Spring EggsPress Newsletter 2026

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Subject: Spring EggsPress Newsletter 2026

Dear Farm Friends,

We are now open for the season! What a winter it was; we hadn’t seen that much snow in several years and that much extended cold weather. It was a winter like many of us remember from years ago... lots of snow and lots of cold. Even though it was extremely cold, the frost did not go deeply into the ground because the deep snow cover acted like a blanket and kept the ground warmer. Due to that the “mud season” came and went, so we were able to start Spring clean up and now we’re ready for you all to come and visit.

.All the animals (they are smiling at you below) are really looking forward to your coming to meet and feed them!

Farmers,

Julie, Nevin, Chadam and Pete

PS We’ll be open every day from 9:00am-5:00pm every day until November

CHICKEN COOP AT YOUR OWN HOUSE?

GROW YOUR OWN CHICKENS

It’s a wonderful experience to grab some eggs from your very own chicken coop and eat them for breakfast that same morning. I haven’t looked at the rules lately, but it used to be the eggs could be 90 days old and still sold in the store strictly fresh.

Hens (female chickens) will begin laying eggs when they’re around 22 weeks old. If you ever thought of growing some chickens for eggs, and would like to get a jump on the game Flamig Farm is expecting 400. Approximately 20 week old pullets (young female chickens) to be delivered to our farm on April 9, and we will be selling approximately 200 of them. Supply is limited so please don’t hesitate too long so you’re not disappointed. They will be a red chicken that lays brown eggs. We have ordered these chickens from this

hatchery for several years and have had wonderful luck with them. The price will be $25 per pullet.

Please call before you come to make sure we have someone there that is ready and able to catch your birds for you.

And we ask that you bring your own containers for transportation. Dog crates or Cardboard boxes, and packing tape work quite well.

YAKITY YAK GEORGE IS BACK

George is a big beautiful white Himalayan yak. He’s a rare creature in that only about 2% of all yaks are ever white. They are typically spotted and it’s very rare that they are almost all white like George.

Yaks, are typically used for packing (no not as in packing your suitcase for business trips or vacations) as in carrying loads of stuff for people. Also, their fiber is exceptional for keeping

you warm if you happen to make some clothing out of it.

George was born on a Petting Zoo in Missouri. He was later rescued from an exotic animal auction where he was being sold as a live trophy mount. Next he lived in Kentucky for a while until our dear friends “Pitty” and Ryan from Stonington CT were asked if they give him a home and they did. George has been trained to be led on a lead rope and you can ride on his back if you’re not too afraid of his massive horns.

We believe George is between 12 and 14 years old and maximum lifespan for a yak like him would be 18 to 20 years, although most yaks aren’t quite as cute and lucky as George and would have been butchered long before that.

George is really looking forward to you visiting him at the Petting Zoo this year.

Did you know that Earth Day celebrations started in the 1970s as a way to celebrate the bounty provided us all by our beautiful planet, Mother Earth? For years, Flamig Farm has joined in that celebration, making Earth Day the official Grand Re-Opening of Flamig Farm each spring. The Farm’s Earth Day celebrations include fun and learning for guests of all ages.

SATURDAY AND SUNDAY, April 25th & 26th 2026 from 9am to 5pm. Come for the whole day or just sample the activities for a morning or afternoon. Your heart will be filled with new reverence for our planet, your tummy with delicious food and you will snap memorable photos capturing laughter and joy.

Here are some things about Earth Day you’ll experience:

Petting Zoo (Meet our new baby animals and visit with your old friends)
Tractor Hayrides
Pony Rides
Live Music
Frank’s Food Truck & Bricins Festival Foods
Keifer's Kettle Korn
Bounce House & Giant Slide
Face Painting

Admission is at a discounted price of $5 per person (babies under one and adults at least 80 years old are free). Grain sold by the cup $1 each.

A rooster's crow is so loud, it can deafen you if you stand too close. So how do roosters keep their hearing? To find out, researchers attached recorders to the heads of three roosters, just below the base of their skulls. Crows lasted 1 to 2 seconds and averaged more than 130 decibels. That's about the same intensity as standing 15 meters away from a jet taking off. One rooster's crows reached more than 143 decibels, which is more like standing in the middle of an active aircraft carrier. The researchers then used a micro–computerized tomography scan to create a 3D x-ray image of the birds' skulls. When a rooster's beak is fully open, as it is when crowing, a quarter of the ear canal completely closes and soft tissue covers 50% of the eardrum, the team reports in a paper in press at Zoology. This means roosters aren't capable of hearing their own crows at full strength. The intensity of a rooster's crow diminishes greatly with distance, so it probably doesn't cause significant hearing loss in nearby hens. But if it did, she'd likely be OK. Unlike mammals, birds can quickly regenerate hair cells in the inner ear if they become damaged.

SMILE!

As you may remember, we end each newsletter with a silly joke. And they always have to connect to farm life. Well, here is what happens when you don't pay attention to cows along the road..

Please come by soon and often this season.

All our info is on our web site, www.FlamigFarm.com and our office phone number is 860.658.5070.

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Subject: Spring EggsPress Newsletter 2026

YAKITY YAK GEORGE IS BACK