Scott and Bobbie Thomas

Thomas Pottery Farm is located in the upper part of Moore County just above the Westmoore Community.
Scott and Bobbie Thomas have a small farm in which they grow local produce, raise a few broilers each Spring and have several laying hens. Growing organic or as close to it as possible is their goal for produce and raising chickens.

By using mostly organic seed varieties they strive to grow heirlooms and Non GMO vegetables. Each season kitchen compost and composted manures are used to amend the soil.
Pest and disease is managed by checking plants daily and removing insects or diseased plant material by hand thus keeping these problems under control.

Chickens are treated with the utmost care. Using electric netting and a chicken tractor (laying and roosting house on wheels) they free range in grassy pastures.
As peeps, they are raised on organic chick starter containing all goodness with no antibiotics. Adult chickens are fed all grain laying pellets and organic feed containing flax, vitamins and probiotics. Added to their staple diet is occasional vegetable scraps, weeds, melons and pumpkins when in season. Pests are managed using garlic, diatomaceous earth and pine oil. Eggs are gathered daily and refrigerated.

Make plans to visit Thomas Pottery Farm to see their farm grow.

Wednesday, June 13, 2012

New Hampshire Red Rooster

Quite the gentleman.
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Rooster on call

Silver Dutch Bantam 12" tall
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Spring Chickens

The year I decide to purchase 15 new laying hens and grow 25 Cornish Rocks I have 3 broody hens hatch out a bunch of babies.  This hen was so determined to set she laid all her own eggs in a nest she built in a lumber pile.  She has lined up her chicks everywhere on the farm, she is a proud new mother. We have 67 chickens this year.
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