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    Even though it is below freezing and there is still snow on the ground, it's already time to start planning ahead for spring babies. To make sure that we get what we want we will have to put orders in soon. This year we wanted to give our friends and family an opportunity to have some of the quality meat from our farm as well. If you are interested in any our animals spending some time in your freezer please email us with what you are interested in at sprucecreekfarm@comcast.net.

PORK
   We raised three pigs last year with excellent results. We gave them plenty of room to run around and stayed away from feeding them junk food, which we attributed to our success. Just like last year, we plan to feed them an antibiotic, all grain diet supplemented with all the cutoffs and leftovers from the garden, and a little bit of our table scraps. This type of diet will help to ensure that the pigs will stay lean, with just enough marbleized fat in the meat to add flavor. All of the people we sold pork to last year raved about the flavor and texture, and agreed that in no way can the quality be compared to the dry, flavorless pork you get at the store! The pork comes in vacuumed sealed bags and individually labeled. The bacon and ham comes smoked as well. The type of pig we raise is a Duroc/Hampshire mix, which are bread for their long bodies and great tasting meat. Last years pigs went for $300 for a half a pig, and the hanging weight of the pigs were around 150 pounds for the whole pig.
    It's hard to say how much the pigs are going to cost this year with the potential of the price of grain going up. We are also going to raise them for an extra month or two. It is probably safe to say that the price of a half pig this year will be between $350-$400 for a half pig and $700-$800 for a whole pig. They will be ready some time in November.





CHICKENS
   We've been raising are own meat birds for three years now and have never looked back at buying them from the store. It's hard to describe the difference in home grown chicken and the stuff you can buy at the store, other than it just tastes more like chicken and is much juicer. We feed the chickens an all grain diet free of antibiotics. We're going to try raising them outside this year in a shelter that has the ground for a floor and wire fence for walls. This will make them happier, and hopefully even better tasting. The chickens will be about five pounds all dressed out, and we will sell them for around $15 dollars a bird.


TURKEY

Narragansett

Broadbrested Bronze

 We're going to raise turkeys for the first time this year. After the chickens move out of their shelter and into the freezer, we're going to make a larger run off of it and grow the turkeys in there. We're going to try two different breeds; the Broadbrested Bronze and the heritage breed, Narragansett. The BB Bronze will grow to a larger turkey with the standard plump breast, while the Narragansett will be smaller but more rich in flavor. After growing chickens and noticing the big difference in taste between the store bought and home grown, we are exited to experience the difference in taste of home grown turkeys. One of the options we can do for you is if you only want the breast meat, we can turn the rest of the meat into ground turkey for you to make other things out of. If you are interested in some home grown turkey, let us know what type of turkey you would like and how big you want it. The price would be determined on how big you want them, but I'm guessing between $45 and $75. The latest we plan to let them grow will be around late October, so we can't do any fresh turkeys for Thanksgiving.