Kirsten Serrano Small Wonder Farm

5.2 acres 25 chickens 2 goats 2 dogs 2 cats 20’ x 36’ high tunnel ¼ acre garden Small orchard Meadow Woods

 Pasture Raised Protein  Circle of Life  Enjoyment  Family  Easy

 Eggs or Meat, pasture is better  Know what the inputs are  Quality over quantity/price eggs from hens raised on pasture may contain up to: 1/3 less cholesterol 1/4 less saturated fat 2/3 more vitamin A 2 times more omega-3 fatty acids 4 to 6 times as much Vitamin D 3 times more vitamin E 7 times more beta carotene

 Life lived authentically  Farmer harvests the eggs, meat, fertilizer  Skipping the middlemen, the chemicals, and the unsafe and immoral factory Pasture, produce Chicken Soil

 Respect your food

 Sourcing chicks  Mail order  Buying Locally  Hatching your own Straight-run v. Pullets Meat and/or Eggs and/or Beauty

 Hundreds of breeds  Murray McMurray chicken selector iPhone app  Many, many books and websites

Commercial chicken farming relies primarily on just three breeds — the White Leghorn, Rhode Island Red and Indian Game. 8 pounds in 8 weeks Chickens are losing (many have lost) their ability to be chickeny

 Food  Shelter  Water  Fresh Air and Sunshine  Protection from Predators