Samuel (Our Scout - Daniel Boone), Isaac (Rear Guard), Jacob (Point Man), Benjamin (Squad Leader)
Read more at > http://fortpatriot.com/2012/01/2012-winter-hike
18 Jul
Freedom Ranger – whole
We would like to thank all those who ordered our whole Freedom Rangers this year. We do still have a few left that needs processed, so if you would like another please contact us. Avg weight was around 4.8 lbs.
Jacob displaying the shrink wrapped Freedom Ranger
2 Jul
Processing Day and Pick up
I think I’m going to give them another week to finish out, they are getting close but still need a little more weight. The processing will be on the morning of the 9th. If you ordered a whole bird, you can email us at chris@fortpatriot.com to arrange pick up on the afternoon of the 9th. For the canned chicken, please allow another couple of weeks.
Thank You!
2 Jul
Feed for the Freedom Rangers
FYI: We have been feeding your freedom rangers a natural feed from Nutrena called NatureWise (meatbird). It has no antibiotics nor hormones in it. For more info click here >NatureWise Meatbird
26 Jun
Freedom Ranger week 6
Benjamin moving the chicken tractor
We moved some of the Freedom Rangers to the pasture in this portable chicken coop a week or so ago. We move it daily, thus allowing them fresh grass. Half of the pen has a tarp on it and the other half is open for sunlight. Note the waterer is simply a 5 gallon bucket with 4 chicken nipples on bottom; this also adds weight to the coop to keep it down during high winds (move coop when water is low 
). Total size is 14ft x 6ft. There are 50 chickens in this coop allowing 1.6 sq ft per chicken. So far so good – it survived two thunderstorms with no problems .
8 May
Brooder Box Upgrade
In preparation of the arrival of the Freedom Rangers we upgraded our brooder box. Note the nice green paint (left over from the Eggmobile), new window (hard wire cloth) on left side, and new water system. The new water system uses a gravity fed line from 5 gallon bucket to 3/4′ pvc, which has the attached Chicken water nipples. This allows the chicks to get cleaner water (They poop in the old waterer types 
).
Click below to purchase the water nipples – they are easy to install.
See what it looked like before: The Poor Man’s Brooder Box
2 May
Mother’s Day Special
25 Apr
Created for Work
Click link below to get some ideas on teaching your children the importance of work.
http://fortpatriot.com/2011/04/an-american-patriot-is-hard-working/
