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 Breeding happens naturally throughout the year, but we only collect eggs for hatching after the freezing temperatures have passed and before the really hot ‘dog days’ of summer arrive. The health & condition of the chickens themselves and the viability of the eggs are at their peak during these months. I needn’t do anything special, other than keep desired breeding groups together and prevent exposure to additional roosters before & during collection times. When we have hatching eggs or chicks available for sale, we let folks know by sending out an e-mail to my mailing list first. After 24 hours that information is posted on the For Sale page here on the site.
Who and Why we’re breeding....
Black, Blue & Splash Australorps
My primary goal while working with chicken breeding, is to create an EXCELLENT type bird who is ALSO a fine utility specimen. This means that I would like to see beautiful birds who also lay well, are disease & parasite resistant, have mild temperaments and look nicely. I don’t think we should have to sacrifice one set of traits for the other. Over the years I have tried a variety of breeds, and have found that the Australorp, a smaller & more refined version of the Orpington, most closely fits our farm’s needs.
 
Photos of some of the Australorp breeding groups that I started with.
Green, Olive & Blue Egg Easter Eggers
This just happened upon us as a result of purchasing a couple of lovely Green Egg laying hens, who had a couple of babies, who surprisingly also put out lovely light green blue eggs. I decided to hatch another batch and we’re still plucking along and lovely green egg layers bless us, season after season. We’re not sure how far this can go, but we always select the pretties green eggs and set those. People love the green & blue eggs, and it’s always nice to have a few in your laying flock.
Bantam Red Cochins
Surprisingly, these little gals & guys are really a treat to have! They are fairly self sufficient, go broody often, require little maintenance and are FANTASTIC foragers. They were originally the type of chicken we chose for our daughter to keep on her own, and now as she has grown older, they have become part of our flock. They still live on their own, in their own coop, and they have the best personality of all our chickens for sure. Their small eggs are actually quite wonderful to have and even though we never plan to, each year we always let them hatch a clutch or two.
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