Chinook Farms

Several eagles around the farm today. This one let me get within about 40 feet and sat long enough to snap a couple pictures with my iPhone.

I’ve seen and found a lot of things in the fields while in a tractor but this is a first for me! I got my 2-point 🦌!

This calving season, can it get any crazier? Tuesday about 4 pm I got a call from my farm hand that we had another new calf but the cow was a bit distressed with a stalled labor on a second calf. Contractions were not productive. I scrubbed up and grabbed my vet box and headed to the barn. With the cow haltered, it was time to help her get the second calf out to give it a chance to thrive. Stalled labor could mean the calf was not presenting in the right orientation so before pulling on the legs it was necessary to make sure the head was not bent backwards in the birth canal. Time to reach in and see if there were any problems. Up to my elbow inside a cow is a unique experience, I’m not gonna’ lie. Much to my relief, the calf’s head was properly positioned. In fact when I felt around the calf started suckling on my finger! All great signs. Now I could help get the calf out. With a little help, the calf was delivered alive and momma quickly started licking it off to stimulate the calf. In a matter of minutes the calf was up and looking for his first meal.

This was our 4th set of twins this year. Typically the chances of twins in beef cattle is about 2% of pregnancies. This year we are 4 of 18 so far, 22%!

BABY CALF UPDATE

After a long weekend of nursing and feeding through a tube without much improvement and no suckling action on a bottle, we have finally seen a glimmer of hope. I was finally able to get the little guy to SLOWLY take a few sips off the bottle. After about an hour and some serious patience, a full quart and a half of milk was onboard. Fingers crossed that maybe we’ve turned a corner. 🤞🏼🐮

We’ve spent most of the weekend nursing this little guy. I guess there’s now a reason why we never got rid of the kids play pen years ago! 🤣🐮

He’d been rejected by his momma and missed nursing a while before we found him. Hoping he pulls through but he’s still not suckling a bottle. We have to feed him with a tube until he can gain enough strength to nurse properly. Fingers crossed 🤞🏼
This part of the “job” is extremely difficult.

Anyone in need of a little time on the farm? could use your help!

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Another satisfied customer! Thank you Micha!

Credit Gary Larson for this bit of humor.

First calf of the year on the first day of Spring!

Fun times down in the farm! Volunteer with Food Bank Farm

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We have our grass fed beef available as either our traditional 2-3 year old 1/4, 1/2 or whole beef cut your specifications or 1/4’s of all ground beef from older animals that don’t yield tender steaks. Next harvest date is in late February.

Call, text or email for further details. Order form available on our website at www.chinook farms.com
425.508.6341.

As 2023 comes to a close, we are looking forward to spring and 2024. This dandelion has jumped the gun!
To our beef, pork and hay customers, thank you for your support. We will continue to produce the best food we can.

Merry Christmas from Chinook Farms.

A beautiful morning view above the farm.

To all my farm neighbors, I’ll apologize right now. Today we separated calves from the cows as part of the normal cycle on the farm. If the calves are left with the mommas too long, the cows will get too skinny and put their next calf that they are carrying at risk. This is always a judgment call for me the farmer. The calves will get the best quality forage we have to enable them to thrive without the milk from mom.

Within a few days all will settle down in their new roles.

We raise and sell beef, the real stuff made from beef! Our ground beef is second to none in flavor and quality.

Any package of ground beef from Chinook Farms contains meat from only a single animal unlike industrial ground beef that is literally from thousands of animals all mixed together.

We have 3 BBQ pigs left. They will range in size from 50-70 pounds when ready for your grill or smoker. Message us for pricing and any questions you might have.

Our fabulous next door neighbors at Bob’s Corn have sweet corn 🌽 ready starting tomorrow! Go get some!

The wait is over…….Tomorrow, Tuesday August 8th. Sweet corn is ready!!! See you at 10am!!

Volunteer opportunity this Sunday at Chinook Farms with the good folks at Food Bank Farm. Come lend a hand.

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Come to Chinook Farms for dinner and support the good work of Sno Valley Tilth. Jason Stoneburner is the featured chef. This will be a great event. Join us!

We're taking the table to the farm for an amazing Sunday Super in partnership with Chef Jason Stoneburner and Chinook Farms to support SnoValley Tilth and local farmers.

Join us on Sunday, August 20 at 5pm at Chinook Farms in Snohomish for a carefully curated meal featuring ingredients from local farms.

Get your tickets today at https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/6053934 (link in bio) for this event that is sure to sell out!

Proceeds of the Sunday Supper support SnoValley Tilth's work to support local, sustainable agriculture in the Snoqualmie, Snohomish and Sammamish watersheds.

Available now at at the intersection of Elliott Road and Connelly Road

It’s Beef Day at our state capital in Olympia. Free Tri-tip sandwiches!

Today is Beef Day at the capitol! Head on down for some free beef and meet some of the people raising cattle in our state! Washington State Beef Commission Beef. It's What's for Dinner in Washington State. Washington Cattlemen's Association

Posting this again because we are often asked what cuts can be expected from a half or whole beef. This is published by the Angus Association. Keep in mind the numbers in the graphic are for a whole beef.

We raise a few pigs at Chinook Farms each year. This story is about the opposite extreme in hog farming. Imagine a 26-story high rise building dedicated solely to raising hogs from birth to slaughter. It is simply mind boggling. Now, just imagine the smell…

China’s Bid to Improve Food Production? Giant Towers of Pigs. High-rise hog farms have sprung up nationwide as part of Beijing’s drive to enhance its agricultural competitiveness and reduce its dependence on imports.

We will apologize in advance to our neighbors near the farm. Today was weaning day. It might be a bit noisy for the next couple days.

Now that these spring calves are 7-8 months old and 400-600 pounds, it’s time to give the momma cows a rest.

Fresh heritage turkeys 🦃 available from our friends at Bright Ide Acres.