Applegarth Farm: The Rooster

Tuesday, January 4, 2011

The Rooster

This is Rodney our main rooster. He will be allowed to grow old here at Applegarth, and will never have to fear being dinner. I need one rooster who is a permanent resident. We got Rodney about a year ago in February, I put an ad in Craigslist for a nice rooster wanted. I received several responses, and chose a small local farm, that just had a few chickens. He was hatched out in the fall on their farm, when one of their old hens walked out of their barn with 2 baby chicks following her. All of her chickens were older and friendly, they had one old giant nice rooster, he had taught the 2 young chicks that turned into roosters how to be gentlemen.

The lady said I could have either one or both of the young roosters, she just didn't want them to be eaten, they were too special, and beautiful. I told her we just wanted a nice one to add to the farm, for our 7 young hens needed a man.

We brought him home to paradise, he went wild for few days with his young harem, courting, dancing and mounting. The hens went from laying 1 or 2 eggs per day to laying 6 or 7, they were happy girls, and we had one happy contended rooster.

2 comments:

April Sweet @www.thesweetfamilyfarm.com said...: What kind of rooster is he?; May 1, 2012 at 5:49 AM
April Sweet @www.thesweetfamilyfarm.com said...: What kind of rooster is he? I have 2 just like him and were told they were pure bred, but pure bred what I dont know:); May 1, 2012 at 5:51 AM

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Our goal here at Applegarth Farm is to raise children that play in the woods and gardens, and know where their food comes from. To feed the animals and care for their young, to gather eggs, and milk goats, to eat fruit off of trees, and berries from the bushes that we grow, and to eat from the gardens. We are working towards, and teaching them to be as self sufficient as best we can.

With the economy in the state it is, our plan has become even more important. Being able to live on less is one of our goals. Working from home, or close to home is another goal, and growing and harvesting most of our food is a big goal we've been working towards.

We live in a handbuilt home, our heat comes from the firewood we cut, and cooking is often done right on our woodstove. We grow a lot of our own food, and are building our home slowly with cash for materials, and the time to work on it. All of the buildings have been built over the years by my husband from trees grown and milled right on our farm, or from salvaged lumber.

The beginning years started here with no electricity or running water, and were lived in a small cabin, slowy building and clearing land. We are still trying to live as self sufficiently as we can. I am a homemaker and work part time in the nursery (plants and trees) business. We are raising children, tending animals, gardening and cooking from scratch.

Some of the topics you will hear about are; gardening, cooking, beekeeping, chickens, rabbits, building and timberframing. Along with some of my adventures in soapmaking, candlemaking, animal husbandry, plus the everyday of what's going on around the farm. Future building projects include a goat barn, a root cellar, and a pizza/bread wood fired oven. Come learn along with us, and share homesteading skills you are learning. I'm looking forward to meeting others that share a similar path that we're on, or simply others who dream of homesteading.