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Celebrating Small Business Day at Briden Farm

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Medicated Ointment and Antiseptic Salve

Here at Briden Farm we’re helping bridge the gap, and still meet the needs of our friends who are looking for Medicated Ointment and Salve. As You may know, Brian at BridenFarm.com sells Watkins Products and sadly, Watkins has decided to stop selling Non-Food Items! So, to help meet the needs of those who are seeking things like Medicated Ointment and Salve. To that end we are celebrating Small Business Saturday by

Welcoming Rawleigh Products to BridenFarmStore.com

Not Only Ointments and Salves! Checkout with the Pie Fillings and Dessert Mixes!

Plus Quality Supplements! 

We hope You’ll enjoy these great products! Rawleigh has been a “Friend of the Family” since 1889.

Moving our Animals inside for Winter

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Briden, Ebon, and Patsy

Here in Nova Scotia we sometimes have up to six feet of snow and temperatures as low as -25°C or 13°F. Actually colder in some Northern parts of the Province! So, that means our animals need shelter for Winter. 

To be honest, it actually saves us time, once we get them all moved in. For most of the year, from Spring to Fall, sometimes even into Winter, all our critters get moved on a pretty regular basis. Usually every week, or so, they get moved to a new pasture. The rule of thumb is to move Goats at least every 30 days, Pigs at least every two weeks, and SHEEP!!! Sheep need to be moved every 4 Days! Ok! Why all this moving!? 

Here Briden Farm we keep everything natural and we don’t use antibiotics, chemical dewormers, or other drugs to medicate our critters unless they absolutely need it! In fact we haven’t used any since we began over four years ago!

That’s because by moving everyone on a regular basis, Goats at least every 30 days, Pigs biweekly, and Sheep every 4 Days, we stay ahead of the parasite cycle! See, with Sheep, their worms become infective on day 5. So we move them every four days, and they are on their new pasture, before their parasites get a chance to infect them! 

That’s just part of the system though! The other part is that once we move them, nothing gets back on the same piece of ground for at least 90 Days! That way the parasites have no Host to infect because they’ve moved before the parasites can infect them, and by not returning for at least 90 days, the parasites not only have nothing to live on, but die before our animals return to that area. Thus chemicals are not needed! Thus, all our critters live as natural as possible! 

The only time we give our animals anything other than fresh water and their grains is when they have a cut, or something like that. Up until recently we used Watkins Medicated Ointment and Petro Carbo Salve. However, Watkins recently decided to stop selling all their Non-Food items!

So, now, we’ll be using Rawleigh Medicated Ointment and Rawleigh Antiseptic Salve

Both of these good ole companies have produced these wonderful products for over 135 Years! 

Anyway, I digress, let’s get back to getting our livestock back inside for Winter!

Imagine, how laborious it is to move sheep every four days, pigs at least every couple weeks, and goats at least every month! Compound that by the number of pastures. Sometimes we have a half dozen pastures on the go at a time! All needing to be rotated on a regular basis!

Very tiring and time consuming! Sort of makes one think about why naturally raised, ethically treated, rotationally pastured pork, poultry, and other meat costs so much! Right? Usually our meat birds get moved at least once, or twice, a day!

So, once we get everyone moved inside for the Winter we sort of get a chance to rest! 

Now You know the Rest of the Story! 

Affordable Feeds at Briden Farm

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Briden Farm Scratch and Hemp Seed Feeds

What Do You Pay? Have You seen our Affordable Feeds? Look at our Affordable Feeds Page and see how we can help You. Four Grain Scratch Feed, Human Grade Hemp Seed Feed, and Lay Mash. Which of these Feeds do you use? Which Feeds would You like to see us carry next? We buy in Bulk and do our best to help You save!

Have Questions? Call Brian at 902-907-0770


Hemp Seed Treats for Pets

 

Contemplating Launching A Briden Farm Podcast

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Podcasting from Briden Farm

We’ve been asked lately why we don’t have a Podcast? 

A good question! Not sure we have a good answer, except that there are only so many hours in a day! 

Honestly, I also have wondered if Podcasts are still “A Thing”? I used to have a Podcast, years ago! So, I wondered if was it was still popular enough to warrant a second look!? 

Much to my surprise, according to Brandtastic.com … 

  • Over 55% of the US population have listened to a podcast
  • In 2020 over 155 million people listen to a podcast every week
  • Around 24% of the US population (68 million) listen to multiple podcasts weekly

Now, I’m not sure how many there are in Canada 🍁??? 

As I write that, I can hear my Mom, she passed in 2004, but I can still hear her say, “Look it up!” 

So, I just looked it up! 

According to inspiration.nlogic.ca there are .. 

“one third of Canadian adults claim to have listened to a podcast in the past month” 

Now, I wonder how many of our friends, fans, and followers are listening? What’s Your Favourite Podcast? 

Honestly, I thought Videos, and YouTube, would be more popular? Right? Well, yes, it seems about 71% of Canadians watch YouTube! However, when we think that in some ways you have to sit down when watching, but you can listen to a Podcast on the move! I guess it makes sense in our busy world that more, and more, people will use Podcasts! 

So, why not? Timing is everything and it seems like Podcasting is gaining popularity! So, we’ve gone as far as setting up our Podcasting Website… 

Briden Farm Hugs

I know that’s a funny name for a Farm Podcast!
You’ll have to Click Through to See Why! 

Briden Farm Hugs


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