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Chicken Thistle Farm CoopCast

Sharing 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, ... Read more

Warning: This podcast is a series podcast

This means episodes are recommended to be heard in order from the very start. Here's the 10 best episodes of the series anyway though!

Ranked #1

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0145 Early chickens, planting the garden and other updates

0145 Early chickens, planting the garden and other updates

I this episode we talk about where we have been the last 2 weeks and why we haven't coopcasted.  We share the story of t... Read more

28 May 2015

28mins

Ranked #2

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0158 Vegetable seed order, country of origin of meat and Star Wars

0158 Vegetable seed order, country of origin of meat and Star Wars

From the farm this week we share a few updates (but it's a slow season for a slower year).  We also discuss our seed ord... Read more

7 Jan 2016

52mins

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Ranked #3

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0144 Beekeeping update, planting trees and vegetables for the garden

0144 Beekeeping update, planting trees and vegetables for the garden

After getting our new beehive we have checked in on their progress and the hive is growing quickly.  We update everyone ... Read more

7 May 2015

34mins

Ranked #4

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001 Meet our farmstead and hear why we are talking about gardening, farming and homesteading

001 Meet our farmstead and hear why we are talking about gardening, farming and homesteading

Meet the farmers Andy and Kelli and learn how we got HERE on our farming adventure.  We share our first thoughts on the ... Read more

29 Dec 2011

35mins

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Ranked #5

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0140 Organic Certification, Row Crops and Kickstarter

0140 Organic Certification, Row Crops and Kickstarter

Recorded on April 1st 2015 - this episod of the CHicken Thistle Farm Coopcast focuses on some lofty farm plans for 2015 ... Read more

1 Apr 2015

32mins

Ranked #6

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0153 Farm updates, sugar addiction and bowhunting tips

0153 Farm updates, sugar addiction and bowhunting tips

We return with pig, chicken, bee and vegetable garden updates.  We then talk a bit about a discovery about the stiffness... Read more

23 Sep 2015

49mins

Ranked #7

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0136 Gilt AI, vegetable garden seed selection and a rifle part

0136 Gilt AI, vegetable garden seed selection and a rifle part

This weeks episode shares our issues with a trio of cottontail rabbits that have been terrorizing our landscape and what... Read more

18 Feb 2015

53mins

Ranked #8

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0147 Capturing a honeybee swarm, annoying broiler chickens and a pre-farrowing pig

0147 Capturing a honeybee swarm, annoying broiler chickens and a pre-farrowing pig

This week we walk arounf the farm and update you on all the things going on.We captured a wild honeybee swarm and talk a... Read more

10 Jun 2015

48mins

Ranked #9

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0154 Processing a pig and people's feelings, bow season, bees and honey

0154 Processing a pig and people's feelings, bow season, bees and honey

After posting that we were taking a pig to the processor and hurting some folks feelings...  we decided we didn't really... Read more

5 Nov 2015

41mins

Ranked #10

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0157 Farm updates, listener questions and a few of our favorite things

0157 Farm updates, listener questions and a few of our favorite things

This episode is the last broadcast for 2015.  So Merry Christmas everyone!We talk a bit about update around the farm and... Read more

18 Dec 2015

50mins

Ranked #11

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0156 Pork cuts, a deer season story and a Farm U on E. coli O157:H7

0156 Pork cuts, a deer season story and a Farm U on E. coli O157:H7

After the Thanksgiving turkey wore off we decided to get back to the farming podcast...  and we talk about the most rece... Read more

4 Dec 2015

43mins

Ranked #12

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0139 Farmers on vacation, spring time work list and a small farm in the news

0139 Farmers on vacation, spring time work list and a small farm in the news

Back from vacation in Florida, Farmer And puts his pants back on and sits down to talk with Farmer Kelli about the long ... Read more

25 Mar 2015

56mins

Ranked #13

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0143 SPROUTCAST (short) On the road to pickup bees, gardening update, farms using out cutsheet

0143 SPROUTCAST (short) On the road to pickup bees, gardening update, farms using out cutsheet

This is the first low qulaity audo episode we have produced as we were driving in the truck to pickup our beehive and st... Read more

29 Apr 2015

15mins

Ranked #14

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0135 Cold weather on the farm, boxed wine and vaccines

0135 Cold weather on the farm, boxed wine and vaccines

The updates this week are short as the cold weather has mostly kept the farming inside.  It's also hard to do much with ... Read more

12 Feb 2015

1hr 1min

Ranked #15

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0155 Pigs to the processor, deer season updates and vegetable garden tomato roundup

0155 Pigs to the processor, deer season updates and vegetable garden tomato roundup

This episode we talk about the taking of the pigs to the processor, some updates from around the farm and about deer sea... Read more

20 Nov 2015

45mins

Ranked #16

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0116 Chicken Processing Preps, Processing Review, Cornish Cross Chickens (again)

0116 Chicken Processing Preps, Processing Review, Cornish Cross Chickens (again)

This episode discusses the setup and work that goes into chicken processng BEFORE the actual chicken processing event.  ... Read more

16 Jul 2014

59mins

Ranked #17

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0133 The loss of a beloved sow and honest farming on the web

0133 The loss of a beloved sow and honest farming on the web

There's one bad word - so for the kids ears this is marked "EXPLICIT" This weeks episode was a tough one as we talked ... Read more

28 Jan 2015

1hr 2mins

Ranked #18

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050 Winter and farm fresh eggs, listeners favorite farming things, hybrid or heritage laying chicken

050 Winter and farm fresh eggs, listeners favorite farming things, hybrid or heritage laying chicken

Updates from around the farm:Chickens - they love the round bales in their area for winterLower egg production - no heat... Read more

12 Dec 2012

42mins

Ranked #19

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046 Prepping the farm for winter, poultry netting recommendations, the difference in processing turkeys

046 Prepping the farm for winter, poultry netting recommendations, the difference in processing turkeys

Updates this week on the farm include:Winter prep continues - fencing for winter paddock and the trouble with fencing in... Read more

13 Nov 2012

54mins

Ranked #20

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007 Managing chicken coops, CSA update (vegetables and tools), pasturing birds for better eggs

007 Managing chicken coops, CSA update (vegetables and tools), pasturing birds for better eggs

On this coopcast:Soil block update, CSA status, Upcoming farm stand, Our plans for a broody hen. In our Chicken Talk dis... Read more

11 Feb 2012

47mins

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