Once upon a time I embarked on an egg farming life and chose a much BETTER adventure when we discovered @chickencaravan 🙌
Quite possibly the only reason why this adventure still continues as it just makes pasture raised life for the chickens and us farmers that much sweeter💚
I get asked all the time, what is a chicken caravan?!
So here you go I will show you👌
This is our 4th caravan and the idea of this one is to keep the eggs flowing all year long, no more changeovers of chickens before the new ones come as we can house our older girls for longer whilst the new ones come onto lay, for those who know, know...
#chickencaravan #chickencaravan450 #eggfarmingatitsfinest #eggsinabasket #keepingtheflow #pastureraisedeggs
High in protein and all those good fats for our chicks on a cold and windy old day!
Feels like it’s -3.4 so they say, but no snow?!
We have been feeding our girls @goterracbr as a supplement to keep them healthy and happy and laying strong and after collecting eggs today I’m pleased to report it’s working as the egg lay rate and shell quality was strong on a day you would not expect it to be so🥶❄️💨😵💫
Clearly the chicks are loving their treat time as you can see😍
Imagine a future where nature and automation work in tandem to reduce food waste and secure a food chain supply💭
@goterracbr are doing just that and we’ve jumped on board!
We tested this product a few months back and the results were amazing, we just had to work out the best logistics which we did. This supplement is giving our hens high protein which is organic, natural, sustainable and healthy for them🐓🥚🥚🥚💪💛
@goterracbr
#sustainable #organic #reducewaste #regeneration
Monday mash quite literally😵💫
Starting the week with a massive bang💥💥💥
Much anticipated egg packaging delivery as down to last legs and then enough rain overnight just to make the ground nice and slippery. Get the cartons off (challenge in itself) and next minute truck sliding down the hill, into our fence, close to wipping out the much loved monkey bars and tractor near bogging trying to pull the truck out on the right angle.
Special thanks to @sam.demuth to quite literally saving the day for the monkey bars, truck and maybe our marriage!
Front lawn not so happy🙈
Tomorrow is a new day🤪 Farm life?!
Egg update from the farm.
I’m hoping the new girls (not so new really just a little slower) are turning a corner and I’ll be rolling around in my buggy with hundreds of eggs v soon💃
Thank you for your patience with eggs not always being on shelves, no bird flu just the slowest ever changeover time🙏
#farmupdate #pastureraisedeggs #comimgsoonwehope #10days
New life, nothing can beat it🙏💛
After returning to the farm yesterday after a few days of sojourn to recharge those flat batteries and then returning to a mud fest, flat tyres on the buggy that couldn’t be fixed and then having to drive the tractor to collect eggs as my car couldn’t handle the mud - I then turned around and this little bubba had literally just been born.
I went from questioning my reality to remembering why this farming gig can be just so good and everything was immediately better again. Grateful for these beautiful moments and so excited to see them all slowly pop out (we hope🤞) over the next few weeks.
All those other things can be fixed, a reminder to stress less and enjoy the good stuff😍
It was a wild ride collecting eggs this morning😵💫
Pleased to report chickens still standing and not all eggs have floated away!
Wow what a deluge that was😵
Sun, sun, hurry up and come along🙏
Farm camp out watching the sunset over the Robertson ranges on Anzac Day whilst remembering them.
This is the first year we didn’t attend any services as deeply preparing for our new girls arrival this morning. However, we did work at a slightly slower pace in a calmer state. At the end of the day we sat on our hill as the sun went down and camped out. It truly was beautiful sleeping on the mountain overlooking the farm and those green hills and pausing for a while.
Waking up to lyrebirds hustling, deers roaring in the forest we think and the chickens happily chirping away below us with an odd moo or two from the bigger beasts. Followed by tea and porridge around the fire, not a bad way to start the day before jumping in the buggy to lead in the new chickens to their grassy life.
Many ideas on camping/glamping discussed around the fire with Spring pencilled in for something…
Would you prefer to pitch your own tent on our hill or have us prepare something a little more special for you?! 🏕️🪵🔥✨
#farmcamp #pause #anzacday #family #sunset #robertson #glampingorcamping #soundsofnature #springstart #farmstay #campfirecooking
Ain’t life grand, especially when you bring so many magnetic forces together to create all the good…Feeling incredibly happy after a big day of revegetating our natural rainforest yesterday with some like minded people surrounding us.
We embarked on our much planned planting project around our creek lines, to reconnect the rainforest on either side of our property. We have had incredible help from the Robertson Environmental Protection Society / Fiona King and the Junior REPS from Robertson Public School to make this happen.
These kids today made a huge impact on our future by enhancing biodiversity, helping keep our topsoil in place and to protect waterways and water quality. They were just so eager to listen, learn and do.
We have also been working closely with Luke on our farm mapping and planning @nativegracelandscapes providing us with in-depth knowledge to enable us to kick start this project, with lots more to come…watch this space. Thanks again Luke, grateful to have this resource available to us in the Southern Highlands and for teaching these Robbo kids a trick or two🙏
I feel so inspired that we have so many young little minds and bodies who were having so much fun, listening to our story, asking questions, planting trees, watering them, protecting them and helping us tidy up at the end of the day. They have a very dedicated and forward thinking principle at the helm, Mr Parish. As we said yesterday, we wish we had this opportunity during our primary years, grateful they do!
The world is in good hands🙏💚
Ellie’s Air Fryer AVOEGGS!
All you need is 🥑🥚🥚 and a little salt and peps. We used kale and some dukkah for extra crunch & taste😋
Pop in the air fryer for 8-10 minutes on 170 depending how jammy you like your eggs?!!
Could be a good Easter Sunday brunch after all those choc eggs👌
#airfryer #airfyerrecipe #airfryereggs #avoeggs
I’m feeling a little like the Easter Bunny today running around collecting, packing and then delivering eggs🐰
Huge egg drop of our gorgeous, golden, nutrient dense , pasture raised eggs across the South Coast just in time for the Easter Long Weekend👩🏼🌾🐔🥚💥
The shelves are literally choc a block full with all types of eggs including ours if you feel like a healthier start to your day😉
Happy Easter peeps, stay safe, enjoy family time and a little break💛💛💛
#happyeaster #eastereggs #southcoast #pastureraisedeggs #happyhens #easterbunny
What can I bring?
A question we should ask and accept more freely.
Last night I had the pleasure of joining @moonacresschool and the beautiful Sophie @locallovely for her book launch, however it really was so much more than that.
We had the opportunity to connect on a deeper level sharing our stories, wisdom, our why and how important coming together is. Sophie’s book really is a joyful celebration of life and community with easy, delicious food for sharing, a must have for your kitchen table.
The gorgeous ladies at the helm of the @moonacresschool are doing a mighty fine job at facilitating such heartwarming events, thank you to Ange and Maryann🙏
Cup is now full for my week ahead💗
The Robertson Yee Hah🥳
Just coming up for air after a huge week of farming & promoting this event. Community events like this fill my cup as I get to work with incredible people in this town and see people come along and have fun💛
Thank you to the entire Yee Hah Team / Robbo Chamber for making this possible, the ever fabulous @amberkennymusic and the crew of extremely talented musicians @jocaseley @lokihinesmusic & The J&B Troubadours🤠
Not to forget all the delicious food vendors & drinks. The Robertson school choir and Dee’s line dancing were a huge highlight too👢💫
Made possible with support from the Robertson Burrows, council and @highlandfm_107.1 🙏
We already have big ideas for next year as it was a roaring succes🤠
First day living their best pasture raised lives, always a highlight in my egg farming life.
I’ve been sitting on the grass with them whilst the sun slowly goes down and making sure they know how to get back to the safety of their caravan tonight, however they keep on wanting to explore further…
It is quite a beautiful evening, I can understand why💚
Living in the cloud after quite the deluge last night!
It’s been a while since we have seen rainfall and magical mist like this🤍
Happy Friday! How good is a pasture raised life💚
The rain is starting to fall and the moisture feels pretty darn good. The eggs are a rolling in and I’m stocking all of those shelves for your weekend cooking🥚🍳🧁
All the usual IGA outlets on the South Coast
The Friendly Grocer Robertson
@moonacreskitchen
@hearthbymoonacres
@threeflamingosespresso
@thepinespantry
@topshopkiama
Hurrah for a boot load of eggs!!
This is the BIGGEST delivery yet💪🐓🥚👩🏼🌾
24 crates of eggs in my car, equating to 294 dozen (3528 eggs to be exact) dropped today carefully on the South Coast to all my usuals plus a newbie @willowgeorgecakeco 🎂💗
I was a little worried I couldn’t do it, but I did without a cracked egg in sight🙌
Happy days….
Today we hosted a beautiful group of people to our farm. We walked, talked, fed the cows, collected eggs, cuddled the chickens and connected over some wholesome food.
It was quite timely hosting a group from @recoverycamp as today is World Mental Health Day. Personally for me, being outside surrounded by green and listening to the animals happily roam away always brings a sense of calm to my soul, so to share this outlet with this group of very lovely, warm and truly appreciative people made my heart sing.
I ask everyone to have a look at what @recoverycamp are doing as they are truly providing a much needed service of life changing things for people in need along their mental health journey.
To hear the praise we received today from this group on how cool they thought what we are doing here on Jamberoo Mountain Farm made us appreciate it that bit extra so much.
Thank you again for choosing us🙏💚💚💚
#worldmentalhealthday #mentalhealth #recoverycamp
All stations GO GO GO on a super hot day!
We have Sam Demuth from Robbo on the tools, look at that roller go, whilst I hose it all down. Struggling to keep up as the water is drying v fast, not your usual Spring Day that’s for sure however Sam got there and it looks just superb!
Sam has been helping us get back on track quite literally as access to important parts of our farm were not accessible during and after the floods. Here we are, ready for access to our animals rain, hail or shine🙏
