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Spring Season on Our Farm

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Corn is 14 inches tall right now, this is the first year growing it, and we are so grateful to have an agronomist who knows what to do and when because we wouldn’t know!

Erica Mans

Chicken Bacon Ranch

Dear Growing From The Ground Up Family!

Boy oh boy it’s sure been a busy spring at The Chicken Bacon Ranch! Our days are full from the time we get up all the way till dark it seems. There is always so much to do in the spring. From field prep to seeding and getting irrigation ready to go, to actually irrigating when the time comes.

We were very thankful for the rain we received in a timely matter for our crops when a irrigation radiator was leaking. We got that fixed and ready to go when I saw a leak in the engine block. So in the end we had to buy another pump anyways which delayed putting water on the crop and had a huge setback on the potential it had. The other crops are all looking great!

We just finished harvesting first cut alfalfa, which will make a dairy farmer super happy as it was great quality!

The corn is 14 inches tall right now. This is the first year growing it, and we are so grateful to have an agronomist who knows what to do and when because we wouldn’t know!

We are a true family farm and our lives would not be complete without our kids being a part of our daily workings of the farm!

No Rain Means No Grass

We still have more acres to seed into grazing corn for the cows come fall time. That will be in the next week or 2.

We just finished sorting out heifers and their calves to send to pasture in Pincher Creek. Hopefully with the coming rain we can send a few loads to another pasture about 7 hours away. No rain means no grass and no water holes for cows to drink.

March is usually busy with calving all the cows out. April and May is also crunch time for our 3 kids who are in 4h. My 2 girls Maelle and Kayleigh are in both sheep and beef clubs. Cregg is in just the beef club. The girls did really well in the Wild n Wooly Club, they showed May 31st. Then it was focus only on steers for the next week because they  need to be halter broke for show day.

Our kids on the Ranch!

The kids are quite active in the groups with public speaking events and community service and highway cleanup. They earn money by selling their animals and then they turn around and invest it back into their own herds of cows.

Our deal is they get to have 5 cows without charging them feed in exchange for some labour around the farm. In the fall they get to sell their calves and continue growing their accounts so they have a great start into farming for their future!

Cregg’s chores would be anything machinery related like feeding cows, field work and stacking. He also has a part time job at the neighbour’s dairy. The girls help with moving wheel-lines for the crops, collecting, sorting, washing and packing eggs, as well as mowing the lawn and household chores.

Sometimes their chores get boring because it’s the same thing everyday so we like to switch things up here and there. When it’s butchering chicken time we go away for the day and do some shopping or have chill time. We are so happy to see our kids are so active in farming with us as it wouldn’t be fun without them!

Spring Time on our Farm
Free Grazing Cows
Our Family Farm
Chicken Bacon Ranch
Loading the Horses
Bringing In the Grain
Cleaning the Egggs
There is so much to tell you about our eggs, how we take care of our chickens and so much more! But that is for another post!
My Son, Feeding the Chickens
Our children are a huge part of the farm.
4H - My Family
Getting Ready for Showing
We are super proud of our children, how they learn to take care of the animals and grow into beautiful people. Farm life although busy is very inspiring!
A Proud Moment!
Showing Our Cattle

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