellow yoke!

Later, as we were weeding around the raspberries, Eric rolled in on the 4-wheeler with a 2 week old baby calf. Her mother's apparently not a very good one, since this weak little calf had not eaten in awhile and hadn't been watched over in the pasture. Eric made a small closed in area for her, where she lays now, and has been feeding her the raw milk that we drink, out of a bottle.