Scalfetti Farms

Happy Independence Day!

Today is a great day to remember the words of our founding fathers:

“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.—That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed…”

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Unintended Consequences - Chicken Tractor Repair Recovering from the 3” rain event and flooded chicken tractor. We repaired the wheels on the chicken tractor and discussed unintended consequences of fixing ...

Let's do a thank you gift for our local and followers (sorry, shipping meat is way too expensive!) Help us reach 500 followers (we're so close!) And we'll do a live spin for a 💲2️⃣5️⃣ gift basket of our pasture raised corn and soy-free, non-GMO, USDA inspected chicken from our ranch!

💥If you're local, to participate you must:💥

1️⃣ Leave a comment to enter and include your city
2️⃣ Share this photo
3️⃣ Like and follow our page (I'll throw in a bonus if you follow us on Instagram, too!)

💥Follow all those steps and you'll be included!💥

Get us to 1,000 followers, and we'll do a 2nd spin for a 💲5️⃣0️⃣ gift basket of our chicken!

Let's rock, foodie rebels! 🤘🤘

In preparation of our Mobile chicken coop build the Chickshaw we assembled the nest box first to understand how to properly mount it in the new coop. This video is Step by step assembly of the Best Nest Box large 48 inch reversible roll away nest box.

We have not association with Best Nest Box and we purchased this with our own money. That said, for your convenience below is a link to the next box in this video:

https://bestnestbox.com/products/large-roll-out-chicken-nest-box



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Best Nest Box Assembly In preparation of our Mobile chicken coop build the Chickshaw we plan to make some modifications like auto doors and installing this roll away nest box. This...

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What a ride 2023 has been on the Scalfetti Farm! From settling into our new digs to cultivating memories that’ll last a lifetime, it’s been a year bursting with growth and adventure. Apologies for the delay in our usual newsletter – keeping up with all the excitement took precedence! But fear not, dear homestead fam, we’re back and ready to share the highlights of our journey with you.

Its Not All About the Chickens But... A lot of it is!!! - Scalfetti Farms What a ride 2023 has been on the Scalfetti Farm! From settling into our new digs to cultivating memories that’ll last a lifetime, it’s been a year bursting with growth and adventure. Apologies for the delay in our usual newsletter – keeping up with all the excitement took precedence! But fear ...

Yesterday, Rachael and I had our annual deep-dive goal setting and planning session. Dedicating the whole day to the process to ensure that 2024 is a year filled with purpose and achievement.

Our goals span six key areas:
Family: Goals focused on our immediate family of four.
Relationships: Centered on building and nurturing connections beyond our immediate family, encompassing extended family and friends.
Personal: Embracing self-care, fitness, nutrition, and personal achievements.
Professional: Aligned with our individual career aspirations.
Financial: Geared toward our personal financial objectives.
Homestead: Addressing goals for our homestead and farm.

Once our goals were shaped and aligned, we turned our attention to the annual calendar. Renumbering it for 2024, and adding holidays, birthdays, anniversaries, and all the known commitments.

With a holistic view of our goals and the months ahead, we strategized our focus for each season. Beginning with fixed events like family vacations and the APPPA conference, we progressed to substantial commitments like raising a batch of broilers, ensuring we time it just right to avoid clashes with other plans. Month by month, we laid out events, projects, and tasks to give ourselves the best shot at achieving our goals for the year.

Drawing lessons from the past year's experiences, where plans often got reshuffled in the latter half, we adjusted our approach. This time, we detailed the first quarter meticulously and added only crucial items for the rest of the year. Quarterly planning sessions scheduled throughout the year will keep us on track, allowing flexibility to adapt to life's surprises and capitalize on unexpected opportunities.

Just posted a quick video run through of our daily chores for our pastured flock. We hope you enjoy! Link in bio.

Just posted a quick video run through of our daily chores for our pastured flock. We hope you enjoy!
https://youtu.be/XzdFIzHQlXo

Check out our highlight video of our chicken harvest last weekend!

Scalfetti Farms on farm chicken processing Highlighting our on farm chicken harvest process. We raised Cornish cross broilers on pasture for 8 weeks in the Dallas Texas area. Pastured poultry !

Another successful on farm harvest in the books. A special thanks to Jennie Scalfano Rachael Rossetti Laura Jean Gessley and the team at The Giving Garden at Jacob's Reward Farm for all their hard work today. We couldn’t have done it with you you!

We had a wonderful time celebrating Thanksgiving with some old friends! Great food great company and a beautiful sunset!

Sorry no kids faces on social media for us.

Did you know the turkeys in the top photo are considered free range by the USDA simply because they’re not confined to a cage? By harvest time, they’ll have hardly enough room to move, and the only sunlight they’ll ever see is on the way to the slaughterhouse.

Our turkeys truly get to LIVE a full turkey-life for their whole existence and that's something to be thankful for! Chasing bugs, stretching in the warm sun, eating acorns and grasses; with plenty of room to explore, exercise and express their natural instincts and behaviors.

Don't be misled by terms that have no gravitas. Ordering your food from real, local, family-operated farms brings a level of true transparency that can't be reproduced any other way.

With Thanksgiving less than 30 days away, turkey reservations are going fast!

Prices increase for turkeys ordered after November 1st, and we will sell out again this year! So if you have been on the fence about ordering a turkey this year, don't.

Convenient delivery drops in Jacksonville, Orange Park, St.Augustine, World Golf Village, Orlando, ICW/Beaches, Ocala, and Wildwood/Villages as well as on-farm pick-up in O’Brien, FL.

Please visit our website to reserve today!

You know your a homesteader when…

Added 2 lines of electrics wire attached to the

I got tired of moving the electric netting around all summer and the limitations it gave us at the “edges” of the pasture. I hope this provides enough protection from predators and makes our chores a little easier.

We have a few eight legged friends helping out at the green house! I love seeing these Zipper spiders in the garden!

A swing and a miss with the new nest box. Hopefully these eggs will show our ladies where I want them to lay… otherwise we will move to more drastic measures. Any suggestions to retrain our birds to their new nest box are welcome!

Today marks a monumental day! According to Rachael Rossetti by hanging these lights, she is officially considering our remodel complete!!! It’s only been 2 years but we are done!!!

We liked how well these roll away nest boxes are working in our chicken tractor, we added a set to our chicken run!

It has begun! The girls are laying a lot of eggs now!!!!