by Richard | Apr 8, 2021 | Animal Enterprises, Farm Updates
In today’s video I’m killing, skinning and gutting a ram, so viewer discretion is advised. We don’t want the ewes to get pregnant again right now, so it’s time to take him out of the flock, and home butchering is the way we get food from farm to fork in the simplest,...
by Richard | Mar 21, 2021 | Animal Enterprises, Farm Updates
Getting egg-mobile #2 ready has been quite the challenge, and it’s not exactly as if I have time for unforeseen challenges right now. There’s still a lot to prep before the season starts, and the first crew members have just arrived. Remember that the Ridgedale Farm...
by Richard | Mar 17, 2021 | Animal Enterprises, Farm Updates
Here’s an update on the nest box project. While finishing the instalment of the Green Tools TECH prototype, I’ve been looking at little details and thinking about design changes that need to be made before the box could roll out as a commercial product (and be a...
by Richard | Mar 15, 2021 | Animal Enterprises, Farm Updates
In today’s video I’m working on the build of our new professional roll-away nest boxes. They’re made by Green Tools TECH and should cost somewhere between €1,200 and €1,500 once they’re ready for market. I’ll also talk a bit about the bird flu situation and our...
by Richard | Feb 3, 2021 | Animal Enterprises, Farm Updates
The materials we’ll be using to automate our egg-mobiles in collaboration with Bruno and Cathal have finally arrived. I’ll be filming the automation process, as well as some other changes I’ll be making, for you, starting with this video. You can check out...
by Richard | Jan 5, 2021 | Animal Enterprises
Happy New Year! Today I’m updating you on our nest box project. Bruno has been tweaking the design and we think we’re ready to start building the first prototype, which I’ll hopefully be testing throughout 2021, so that we can further improve the design. The beauty of...
