On October 7, 2010 in General by spope
This is the third year we are raising and selling adult French Redlegged Partridges. We have been importing the eggs from France – hatching and raising the chicks to maturity on our farm. This year we have grown 10,000 mature Redlegs. Read More »
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On September 29, 2010 in General by spope
There are lots of medications approved for “major species” of animals like chickens or turkeys or ducks. Read More »
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On September 20, 2010 in General by spope
Our export business has been good over the years. Even 50 years ago my father was exporting pheasants – in 1966 when I was 11 years old we visited a customer of my father’s in Italy (his name was Enzo Berner). Read More »
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On September 8, 2010 in General by spope
I am very happy that our farm made the Inc. 5000 list of the fastest growing and best companies in the U.S. We have able to keep our product moving even in the tight ecomony. Read More »
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On September 3, 2010 in General by spope
Our March hatch pheasants are giving us quite a time. We have always known that pheasants hatched in March are old enough while the days are still getting longer (up until June 20th) that for some of them, their bodies are physiologically old enough to begin producing sexual hormones. Read More »
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On August 28, 2010 in General by spope
Brad Lillie (our in house financial guy) and I have been crunching the numbers for the last two calendar years and though we have made progress financially (after the disastrous 2008 season, we made a reasonable profit in 2009) changes must be made for us to maintain a competitive edge. Read More »
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On August 25, 2010 in General by spope
This truck and trailer left at noon today – bound for Colorado. Read More »
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On August 16, 2010 in General by spope
This past week, Dori, Micah and I traveled to Kansas. I spoke on Friday 8/13 about managing a gamebird farm to the attendee’s at the Kansas Sport Hunting Association annual convention. Read More »
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On August 11, 2010 in General by spope
Last year we were already actively delivering adult pheasants by today’s date. This year, with the temperatures near 90 degrees, our early season customers are holding off taking their first delivery for a week or two. Read More »
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On August 1, 2010 in General by spope
We have three more hatches (8/4,8/11 and 8/18)and our regular pheasant and partridge hatching season will be over. Read More »
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