We’re growing out the gold laced Orp x jubilee Orp crosses that are the F2 generation of the tolbunt project.  Quite a bit of uniformity among the chicks.  They all seem to have some variation of black and gold markings.  It’s also noteworthy how robust they are.  Here’s a typical juvenile:  

Greenfire Farms was recently featured in an excellent article in the Dining section written by New York Times reporter Julia Moskin.  You can see it here.  Thanks, Julia!

Okay, so the drywall got a skim coat and a finish sand.  The walls and ceiling were painted,  and a bamboo floor (renewable and cheap when sourced online) was installed.  Metal pans were bent and installed to finish the interior of the container doors.  A perimeter deck was built.  A super slick split air conditioning [...]

At Greenfire Farms we’ve embarked on an ambitious project to create a tolbunt Orpington.  If you’ve been to the tolbunt Polish page on this website you know that ‘tolbunt’ is a recently created color pattern from the former East Germany that combines brown, black, and white to dazzling effect in the feathers of a chicken.  [...]

Drywall completed.  Next up:  paint and flooring.  

The wiring and electrical were installed in the studs of the container.   Plenty of outlets and eight 4″ recessed cans in the ceiling. The container was then completely insulated using Icynene spray foam, one of those wonder chemical concoctions that saves the environment, eliminates acne, and turns to water when a flame is applied. [...]

Today we completed the interior framing and insulated subfloor.  Tomorrow the installation of electrical begins and hopefully ends.  The next day:  spray insulation.  

The major drawback to using shipping containers as habitable space is their thermal conductivity.  Studies show that containers can reach an internal temperature of about 140° in direct tropical sunlight.  To neutralize this effect in the Florida heat we are employing a number of strategies.  Chief among them is to insulate our container so that [...]

If you’re interested in experimenting with creating new chicken colors from existing varieties, one of the best written guides to this arcane subject is by the British poultry expert and author Grant Brereton.  At Greenfire Farms, we purchased these e-books several weeks ago and have been educated and entertained by Grant’s insightful and practical approach to chicken [...]