by Jennifer Sartell of Iron Oak Farm Fall…Such a descriptive term for a season. The only season to have two names really,… sometimes called “Autumn” and then the less formal verb “Fall” which comes from the phrase “fall of the leaf“ coined in 1545. Dictionary.com. I find it interesting that no other season warrants a […]

by Jennifer Sartell of Iron Oak Farm Sometimes when I’m writing these posts I forget that many of our readers are new to chickens. Or maybe want chickens, or are simply interested in chickens and are still in the learning phase of their venture. I’ve had chickens for more than half my life which makes […]

by Jennifer Sartell of Iron Oak Farm One of my readers from the Iron Oak Farm blog recently e-mailed me with a question. She was wondering if chickens should be locked up during rain storms because she heard that they can drown simply by looking up into falling rain. The issue of rain and farming […]

by Jennifer Sartell of Iron Oak Farm Every time I think I’ve witnessed all the quirky behaviors that our turkeys display, they prove that animals are always full of surprises. As you may have read in my last turkey post Trimming Turkey Feathers, the turkeys are really enjoying their new freedom to explore the larger […]

by Jennifer Sartell of Iron Oak Farm We’ve been eating a lot of stir fries lately. It’s my go-to dish for when we’re inundated with green beans from the garden. I love throwing a mess of veggies in a pan with some olive oil, soy sauce… oyster sauce… hoisen sauce, what ever sounds good, and […]

by Jennifer Sartell of Iron Oak Farm So for the past 6 months or so we’ve had a turkey dilemma…how to keep them in the yard. As a last resort, I think we found the solution. When we first got the heritage turkeys we set up an indoor pen in the barn connected to an […]

by Jennifer Sartell of Iron Oak Farm So I’m gonna open up here. Show you all my dirty laundry (literally). But as a disclaimer for my own self dignity…I do keep a clean house…most of the time. We’ve all had that phone call. “Hi-yee, we’re in the neighborhood, thought we’d stop by. Mmmmkay, see ya […]

by Jennifer Sartell I originally told this story the day it happened on the Iron Oak Farm Facebook Page and it received such an overwhelming response that I thought I would share it with our Community Chickens readers as well. First…a little about Mamma Silkie. When I first brought our little Silkie Bantam home in […]

by Jennifer Sartell of Iron Oak Farm A thought occurred to me the other day while at Tractor Supply Company. There are milestones in each of our lives. Learning to tie your shoe, to blow a bubble with bubble gum. Learning to ride a bike or your first car keys. For some of us, the […]

by Jennifer Sartell of Iron Oak Farm A thought occurred to me the other day while at Tractor Supply Company. There are milestones in each of our lives. Learning to tie your shoe, to blow a bubble with bubble gum. Learning to ride a bike or your first car keys. For some of us, the […]