When I started researching farming, I was met with two distinct options: The backyard hobbyist and the large scale industrial nor not farmer.

Information on how to raise animals and run an operation between those two sizes of farm. 

Yet that was my goal: A farm not too large, but not too small... that took very little time to operate. All at the highest standards I could muster. 

The type of farm anyone with a little land and a little time could manage. 

The type of farm we used to have.

Scouring what records I could find I choose to start with chickens. Specifically egg production. 

Trying to find a proper feed was difficult, so many are contaminated with pesticides and industrial additives. 

Once one was found, I had to source my chickens from a hatchery that met my standards. Plus, it sure helped the owner and I were of like minds. 

Deciding on how to raise the chickens was easy: They had to be outside in nature. No gigantic steel warehouses, no LED lights, no concrete floors and no excuses. 

Chickens need a place to call home, and of course to lay their eggs. Thus the creation of our chicken wagon began. 

Baby chicks needed to be raised with access to the outdoors as well, so our brooder box designs emerged. 

Electric fencing was chosen to keep predators out around their wagon.

Food safe and Potable containers for all water, the same standards for all their feeders and feed storage. 

No pesticides sprayed on the property for at least two years before I started, no oil or gasoline leaks from tractors we use. 

Our commitiment to organic feed, but also to the feed being corn, soy and seed oil free. This even includes their treats!

A mix of rotating pasture and woodland was chosen for their free range activities. 

Referred to as a paddock style, think crop rotation but for chickens. Keeps them happy, keeps the land happy. 

Completely free from modern medical products and injections of any kind, I strove for the cleanest chickens I could.

And I did all of this so that I could share with you how you can do the same. 

Because we need more small farms, which means we need more small farmers, which means we need more people who know how to raise chickens in as little as a few minutes a day. 

Good food for good health is enough of a reason, but so many other boons come from connecting with nature, the land and (eventually) your local community. 

More details to come on our exact methods, including designs and templates you can follow, plus links to all of our sources.