Certified Organic
Dairy
Effective
December 1, 2007, Odd Duck Farm and the adjacent Thomas
Farm were designated as a Certified
Organic Dairy Farm. This completes a more than three
year transistion process. Milk will be marketed under
the Stonyfield brand label. Organic beef, when available,
will be marketed privately. Please use the e-mail form
on this site to obtain more information on organic beef
offerings.
Purchase Brown Swiss
From Odd Duck Farm
Odd Duck Farm, a certified organic dairy,
offers for sale the complete Brown Swiss package of
production, type and in the show-ring. Please contact
us for calves, heifers and bulls for use on your farm
or for oxen. Visit the Herd Offerings Section of this
website to view our complete selection as you Think
Brown Swiss!
Grass Fed and Organic
Beef
In the fall, we will begin to sell grass
fed and certified organic beef from the Brown Swiss
steers we are raising on an on-going basis. We are currently
looking to source an organic beef processor. If you
know of someone within a 75 mile radius of Saratoga
Springs, New York that processes organic beef, please
let us know. Our goal is to sell our beef locally as
much as possible.
Dishie
At the Massachusetts Blue
Ribbon Calf Sale, Dishie, was sold to Sarah Willis of
Buckland, MA. Dishie, an April "07" Pollyden out of
a young 82 pt. Jetway who was the topseller at the "05"
Protein Breed's sale in Syracuse. Next dam is a 92 pt.
Res Grand Champion at the Eastern Brown Swiss show.
She is backed by a Reserve All American Spring Calf
with over 164,000 m. lieftime. Congratulations to Sarah!
Sponsorship of a Softball
Team
For the second year in a row, Odd Duck
Farm has sponsored a rookie softball team for the Old
Saratoga Athletic Association. The "Odd Ducks" are quite
a team with a lot of energy and enthusiasm and they
fit their team name perfectly! See below for the "Odd
Ducks".
Mink Project
Odd Duck Farm has agreed to be a part
of a graduate student project involving mink tracking
to better understand the mink habitat in the geographic
area east of the Hudson from Fort Edward, NY to Stillwater,
NY. This graduate student project involves evaluating
mink habitat use. Mink are live-trapped in Tomahawk
box traps and radio transmitters are attached to the
mink. The mink are then located several times a week.
At each sighting location the habitat is evaluated including
trees, shrubs, and ground cover. In addition to the
vegetation, stream shoreline characteristics are also
documented including boulders, large and small woody
debris, exposed roots and undercut banks. The objective
of the project is to provide wildlife managers a better
understanding of what constitutes suitable mink habitat
so that sound management decisions can be made to help
in their preservation.
