Animal dumps and cute piglets PSA: don’t dump animals you find on the road at a farm Here at BOTL Farm, we run a pretty tight ship around biosecurity. Some might say we’re a little fussy, others say “what is biosecurity?” Cheers. ... Chickens Pigs livestock feed piglets
Pig math & wool pellets Wool pellets: our latest nose-to-tail idea Here at BOTL Farm, we have a delightfully strong commitment to using all the bits of the animals we raise, even the weird bits (who remembers testicle jerky?... Farm Hack Pigs Sheep chicken feed farming mentor grazing slaughterhouse
New market, new sausages, and a special grub deal Return to our New Haven roots Here at BOTL Farm, we have a strong affinity for New Haven. Although we grew up in Michigan and New Jersey (guess who grew up where!), Danielle ended up in New Haven for ... chicken feed new haven sausage
BOTL Farm re-learns F The Great Escaper Pig is here to stay Here at BOTL Farm, we breed and birth the pigs we sell. I mean, we don’t personally birth them, but we maintain breeding sows (farmer jargon for pig-moms). As our... Pigs chicken feed grants
New goatlets, piglets, and puppylets Babieeees Here at BOTL Farm, we raise goats for the cute pics. Oops, we mean for meat. Mostly for meat. Anyways, our enterprising herd of goats has started kidding (farmer jargon, not for telling joke... Dogs Eggs Farm dog Goats Pigs babies piglets slaughterhouse
Not the typical New Year’s junk mail Solo farming Here at BOTL Farm, we have one full-time farmer and one part-time farmer. We are good at vastly different things (e.g. obscure mathematical theories vs actually building/repairing things)... Chickens Dogs Farm dog babies goat skin hemp bedding home delivery sheep skin
Daydreams of burgers What’s a mutton Here at BOTL Farm, we eat all sorts of meat. We also raise animals for meat that may be less familiar to some of our customers, such as goat (which is super-tasty) and mutton (but no o... Ground Beef Ground Mutton Sheep home delivery mutton
The wait is over The wait is over Here is that one extra email a year we were talking about. The long wait for lamb, goat, and mutton is over and we are now fully in stock! Inventory can be found on our online store .... Goats lamb mutton
Piglet paternity ‘drama’ & more A paternity mystery Here at BOTL Farm, we’ve experimented with different pig breeds and breed crosses to arrive at our ideal mix: Mangalitsa, Large Black, and Berkshire. This mix is cold-tolerant, hea... Goats Pigs lamb piglets
How the sausage gets made and decreasing waste How the sausage gets made Here at BOTL Farm, we are deeply committed to providing our customers with the highest-quality products, mostly because we want to eat the highest-quality products, too. You ... Comercial kitchen Eggs bone broth lard pulled chicken sausage soap
Moms, meats, and monsters Piglets are the way of the world Here at BOTL Farm, we sell things like bacon. Lots of people buy bacon and so we must make more bacon. Good news, one of our sows (pig-moms) farrowed (gave birth to pi... Chickens Pigs bologna piglets
Fencing pigs is hard and 53,341 hot dogs Remember last month when we said we were good at fencing pigs? Here at BOTL Farm, we sometimes like to think we have things figured out and then our animals do something truly terrifying/mystifying an... Fence Pork Tenderloin fencing offal piglets