Category Archives: Animals

Duck, Duck, Gone

organic ducks free ranging at Heritage Farm

I’ve had ducks for almost ten years now, but that’s about to change. For a time at least. At the end of every summer, ducks moult. Moulting causes the ducks to lose their feathers, stop laying eggs and begin building up their nutrient reserves. Ducks tend to lay best over the cool wet months – […]

Videos at Heritage Farm

heritage farm sheep

We want you to see and understand what we’re doing here at the farm. There are now so many options at sharing what people and organisations are doing (writing, audio, video etc), we’re going to try a couple out and see what happens. Each week we’ve been writing blog posts, to provide some updates. But […]

Parking our Chooks for Winter

organic chooks

We raise our chooks free range, and organic. From 1 day old our baby chicks have only certified organic feed, as well as veggie scraps, squares of pasture, and any bugs we pick out of the market garden. And as soon as they are old enough (around 6 weeks) they are outside, and never locked […]