  "Everyone will sit under his own grapevine and fig tree, and no one will make him afraid"
Here is to Jack, the greatest Maremma in the world, enjoying his retirement, under his own vine. He is now only responsible for guarding the house, after years of exemplary service to thousands of ladies Well deserved, Jacko! It is lovely to see you relaxed and enjoying that spotty shade. -- based on Micah 4:4 #retirement #Maremma #sheepdog #shade #hisownvine #pasturedeggs  “The Brain — is wider than the Sky --
For — put them side by side -- The one the other will contain With ease — and [hens] — beside —“ —- from the poem “The Brain is Wider than the Sky” by Emily Dickinson with some alterations for Hilltops free range hens. Wishing everyone a mind and imagination greater than the vast skies above us! Happy New 2023! #sky #chickens #eggs #opensky #poetry #pastured #pasturedeggs #emilydickinson #farmlife #happynewyear Chilling out on a sunny afternoon after the perfect shower we had today.
The best bit is when all the chickens scatter around, after Gordo (the gorgeous Maremma dog)‘s power sneeze. #whatasneeze #sneezing #pastured #farmlife #maremma #pasturedeggs #chickens  This egg was stuck to the tray, impossible to pry it out. So, we turned it upside down, and made a cowboy hat
When life gives you lemons... #everydayart #artisgreat #eggs #paddockart #pasturedeggs #boorowa #eggsandart What is a tree hollow? A new bedroom, a veranda extension, adjacent to the dust bath that is next to the tree? A meeting place for three friends? A refuge from the midday sun? A kitchen for munching on new grass? Or a place to lay hidden eggs? #treehollow #pasturedeggs #eggs #shade #dustbath #threehens #chickens #pastured   Had to start our 1978 Daihatsu Scat this week, to help the collection. Classic cars for the classic pastured eggs.
All our buggies gave up at the same time, must be so much mud getting into the mechanics. The hens seem to love it :) #classiccars #pastured #pasturedeggs #oldcars #oldiebutgoldie #eggs #oldage #cars #challenges  Whatever it takes, to get eggs for our customers!
The perils of completely pasture-based, pastured, free-range eggs operations. We hope everyone in NSW is safe, and all people missing are found safe and sound. #floods #mud #dangerousfarming #pastured #eggs #extremedriving --Photography by Ana  Have you ever seen an egg wrinkled?
Or an egg with a head and a neck? Can you spot tiny tot that's been mingled with the eggs of our harvested flock? --inspired by the weird, wacky and wonderful eggs we get. It's a whole family we got today: - Daddy-Egg, standing tall and a little bit bent, for looking after the family. - Mommy-Egg, all wrinkly from washing dishes all day - and the Tiny Tot, all perfectly round and plump and rolling all around freely 🙂 #weird #eggs #pasturedeggs #pasture #farmlife #poetry #wierdeggs #wacky #wonderfuleggs  "If a body meet a body,
Comin' through the rye, If a body kiss a body, Need a body cry?" Robert Burns clearly had our paddocks in mind when he wrote "Comin' Through the Rye" :) Particularly, at the beginning of a very wet November, with the hens getting lost in the tall rye. #robertburns #tallgrass #lost #hens #poetry #pastured #eggs #rye  Underage driver, no license, no P plates, trying to steal my buggy for a joyride on the paddocks!
 “Loveliest of trees, the cherry now
Is hung with bloom along the bough, And stands about the woodland ride Wearing [pink] for Eastertide. … And since to look at things in bloom Fifty springs are little room, About the woodlands I will go To see the cherry, [as hens do].” -- from the poem ‘Loveliest of trees, the cherry now’ by A. E. Housman [with minor corrections by Hilltops free range pasture-raised hens] We, both hens and man, are incredibly lucky to be near Young, the Cherry Capital of Australia. #farmlife #cherryblossom #pasturedeggs #springisbeautiful #pinkblossoms #cherrytree #hens #youngnsw #hilltops #eggs  Brown, white, crinkled, wobbly, weird and wonderful! A healthy protein source from happy chickens! #pasturedeggs #eggs #weirdegg
In this abundant Spring of prickly leaves everywhere, a quiet place to settle down and lay an egg.
Let humans deal with the messy adventure of going through pain to reach a gain. #pasturedeggs #pasture #spring #prickly #nopainnogain #eggs #quiet #painandgain --Photography by Thomas  On a warm, humid Pre-Friday.
This pup was looking for a long time for a dry place after the downpour last night, and the pieces of concrete were the perfect bed, warmed by the glorious sun we are having this afternoon. You can literally feel the moisture in the air! #nofilter #maremma #napping #beautysleep #aftertherain #pastured #eggs #puppy  “I’m not a chicken; I have seen
Full many a chill September, And though I was a youngster then, That gale I well remember; The day before, my kite-string snapped, And I, my kite pursuing, The wind whisked off my palm-leaf hat;-- For me two storms were brewing!” — from the poem “The September Gale” by Oliver Wendell Holmes #chicken #poetry #perfectpoem #storms #rain #thunderstorm #september #wind You know you're a mom when walking around while breastfeeding and eating lunch isn't out of the ordinary. :) :) :)
--Photography by Selena #mom #farmlife #walkingandbreastfeeding #puppies #Maremma  Maybe not soaring like eagles, but here they are, up in a throne of tree branches, way above my head.
The trees are a favorite place for our hens, for all the bugs and worms and insects they find around: delicious snacks and a great, diversified protein source. The only problem is, I keep finding eggs hidden in the tree hollow #losteggs #pasturedeggs #pastured #chickensfly #chickenslikeeagles #eggs #fly  “But if it had to perish twice,
I think I know enough of hate To say that for destruction ice Is also great And would suffice.” Back to the icy blast this week, but we think it was the last one. #ice #winter #farmlife #pasturedeggs #icyblast #frozen --from the poem “Fire and Ice” by Robert Frost, the beloved poet by night and chicken farmer by day!  Or maybe it's the beautifully scented Daphne that Foxy can pickup from the farm house? Happy first day of spring! Wonderful to feel the sun after the third La Nina winter in a row on the farm. This is Foxy (also known as pup-pup), the Apprentice, the successful graduate of our apprenticeship program (https://www.hilltopsfreerange.com/blog/the-apprentice). He is now mature, calm, measured, and knows his job well. It's nice just to lie down in the grass next to Foxy and smell Spring together. #Spring #daphne #springisintheair #firstdayofspring #farmlife #pastured #eggs #Maremma #theapprentice #maremmadog #smell 
The fire truck pulled out the Landcruiser. The next day, the fire truck got stuck trying to pull out the buggy, but the red tractor was able to pull out the buggy.
The question is: who is going to pull out the fire truck now? Adventures every day. Photography by Francesco and Carla. #stuck #mud #farmlife #pasturedeggs #bogged #rainydays |
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