Notice: Our hatchery has closed for Spring 2022 after the tragic loss of our flocks in fall of 2021. Not to fret, we went on an egg-pic 2,800-mile road trip {read more}
Celadon Quail
LAST UPDATED ON MAY 20, 2022 Tired of waiting for your chickens to lay eggs? Most chicken breeds take 21 days to hatch then another 6-8 months to lay eggs. {read more}
How to calculate hatch rates: counting your chicks before they hatch
Count your chicks before they hatch by calculating the number of mature birds with this in-depth, situation-specific formula.
How to build a cattle panel high tunnel hoop house
Plans for: 6-foot wide, 12.5-foot long structure, that is 6-feet tall. The past few years, I have considered building a cattle panel high tunnel hoop house. Things around here have {read more}
We are planning a vacation and road trip to collect hatching eggs up the east coast following big life changes
UPDATE: WE RETURNED ON MAY 14th WITH 261-EGGS AND THEY ARE IN THE INCUBATOR! I WILL WRITE ANOTHER POST SOON WITH STORIES FROM THE ROAD TRIP. This spring, my husband {read more}
No chicks or eggs for spring 2022
As some of you already know I have been planning for some time now to make an announcement about our chickens. The day has come. Carolyn Hurwitz, DVM, Assistant State {read more}
Is this egg a DUD? Good egg vs. bad egg
You are here because you’re wondering: Is this egg is a dud? Well, you’re in the right place. We candle our eggs at 10 days and again just before lockdown {read more}
Blue & Black Copper Marans
LAST UPDATED ON MAY 20, 2022 Black Copper Marans chickens are known for laying lavishly dark eggs. Colors range from deep reddish-copper, crackled-copper with dark brown flecks, to a decadent {read more}
Black & Lavender Ameraucana
LAST UPDATED ON MAY 20, 2022 Ameraucana chickens lay lovely blue eggs, have thick fluffy beards under their beaks and muffs adorning their cheeks. Their neck feathers, or hackles, are {read more}
Golden Bielefelder
[Featured image credit: Dolly Mountain Farm in NC] LAST UPDATED ON MAY 20, 2022 Bielefelder dual purpose chickens begin to lay at only six months. This breed lays an impressive {read more}
Opal & Cream Crested Legbar
LAST UPDATED ON MAY 20, 2022 This beautiful autosexing breed offers a consistent supply of blue eggs and lay earlier than many breeds. The opals are to die for with {read more}
d’Uccle Mille Fleur, Golden Neck and Porcelain Belgian Booted Bantams
I’d like to think of myself as this stoic hardass Maine farm-her, but man, I am becoming obsessed with these adorable Belgian d’Uccle Booted Bantams from Green Grables Farm in {read more}
Finding the Best Autosexing, Rare and Fancy Chicken Breeds
What we’re looking at for 2023 breeds:
55 Flowery Hen
Black Ameraucana
Lavender Ameraucana
Black Copper Marans
F1/F2 Olive Egger
Cream Legbar
Opal Legbar
Mille Fluer d’Uccle
Frizzle d’Uccle
Gold Bielefelder
Polish (multiple colors)
Frizzle Polish