The Renegade Poultry Project

The last farm location not working out was really the best thing that could have happened to us... ...as we are currently living in the Rio Grande Valley, not even half a mile from the Rio Grande on the FIRST EVER certified organic poultry farm in the USA , Pollo Real.  Pollo Real has been doing Pastured Poultry since 1996 (20 YEARS) and has set a standard for pastured poultry operations across the country.  Looking back, we are wondering why we didn't come here first when we have such a historic farm and incredibly knowledgeable farmer, Tom, an hour away from Albuquerque?!  This is the older, experienced farmer we were meant to learn from...he knows everything about poultry. We met Tom a few months ago and things really moved fast, things had to move fast - he'd been looking for a couple to come help out on the farm and we were farm-less, job-less, and not ready to give up on our dream.  We met right after we closed things down at the last farm location, sal

...the farm work began, and it hasn't stopped or slowed at all! *note the date of the last post Oh man, want to hear about the most trying 3 months of our lives, read on... The learning curve has been steep, going from 5 chicks to 350 chicks - its like a whole other animal, its a small herd.  The psychology of a small group of chicks vs a larger group is nothing alike.  Same goes for 4 week old chickens, and 8 week old chickens, 5 is fun - 350 is insane...at least at first. I never look forward to the holiday season, but this one was particularly complicated. Not sure if it was the planets aligned in a specific sort of way or just the culmination of several small things that resulted in an epic shit-storm!  Looking back it was probably all the anticipation and fear of a HUGE life change, an opportunity we've been longing for finally about to begin.  January 1st came quickly, we had the first couple of weeks planned out because Cameron really only had to focus on b