What’s for sale?
This year, we have medium cream-colored eggs for sale from our Icelandic chickens, $4 a dozen. Our chickens wander around our farm, follow our sheep, eat vegetable scraps and otherwise scrounge for their food, which makes their eggs incredibly healthful. These can either be picked up on the farm, or I deliver into the Keene area once a week, on Thursdays. These sell out early, so call or write to get on the list.
We prefer to sell eggs to eat rather than ship them for hatching but will do so for $1 per egg plus Priority mail flat rate. We will run our 24 egg incubator and ship you the the hatch for $4.00 per live chick plus $12.50 shipping: Warm weather months only, and we request a $25.00 deposit.
We have dried Black Trumpet mushrooms for salein the Etsy shop, as are socks, roving and yarn.
We sell maple syrup, honey, lamb, pork and pigs, turkey, duck and goose. Everybody is raised outdoors on species-appropriate actual food, and we’re doing our best to reach “born here, raised by its mama” as well. The turkeys and geese will sell out for the holidays. Email us to get on the list. We breed our own pigs, so they are available (intermittently) throughout the year. We are also very interested in trading for unrelated Tamworth gilts to build up the herd.
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Will you please let me know when the mushrooms will be available. Fresh please. Are you near surry, nh? If so, I might be able to pick up my mushrooms. Also do you mail fresh mushrooms? Thank you debbie
Will do. Marlow is only about 10 minutes from Surry, and I am down that way weekly. I’ll put you on the list for the fresh ones. Thanks!
Do you have any Icelandic sheep for sale and if so how much are you asking? I live in Hillsboro, NH. Not far from you. I have 1 Icelandic/Shetland cross that my daughter gave me as a gift. I love her to pieces, but she wants her back now. I’ve been thinking of getting rid of all my sheep, but I just love to have them around. I have Romneys, Shetlands , Jacobs, & the crossbreds. I guess I’m just an animal lover & will be until I die. I’m 63 now & wish I was 20 and just starting with all the wool bearing creatures. Sorry for rambling on. Do you have any sheep for sale at the moment?? Do you spin??
Thanks,
Judy
I do indeed. The price depends on if you want them registered or not, and which one. You should come over and see them, feel their fleeces, see personalities.
I am learning to spin, and the Icelandic roving just spins up like butter. I am loving it to death. Are you looking for a ram? A ewe? A wether?
I think my favorite sheep is my Icelandic/Shetland wether, Leon. He is a total sweetheart.
please keep me up to date on mushrooms, chickens and dried tomatoes. We will be moving this summer so my visits will be sporadic (if at all) but I can drool – and with luck pay a visit. We will be moving from Grantham to Hanover/Lebanon. Do you design your own website? If not, who does – I need to upgrade mine to make it more interactive (as you will be able to tell). Helen
Hi, I came across your weblink on homesteading.com and saw that you had icelandic sheep. If you were interested in selling some I would be very interested. I have 2 ewes now and would like a grand total of 5, so possibly a ram or a couple of wethers,lambs….I’m open to almost anything, no need to be registered, they would be just pets!!!
Thanks
Jessica
Are you nearby, Jessica? I have some really sweet and pretty sheep that would make great pets. Pretty fleeces, sweet temperment, and registerable in the future if you change your mind.
I’m in Andover, NH, so not to far away. we have chickens, ducks, our 2 icelandics (socks and mittens), and 2 Pygmy goats. I want to learn how to spin, but can’t seem to make the time. drop me an email.
Jessica
Would like to get a start of the Tamworth pigs is a list of breeders in North America or a breeder that you know of that would sale a gilt or two so I could get a start,I live in southern Oklahoma and would appreciate any information. THANK YOU
David
David — I’ll answer you in email as well, but put it out here in case it helps other people too. There is a mailing list for Tamworth pigs on Yahoo, called “Tamworth Talk“. I bet you someone there can set you right up! Good luck.
Hi,
Gordon & I would like to invite you to visit our poultry auction site at http://www.poultrybid.com
We do not charge for listings, and offer this as a service to the farm community.
Feel free to register, upload or bid on any items of interest.
Thanks for your time.
Sincere regards,
Joe & Gordon
poultrybid.com
Hi there-
We’re in maine and looking for an Icelandic chicken chick (pullet) for our brand-new backyard flock. Will you have any chicks this spring? Or know of anyplace we could get one (within a couple hours of Portland ME)… or a few-weeks-old pullet maybe?
Thanks!
Stacey
Sure, Stacy. This batch I have now is about 6 weeks old, and I’ll happily sell you a few, as soon as I can determine gender. We are about three hours from Portland, but maybe we can meet in the middle. I’m always looking for an excuse to see my son, who lives in Portsmouth!
I also have a batch in the incubator right now, so if you are wanting to wait a bit, these are going to someone in Limerick, so maybe you want some of them instead.
Do you have wool to send overseas to Canada?
Sure, shipping to Canada is fine. I’ll email you, but tell me what colors you are interested in.
(Jake — your email address bounces for me!)
Hi Lisa! I’ve tried making yogurt and its never turned out right. Maybe its my temperature or just the fact I’ve found I dont like using powdered milk (as most recipes call for it). What do you use and what is your method? Do you strain it? How long if so?
Thanks!
Janie — what kind of milk are you using? Ultra-pasteurized milk never worked for me, which is why I switched to raw milk. I had started searching for “regular pasteurized”, that only heats to 200 degrees, but couldn’t find that locally.
I don’t like it with powdered milk, either, and that is supposed to be there to help give the milk more milk-solids and proteins, which is what makes the yield. People use rennet or gelatin to help that as well, but I don’t like it like that at all. We just won’t eat it and it’ll go bad.
So here is what I do, exactly, to get yogurt that is the consistency I want — I use the kind I want to achieve as a starter. I add about 2 ounces of Fage Greek Yogurt to half a gallon of raw milk, that I’ve heated to 180 degrees, and then cooled to 116 degrees. I keep it in the yogurt maker for 6 hours, going so far as to set a time. I cool for the rest of the day, about 4 hours, in the ice box. Then I pour it into a collander lined with cheesecloth overnight.
It comes out thick enough to hold a scoop shape, but still very creamy and tasty.
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I think I will write up a recipe for that. I get asked a lot about my yogurt, even though I’m not selling it this year. Next year! For sure.
I’m just using whole milk I buy at the store.
And really? Only 2 ounces? Seems like it would be more!
Thanks a bunch!!
I am currently searching for a source for New Hampshire, farm raised chicken. The folks from Winrose Farm in Greenfield were unable to supply any this year as they suffered some sort of loss. I usually purchase 20 whole hens, probably about 3+ lbs each. I am a “Slow Food” member and try to purchase most of my food locally. I hate the thought of having to buy chicken at the grocery that was raised somewhere far away.
Thanks.
Lisa
please email me – would like to discuss buying some honey – 6 bottles if they will last until Christmas
Do you have any rams or ram lambs for sale? I’m looking for a white horned ram, registered not necessary. let me know, thanks!
Good timing! I answered you in email as well, but I’ve got three that meet what you are looking for, and I’d love to find them a home rather than send them to the butcher on October 13!
Hi Lisa, I am also looking for a ram lamb…..I am not particularly fussy about color, just want a healthy boy.
Thanks
Hi! you have a wonderful website. Would you, or anybody else listening know where I can get four young hens for eggs laying? I have a single banty now and although she is quite amusing, I really could use some more..Rhode Island reds or NH’S? We just built a wonderful coop, my husband is a great carpenter and it even has a skylight. Chickens will have a great home and we live in Boscawen. Thanks!
Mary Ruth — there are quite a number of New Hampshire chicken addicts on the Homesteading Today forum. I’d suggest you post your query here:
The Poultry forum or the The Barter Board, which is where I see people looking for hens.
Good luck!
hello! i just found you via flickr. lovely snow today, eh? we live over in rochester, but my daughter goes to keene state. i would love to find out what you have for lamb/pork and chicken as we visit often!
(next visit jan. 21st)
nice to see your farm.
best wishes for sheep cheese in the new year! we LOVE that!
susan
Interested in Polly, can I get more info please?
Hey Lisa!!! I wanted to know if you had any lamb and meat for sale this fall? We are looking for a full lamb and a half a pig. Thank you!!! I hope you are well and happy!
-Tiffany
Also, I’d be interested in getting eggs from you. (Sorry, I forgot)
Just wondering do you butcher your own ducks ?If you don’t how do you help them survive our winters. We live in Winchendon MA right over the NH line and the winter’s are brutal. We have 3 mallards,2 cayuga’s and a indian runner. We are torn between butchering some or all.
Hello there!
I wish I could see your gardens personally, especially as I am under quite a bit of snow right now…and for about 7 months out of the year.
Anyway, do you have Icelandic chicks that you sell? And if so, are you able to ship them to Canada?
Thanks,
Elli K.
Salut from Half Acre Farm, Brittany, France,I came across your Flickr album while searching for information about breeding Toulouse geese, mine have started laying eggs and the male has been, shall we say, active, she’s not sitting on the eggs at the moment so having tried a goose egg omelette I will either put a couple in the incubator or put them under a broody hen, my bantam broody is still looking after nine babies at the moment so I will start with the incubator. I’ve bought a pig house and I hope to have my pigs soon, although I want Tamworth pigs, I am from Tamworth, I’ve decided to to start off with a couple of white Industrial pigs. we have a lot of chickens here, because we only have a small area we like the chickens because they free range, although we have had a couple of fox problems we think that because we have un-castrated male goats the smell keeps the fox away. Trouble is come the summer the smell might keep everyone away, so there for the snip. We did have Ouessant sheep, but I got to attached and was very upset when they were slaughtered so I don’t think I can keep them again, we don’t have enough room to breed these animals so buy young then slaughter them for the freezer. I don’t know if you know of “River Cottage” if you do then you will understand the way we are trying to live. Anyway, enough for now, just wanted to say how much I like your album. Regards Roz
Dear Lisa,
Hopefully, most of the shoulder pain is behind you! Your photography/website is a visual treat and gives us would-be farmers a glimpse of your world. Speedy recovery!
Judith
I want to buy some hatching eggs from you please. Will you reply to this email please,so I can speak with you about the eggs?
Im a chef interested in sourcing some humanely pasture raised baby lamb or pork for a SLOWFOOD dinner MAY 28th. At this point im researching some farms. Let me know if you might have some availible or if there are something else availible. Thanksm
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