Little Pasture on the Prairie

The plague of grasshoppers that descended on us last spring may have been a disaster for the vegetable and grain crops, but was a boon for at least one group here on the ranch–the chickens. Between green grass, random kitchen scraps, and thousands and thousands of grasshoppers of all shapes and sizes, starting in May, the chickens had little interest in their store-bought layer pellets. We’d…