We’ve been busy over here at Humblebee Farms. Busy raising future American Bresse breeding stock, busy filling orders from our farmstead, and busy adding infrastructure to allow for growth. In a word, busy! By fall, we expect to more than double our laying hens and introduce a new cockerel – “Peanut” – to our breeding rotation. We are encouraged by the strong interest for chickens…
If you are new to the term silvopasture the concept itself is pretty simple. It is the combination of trees and grass together to provide food and shelter for pastured animals. In our case, pastured chicken, but the same concept applies to goats, cows, geese and more. While silvopasture isn’t something you hear much about, it’s a concept as old as time. One of the…
There’s never lack of things to do on the farm. Often, it’s quite the opposite – you have too much to do and little time to do it all. And it’s no different at Humblebee Farms! Here in Central Texas, we have entered winter’s cold embrace. The oak trees stand bare. The grass has gone dormant, and the sparrows have replaced the buntings. But even…
