Yes, we are Animal Welfare Approved and we are really happy about it.



Our layers and our lambs were granted with the certification.
Those are the only animal products (eggs and lamb meat) that we produce at the farm.
We love our animals and people who knows us can tell it.


 In the case of the sheep. They are in nice sized pastures year round. Moms and babies spend a couple of days inside the barn separated of the rest of the herd for "bonding" reasons.


We know our ewes by names (not the lamb rams because they will be processed). Our lambs are kept with their moms at least four months. Later we separate males from females and start rotating them from pasture to pasture.

In this region we have some problems with worms. They are tiny bloodsuckers that make the sheep anemic and they can die. We check the eyes of our animals weekly and compare with a chart to see if they need to be dewormed. They aren't medicated just in case. If they need a medicine they get it otherwise they don't. At the same time, since we have the animal under control, we can revise and trim the hooves.
About the hens, they used to be in our fixed coop but after loose a bunch by the foxes, Cody decided to build an awesome chicken tractor and to buy an electric net.
He moves them twice a week so they have always good pasture under them.
The electric net (powered by the sun!) protects them from the foxes.