Old Time Family Farm Photos

ABOVE: The Crew and Dawn's Family on the Free-Range Egg and Hay Farm.

Photo by Pete Matzen, 1932. From Left to Right:

Charlie, Walt, Ester, David, Grace, Unknown Fella, Al, Gloria, Bill and Jack.

ABOVE: Old time chicken "colony" house.

Colony houses were moved from spot to spot

(on the farm property) by Clydesdale horses from 1923 to 1963

ABOVE: This egg candler was used to ensure

that eggs laid on the farm were in fact fertile

before being shipped out to hatcheries

Set the candler on its side, plug 'er in, set the egg in

little hole and whaa-LLA!

Can you imagine using a contraption of this size today?

I'm thinking my flashlight does a fine job, thank you!

ABOVE: A very old and weathered (not to mention super cool) egg

scale used to measure weight differences of eggs sold at market.

ABOVE: Ah, the coveted egg basket. No home, farm, ranch

or backyard is complete without one. Cluck, Cluck.

ABOVE: Metal feeders with bases (not shown) and lids were used.

The lids were great and kept chicken sh*t out of the food.

Brilliant, right? Cluck Ya!

ABOVE: What you are looking at is a crafty re-invention of colony house roosts.