Our little helper

Broilers

Pastured broiler pens are moved every day.

Pepper guarding in the distance.

Sunrise

Fiery sunrise in May 4:30 am

Sometime in May 5:00am

The old and weathered

Farm Field Day

Hello,

We’re planning our farm field day for the 6^th of June. We will be serving a BBQ style lunch for $5.00 a head.

We will tour all the working aspects of the farm. You will be able to purchase chicken and eggs so bring your coolers. Remember this is a working farm. Dress appropriately.

Please RSVP to mattkautz@hotmail.com if you are planning to attend, how many, and if you would like lunch.

See you on the 6^th.

Matt Kautz

Cottonwood Creek Farms

Crawdad

Luke's first encounter with a crawdad.

Special visitors!

Patricia Bainter, chef, stylist, and author for Denver's 303 magazine blog. Check out her beautiful website at http://thepatricianpalette.com/wordpress/

We received a mention in the following post. Farmer’s Market Inspires Lavender Ice Cream

Mark Woolcott is an amazing photographer/videographer. View his work at http://markwoolcottphotography.com/ and http://markwoolcottphotography.com/blog/

Patricia and Mark arrived early July 11th in time for the sunrise and morning chores. When the video is finished I will post a link and you can see the events of that day!

Jack

Our youngest enjoys viewing the animals from a much higher vantage point.



Who has happy pigs!

With temperatures in the high 90's and plenty of water to swim in, these pigs are in heaven.

Have you hugged a chicken today?

Our Rhode Island Red hens are very friendly. The roosters are not as fond of hugs.

Pepper

Farm dog and friend. Pepper is a collie and pyrenees mix. She'll be one year old in a few days.

Sunset at the Creek

Two of our many gorgeous red-heads

Welcome to the Creek!

We are excited to share our farming adventures with you!

Everyone's busy. With nearly 1,600 feathery young'uns to keep fed, watered and happy, (not including the forever curious Rhode Island Red laying hens), we are trying to get the old farm house painted, floors installed, and bathroom finished. You think hens get cranky when they don't have a fresh nest, you should hear the ladies. Although Alyssa and Tiffany are quite adapted to the fluctuations that accompany farming, the bathroom remodel has taken just a bit longer than they would have liked.

With a few side projects like building a mobile roost house (more on that later), Broiler pasture pens, range feeders, and a walk in freezer there isn't much time for construction.

We are looking forward to the sunny, summer days at the farmers markets.

Till next time,

Matt

Colorado Sunset

Meet Margaret

Margaret likes to eat fresh pasture, hunt bugs, and lay deliciously nutritious eggs.

Road Trip Recovery Day

Not much sitting for the travelers today. Matt , Tiff, and uncle Jon kept busy from breakfast till supper. Uncle Jon got to see the greenhouse, meet the hens and baby broilers. I'll have to post some pictures so you can see how cute they are. The new water pump came today. So Matt just had to test it out for the sheer fun of watching it work. It is pretty cool. As the work day drew to a close the three muskateers finished fixing the suburban's oil and transmission issues and got the horses all settled in. Luke will meet the horses tomorrow. Aunt Patty and I went to town to pick up auto parts, groceries and painting supplies for the old farm house that is new to us. Hopefully we can get some painting done tomorrow. We have a lot to do before we are ready to move in.

Awaiting Tiff's arrival!

Yes it is late, or should I say early. Tiffany will be here any minute. She is my cousin from MN, and will be living and working on the farm. Her parents, my wonderful aunt and uncle are helping her drive her belongings(including two horses) out here. Definitely going to bed after they get all settled in.