We plan to have 55’s available for spring 2023! A follower on Facebook reached out and offered us a breeding pair. Unfortunately, before we picked them up the rooster had {read more}
Chicken
It’s Official! Our 2022 new breeds…
Our hatchery is closed for Spring 2022. We traveled 2,968-miles in May to collect excellent stock from several states along East Coast, including our first ever bantams and quail. We {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 Our hatchery is closed for Spring 2022. We traveled 2,968-miles in May to collect excellent stock from several states along East Coast, including our first ever bantams and quail. We {read more}
Golden Bielefelder
LAST UPDATED JUNE 3, 2022 Bielefelder chickens are autosexing, hefty dual purpose birds which begin to lay at six months. This breed lays an impressive 230 big beautiful brown eggs {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}
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.
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