We are cutting our flock down from it’s peak of 100+ mostly summer free-rangers to a selected 20 hens, and their respective roosters per-breed, for overwintering. In the last few View Article
Chickens
Get more chicken eggs in winter with light and diet
LAST UPDATED JAN 6, 2017 If your chickens are anything like mine, they go on vacation near the winter solstice. The hens reduce egg output due to the shortening of View Article
Collection, Storage and Care of Hatching Eggs
Hatching Eggs are different than Grocery Store Eggs LAST UPDATED JAN 30, 2018 I am asked on occasion if eggs from the grocery store would hatch. My answer is no. View Article
Hen or rooster, preparing for winter, and getting more eggs
How to tell the sex of your chickens, bump up that winter production, and thinning out your flock.
Golden Bielefelder
This dual purpose autosexing breed is an excellent choice for a homestead. They are curious and gentle, making them a good choice for farms with small children. By only five months of age, the roosters were by far the largest we have ever raised here on the mountain, and have never had an argument.
Cream Crested Legbar
Cream Crested Legbar is a beautiful autosexing breed offering a consistent supply of large, light blue to green tinted eggs and lay earlier than many breeds.
Frizzle & Smooth d’Uccle Booted Bantams
I am becoming obsessed with these adorable d’Uccle Booted Bantams. I mean, just look at them! How could you not be obsessed? Those two-color freckles and fuzzy cheeks are out of a muppet movie—and they have “snowshoes” for feet.
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