Jjaras now selling our eggs!

Every Thursday or Saturday, a child or two and I head over to our favourite farm gate shop in Inverloch - Jjaras.

Have you ever been over to this wonderful place?

Savannah has been there many times helping out, and the good news is that our eggs are becoming popular there now that we are supplying them!

Susannah and Joe run a terrific, delicious and convenient shop to pick up our favourite home grown, local and Organic veg.  We usually slip out the door with a few cats tongue cookies for the kiddos and a latte for mama.

Head over there to check them out if you get a chance... they serve amazing food too, and when we get the chance, we sit at their generous table in the sunshine and get fed wholesome nutritious home cooked food.

What places have you been lately that make you happy?

sending the love

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"Dear Nic and Amy,

I've just purchased some of your Ruby Hills eggs, which delighted me 
after finding them difficult to source for some time. Inside the carton I found your note. I wanted to let you know that your eggs have never been surpassed by any egg I have tried since first sampling yours in what from memory was 2008. 

They are rich, deep, golden, fresh, 
flavoursome and quite frankly, far superior to any 'free range', 
'organic' or 'friend's hens in the backyard' eggs I've tried. I grew up on a farm and we had our own hens and fresh eggs and I know what makes for a good one.

I do hope you find a way to continue producing and supplying your 
beautiful eggs.

all the best, Felicity" 

Oh, we're feeling the love, friends.  And super excited to turn the page on the next chapter for us!

Just a little excited, as we get the keys for our new property (insert fanfare here) on Monday! 

Watch this space - we'll share some pictures soon. xx A

adjusting our sails

We have exciting times ahead of us here at Ruby Hills Organics!

We are in the process of shifting to a superb slice of land at Walkerville - not too far from here.  There are big changes ahead of us - firstly we are not going to be milking cows anymore.  Whilst this will be a big change, we are looking forward to the freeing up of Nic's time to invest it more in the chooks.

The land we have found is not currently Certified Organic - so we'll be doing that as soon as we step onto the land.  It does however have favourable history - in that it hasn't had any chemical fertiliser and or weed sprays on the paddocks for at least 5 years.  The Certification process will take time, however, so there'll be a change in our egg cartons while we are in certification process.

We are busy with soil testing, selling cattle and sorting our family out for the big move.  We can only hope that our loyal customers continue their amazing support of our spectacular eggs.  

Rest assured that our eggs will remain the same through this process - they'll be eating the same soy free Certified Organic feed and have open access to paddock grasses, herbs and bugs 24 hours a day.  And as always - treated with respect and love.

Happy trails to you and yours from me and mine -- we'll keep you posted!

~Nic and Amy and the little ones

future generations

peek-a-boo

A morning ride to Cranbourne to pick up our 400 new lovely mini ladies.

Our babies are packed so beautifully and safely in these perfect little boxes - they are warm and cozy and happy - we haven't lost any of these ones in transit ever (which can easily happen as they're only a day old).

My two youngest and I pick them up and have a very cheep cheep cheepy ride back home to their new home for the next few weeks...

Their cozy and warm container where they learn to grow and socialise.

Savannah was particularly excited with many very expressive pointing sessions and squeals of delight.  I have to admit, they're so darn cute that you need to have some cuddling sessions.  She wasn't THAT brave yet with the day old chicks.  I bet next time she will be though!  Monty however is always the right hand farm man.  Helping with all and fearless of everything.

 

 

These girls are the future of our cow herd.  Feeling a bit frisky and cheeky the other day - braving the electric fences for a bit of a tiki tour around the farm... Hooking a 9 in their tails and kicking it up. 

Fingers crossed that we'll be able to buy our farm this year.
We've got so many irons in the fire, but we wouldn't have it any other way.  

Life is good. Busy, stressful at times, muddy at times, warm and blissful at times, but good. We never take for granted that we have all we need at our fingertips to nourish ourselves, sustain our lives and create a healthy future generation.  We're happy that we can share a bit of that with you too!

new life

My husband is the one that can walk up to a mama giving birth and gently give her a hand.  This one just needed a bit of foot guideance to come out.  She was sniffing at the calf by the fence hoping that it was hers and that she had already done it!  

Once that foot was aligned, it was full steam ahead...

to a brand new life.  Always a miracle and always special.

 

 

My friend Emma and her husband Matt looked after the farm 2 weeks ago for us while we visited family in NZ.
Here's her little tribute to the farm.
Happy days to you and yours from me and mine. xx

Calving time

The babies are abundant these days.  Glorious days to be Born.

our eggs need some new homes!

Hello out there - we're up to our eyeballs in lovely eggs at the moment 

- all of our girls are in full swing and loving a bit of sunshine.

We've gone from having a very long waiting list of shops interested in selling our eggs to an oversupply for a number of reasons... we raised 1500 babies last season to meet demand - and they're all laying now! There has also been a glut of "cheap" organic eggs from Queensland that flooded the market last month that has sent us into an oversupply...  So if your favourite shop hasn't been able to get our eggs, ask them again because they're now available.  

We really work hard on producing the ultimate egg - Soy free, outdoor, bug and grass eating happy girls.  

We hope that the demand for our ethical and nutritious product comes back up to sustain the business.  

We will be doing our first market in a long while

Red Hill Markets - 1 December!

Stop by to say hello if you are there.

I'll be the lady with a new baby in the sling!  

Happy warm days to you and yours...