Category Archive: Chickens

Brinsea EcoGlow Brooder Giveaway

Brinsea EcoGlow Brooder Review

Raising baby chicks is a wonderful experience.  Here at 1840 Farm, we have counted ourselves lucky enough to enjoy the process twice.  Each time, we were captivated by the sight of the tiny birds in our brooder.  We couldn’t help gathering in our barn to watch the little, fluffy birds mill about. Both of our …

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Hungry for Change – Food Bloggers Against Hunger

Food Bloggers Against Hunger

As a mother and a farmer, I spend a great part of my day feeding my family and the animals that call 1840 Farm home.  Six people representing three generations of my family live here at 1840 Farm.  We all tend to the daily needs of our three Nigerian Dwarf Dairy Goats, seventeen heritage breed …

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Friends of 1840 Farm – Iron Oak Farm

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This post is long overdue.  Truth be told, I have considered Iron Oak Farm to be a friend of 1840 Farm for years.  I first came to know Jennifer Sartell in the fall of 2010.  She was merely a name behind an Email address back then.  We had both been selected to be among a …

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Your Chickens Magazine comes to the US!

Your Chickens Magazine Cover

If you have been following 1840 Farm, then you are  well aware of how much I enjoy sharing my family’s experience with my readers.  A few weeks ago, I was given the amazing opportunity to share my story with Your Chickens Magazine from the United Kingdom.  Days later, I learned that 1840 Farm would be …

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Gardening For Chickens

Fall Garden Beds at 1840 Farm

I have read a lot of great posts about gardening with free ranging chickens.  Our chickens don’t roam our gardens as free ranging isn’t an option for our farm.  We live too close to a busy state highway and a neighborhood that would prefer that our hens stay within the confines of our property.  That …

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Farmmade.com Q&A

Zinnia at 1840 Farm

1840 Farm was selected to be Farmmade.com’s Featured Farmer this week.  As part of the process, I completed a Q&A.  Yesterday, the answers were shared with the Farmmade Community on Facebook.  In case you missed it… Farmmade.com’s Featured Farmer this week is Jennifer Burcke of 1840 Farm! Jennifer and her family produce as much of …

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New Community Chickens Post: A Playground for Chickens

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Read my latest post on the Community Chickens  forum from the publishers of Mother Earth News and Grit Magazine: A Playground for Chickens (click to continue Pin It

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Product Review: Brinsea EcoGlow Brooder

Read my latest post on the Community Chickens  forum from the publishers of Mother Earth News and Grit Magazine: Product Review:  Brinsea EcoGlow Brooder (click to continue) Click to continue Pin It

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New Community Chickens Post: Independent’s Day

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New Community Chickens Post: How to Prepare for Successful Chick Brooding – Part One

Read my latest post on the Community Chickens  forum from the publishers of Mother Earth News and Grit Magazine: How to Prepare for Successful Chick Brooding – Part One (click to continue) Click to continue Pin It

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