Little Red Farm Blog

Happy Thanksgiving week Little Red Farm Friends! It is always so fun to see you at our annual Chicken & Turkey pick up during Friends & Family Night!  We started the weekend out with 90 chickens and 34 Turkeys and ended it with our 2 turkeys and 12 chickens for our family. Fresh, just processed poultry needs to rest for a minimum amount of time due to the natural changes that take place after death. Immediately after butchering rigor mortis sets in and as the meat chills it will stiffen. If you freeze or cook the bird then, it will...

It's hard to believe, one year ago on April 7th, 2019, I posted this photo above captioned with:  "Here’s to new beginnings...This farm store was not on the radar when we moved out here...but God. He has this vision for the farm and we are simply following His plan. He has consistently showed up, even when it’s overwhelming, and tiring. We can’t wait to see the families He blesses through this farm and the community that grows around it. Letting God show up big is faith stretching, but so amazing to watch. So here’s to the show, we can’t wait...

Two weeks ago, Kyle made the trip to Minnesota to bring home a new to us milking system that will cut our time doing chores in half! God blessed us with a larger system than we had originally anticipated and believe it's part of his plan. Currently we're milking 5 cows individually and with our new system, we'll be able to milk 4 cows at once. You will see in the pictures below, we've created a new milking room for this system as well as running a trench for water lines and drain pipes. In this milking room, will be the...

National Milk Day,  January 11, commemorates the day believed to be the first time milk deliveries in glass bottles began in the United States in 1878. We love our cows, plus our two new additions are pretty cute as well.  To make every gallon of milk, a cow must pump from 600-800 gallons of blood through her udder. Think of that next time you pour yourself a glass. That cow poured her heart into it! We take good care of our girls, so they can take good care of your family.    Unpasteurized and non homogenized milk or raw milk,...