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Variability and seasonality

3/4/2021

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The true mark of a genuine farm product. Variability and seasonality: The rainbow of different colored shells in just ten eggs from one flock of chickens, with different spots, dashes, circles and nuances of brown.
#allbeautiful #eggs #shells #rainbow #variability #seasonality #farmproduce #genuine #pastured #pasturedeggs #freerange #colordoesntmatter #range
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Hilltops Free Range story in the Land Newspaper this week

2/27/2021

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Thank you, The Land newspaper for telling our story of holistic farming, creating and efficient and sustainable ecosystem, improving the soil, and producing great eggs!
#sustainablefarming #thebesteggs #rotationalfarming #regenerative #soilhealth #sustainability #theland #fame #thepress #realnews #thankyou
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The Weirdest eggs found

2/25/2021

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Farmer’s Joy

2/19/2021

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Driving through grass taller than the bonnet at the end of summer! 😁 regenerative agriculture and chickens put in practice @hilltopsfreerange. #regenerativeag #grass #chickens #farmersjoy #naturalfertiliser #actionsnotwords #do
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February 14th, 2021

2/14/2021

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Grass is eternal

2/13/2021

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"Grass is the forgiveness of nature -
her constant benediction.
Forests decay, harvests perish, flowers vanish,
but grass is immortal."
--Brian Ingall, random poetry lines found on the web
#grass #sunset #freerange #aftertherain #growing

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Evening stroll

2/7/2021

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BEFORE and AFTER dog fashion photoshoot

1/28/2021

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Rainy days are for playing in the mud. A swim in the dam to restore the white colour dog we originally had .

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Note the bark of pure delight in the AFTER photo.
#dogfashion #beforeandafter #freerange #rain #farmlife #swim
Photography by Fi and Yana
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January 21st, 2021

1/21/2021

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Public baths taken to a new level: the chickens' unbreakable link to Eternal Rome and Ancient Greece.In Roman times, baths were accessible to all, both rich and poor, and so our chickens do not discriminate either.

Just like famous and splendid Roman baths influenced architecture and design, the chickens' dust baths influence the landscape of our farm, with crates and valleys 'designed' around the best shady trees.

Carrying over the proud tradition of staying clean and relaxing one's mind, the chickens' dust baths keep their feathers in pristine condition, and keeps mites, lice and other parasites away in a natural way. It is the best social activity in the hotter part of the day.

#natural #rejuvenation #baths #bathingchickens #clean #dustbaths #freerange #allnatural #naturalbehaviour #rome #ancientgreece #farmlife #nature #soilimprovement

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Clouds

1/14/2021

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Social distancing for clouds: the one you can watch, lying on your back against a bale of hay, and feeling happy about the state of the world. #socialdistancing on the #farm, #farmlife #hiddenchickens #pasture #clouds #safeplace
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Harvest

1/8/2021

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A liquid gold colour, the last of the harvest this season is done.
#harvest #homegrown #fullcircle #chickens #crops #eggs #sheep #natural #pasture #workinglate #summeronthefarm
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2021

1/3/2021

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2021, we are ready for you. Happy new year to everyone and may the best be ahead for all. #nofilter #nophotoshop #2021 #eggs #pastured #free #sunset #ouroffice #work #workingholidays
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Christmas Eggwreath

12/25/2020

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Our version of eggwreath to wish everyone a wonderful Christmas!  warmest greetings from all the chickens and the farm team #merrychristmas #chickens #eggs #eggwreath

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Turning the wheels

12/18/2020

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"Turn, turn, my wheel! All things must change
To something new, to something strange;
Nothing that is can pause or stay"


– from "The Song of the Potter" by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

From pastured chickens, to organic fertiliser, to clover, to pasture, to golden hay, to sheep...
The wheels are turning on and on,
the future becomes today.

#hay #cycleofnature #turningwheels #eggs #pastured #farming #farmlife #natural #organic #chemicalfree #chickens
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One egg = 152 grams

12/10/2020

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These chickens really know how to lay an egg.
if we put a dozen of such eggs together, it would make a-1.8kg package to take home!
 
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Oh, the places you'll see chickens sleeping!

12/3/2020

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Our favorite evening time discoveries as we go for a walk around the paddocks:

There are the same three chickens who always walk all the way up the hill, and perch on the gates, right in the corner.
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They stand close, gossip loudly for a while (a lot is happening in the chicken world every day), and then go to sleep on the gates.

Then, there is the same one chicken, who ever since we baled the hay, comes and flies all the way to the top of one particular silage, and sleeps there. Same silage every day. There are a few bales together in a row, but she always chooses the same one bale.It is very unusual for a chicken to want to be by herself at night, most of the chickens stay and huddle together.


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This is what true free range is supposed to mean.

Come morning, all these four ladies go and join the flock. Why do they do it, and not stay like everyone else with the herd?
My theory: they just like the sunset from that height :
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Adding one more delivery day for home orders

12/2/2020

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Now adding two days for home deliveries of eggs and farm produce (for now, Canberra only).  Choose between Tuesday and Friday  deliveries when you checkout.
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Last Night I Dreamed of Chickens

11/26/2020

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"Last night I dreamed of chickens,
there were chickens everywhere,
they were standing on my stomach,
they were nesting in my hair,
they were pecking at my pillow,
they were hopping on my head,
they were ruffling up their feathers
as they raced about my bed.

They were on the chairs and tables,
they were on the chandeliers,
they were roosting in the corners,
they were clucking in my ears,
there were chickens, chickens, chickens
for as far as I could see...
when I woke today, I noticed
there were eggs on top of me."

-- the poem "Last Night I Dreamed of Chickens" by Jack Prelutsky, From the book "Something BIG Has Been Here"

#livingthedream #poetry #chickens #eggs #freerange #chickenseverywhere #welovepoetry #dreams #dreamscometrue  #jackprelutsky #whatdreamsaremadeof
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One yolk in each half: double yolk = double the joy!

11/19/2020

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Our special elongated egg edition, limited while stocks last, order at eggs@hilltopsfreerange.com. Emoji
Double yolk eggs make us happy, it's like getting twins in one go!
#doubleyolk #eggs #twohalvesmorethanone #doublejoy #joy #freerange #golden #twins #double #doubletrouble #special #specialedition #longegg
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The sky is the limit

11/12/2020

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A big THANK YOU to all our team. It takes a village to grow pastured, truly freerange eggs.
 
We have the chickens totally mobile and free, and all infrastructure without walls and floors, so it takes a lot of hands to find, collect, and process the eggs, and take care of all the chickens. #thankyou #teamwork #eggs #farmwork #bonvoyage #partyatwork #freerange
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The Dancing Egg

11/5/2020

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a.k.a. 'The Cavalry Charge' (you need the audio!). Having some fun at work today with the egg machine. #workisfun #workandplay #playatwork #funatwork #jumpingjoy #joy #egg #eggmachine #machinefails
--music from The Overture to Rossini's opera William Tell
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Blue sky and gossip

10/29/2020

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Tall grass, blue sky, and friends to share all the gossip with. What more would a girl need? #sky #grass #chickens #eggs #chatter #gossip #wishyoucouldhearit

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Yawning is contagious

10/23/2020

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"The tractor goes round and round...I am soooo sleepy... zzzz"
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-- Forest the Maremma sheepdog, while watching our tractor do all the hay baling work.

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Pablo Neruda and Farming

10/16/2020

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"Ode to Some Yellow Flowers" -- poem by Pablo Neruda

"Against the blue moving its own blue,
the sea, and against the sky,
some yellow flowers.

October arrives.

And though it may be
so important for the sea to unroll
its myth, its mission, its yeast-like inspiration,
there explodes
over the sand the gold
of a single yellow plant
and your eyes
are fixed
on the ground,
they flee from the great sea and its rhythms.

We are and will be dust.

Not air, not fire, nor water
but
earth,
only earth
we will be
and maybe also
some yellow flowers."

--translated by Jodey Bateman

#poetry #eggs #pabloneruda #pastured #yellowflowers #october #freerange #earth #chickens
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Speckled beauty

10/9/2020

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Speckled beauty, like flakes of snow left melting in those first sunny Spring days.
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Hilltops Free Range Chicken Eggs Farm in Boorowa, NSW

Farm address:
"Reynoldsdale" farm
1056 Lachlan valley way
Boorowa
NSW 2586

Postal address:
P.O. box 34
Boorowa
NSW 2586

Hours

Monday to Saturday
7am - 5pm

Telephone

02 6226 6260
​+612 6226 6260

Email

eggs@hilltopsfreerange.com