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
Labels, lip balm, Boston market, and more Ancestral paddocks Here at BOTL Farm, we run a birth-to-slaughter operation. That means that the animals we raise for meat are born on our farm, live their whole lives on our farm, and only leave once... Farm Store Pasture Pigs food labels grazing lip balm piglets
Market season has begun and other stories about grass Dude, is that your grass? Here at BOTL Farm, we post pictures on social media of our farm that are relatively real-time and not AI-generated. Earlier this month we were at Tree House Brewery/Orchard i... Pigs Soppressata grazing livestock feed sausage
Tiny eggs and tiny piglets Pastured pigs do what they want Here at BOTL Farm, we don’t have a boar (breeding male pig) because we don’t want a boar. Boars are big, stinky, and potentially aggressive to humans, especially during... Animal Welfair Approved Eggs Farm dog babies piglets slaughterhouse
Reduce, reuse, and recycle Sheep don’t climb Here at BOTL Farm, it’s still baby season. We had all our goat kids in February and March is for lambs. The first ewe (sheep-mom) to give birth went early in March and then we didn't... Chickens Goats Sheep babies goat skin sheep skin
Goatlets and a trip to Vermont Babiessss Here at BOTL Farm, we love babies. To be clear, human babies terrify and mystify us, but we love working with animals and their babies. All of our goat moms gave birth this month, making it ... Farmer injuries Goats babies sheep skin
A useful primer on getting bodily fluids from a 700 lb pig and more Getting bodily fluids from a 700 lb pig Here at BOTL Farm, we've done lots of weird medical stuff to our animals over the years (when necessary, not recreationally). Right now, we're working closely w... Animal Welfair Approved Breeding Chickens Cold Pigs
Surprise visits, fermented meat, and food label drama Surprise visit from Lady Farmer Here at BOTL Farm, our farming mentor is also referred to as ‘Lady Farmer,’ for reasons we don’t totally remember. We volunteered on her livestock farm in New Jersey be... Soppressata farming mentor food labels weather
Raising pigs all year round and details on our custom livestock feed Out with the old, in with the new Here at BOTL Farm, we sometimes get jealous when we see our farmer friends celebrating the end of their growing season. They tell us about their upcoming winter vacay... Pigs babies livestock feed piglets
Lamb is ready The wait is over The long wait for lamb is over and we are now fully in stock. As promised email subscribers (you are one if you're reading this, thank you) are getting early dibs on the limited inven... Sheep lamb
Baby chicks and returning egg cartons Winter is the new spring: chicks are ordered Here at BOTL Farm, we propose that winter is the new spring. Most people think spring is the time to get chicks, probably because that's when farm stores h... Chickens babies