Hi! I've grown up with chickens most of my life but have a real passion for the rare and heritage breeds and crazy beautiful egg color!!---
With my husband's keen coop building skills we raise: English Orpingtons-Crele (partridge/cuckoo), Isabel (lavender/cuckoo) and Chocolate and chocolate/cuckoo, Black Copper Marans, Silvrudds Blue Isbars, Crested Cream Legbars, BLRW Wyandottes, Sicilian Buttercups, Olive Eggers multi generational and Silkies-Paint, Partridge/Red pyle project pen, Lavender, and Dun chocolate/kahki/blue.
Silkies- S*x link chocolates, buffs
We feed our chickens Non-GMO feed and free range with plenty of garden veggies and bugs when in season! Sharing what I love with families and farms alike is just the best!
2020 not back to laying yet!! SILVERUDDS BLUE ISBARS-- Blue, Black and Splash (The only true breed to lay a moss green egg and sometimes with speckles)
Black Copper MARANS(Very, very dark brown egg layers)
ORPINGTONS LF English variety(Brown egg layers)
~Isabel (Lavender and cuckoo)
~Crele
~Chocolate Cuckoo
~Blue Buff Columbian
FANCY CRESTED BIRDS ( While chicks cannot be deemed SHOW QUALITY-- we hatch from SHOW QUALITY stock and sell show quality chicks based on correct toes, skin color and crest. We also have PET Quality-- beautiful birds but lacking correct toes etc, and sometimes free roos!
SILKIES
~Cuckoo Silkies(2019) chicks and eggs will be available
~Blue Cream
~Blue, Black and Splash Silkies (2019) chicks and eggs will be available
~Paint Silkies (2019) chicks will be available
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Buff Silkies (2019)chicks will be available- silkie and frizzle
CREAM CRESTED LEGBARS (Lays a true light blue egg)
NEW FOR 2019!! The CIVIL WAR Heritage Chicken Collection:
Heritage breeds are traditional livestock breeds that were raised by our forefathers. These are the breeds of a bygone era, before industrial agriculture became a mainstream practice. These breeds were carefully selected and bred over time to develop traits that made them well-adapted to the local environment and they thrived under farming practices and cultural conditions that are very different from those found in modern agriculture.
Hamburgs, Dorkings and Sicilean Butterecups!
Some of the oldest chicken breeds in America dating back to the early 1800’s-- During the Civil War era you may have seen these chickens at early homesteads. These breeds are also listed under WATCH with the Livestock Conservancy!
In a more general sense, heritage animals are the animals that you’d find on your great-grandparents farms. Heritage is an umbrella term that embraces pure breeds of livestock and poultry with deep histories in the United States. These are animals that were bred over time to develop traits that made them suited to specific local environments. Because these breeds have been developed and selected over time, they tend to have better disease resistance, are well-adapted to their environments, and thrive in pasture-based settings.
Heritage Chicken must adhere to all the following:
APA Standard Breed
Heritage Chicken must be from parent and grandparent stock of breeds recognized by the American Poultry Association (APA) prior to the mid-20th century; whose genetic line can be traced back multiple generations; and with traits that meet the APA Standard of Perfection guidelines for the breed. Heritage Chicken must be produced and sired by an APA Standard breed. Heritage eggs must be laid by an APA Standard breed.
Naturally mating
Heritage Chicken must be reproduced and genetically maintained through natural mating. Chickens marketed as Heritage must be the result of naturally mating pairs of both grandparent and parent stock.
Long, productive outdoor lifespan
Heritage Chicken must have the genetic ability to live a long, vigorous life and thrive in the rigors of pasture-based, outdoor production systems. Breeding hens should be productive for 5-7 years and roosters for 3-5 years.
Slow growth rate
Heritage Chicken must have a moderate to slow rate of growth, reaching appropriate market weight for the breed in no less than 16 weeks. This gives the chicken time to develop strong skeletal structure and healthy organs prior to building muscle mass.
Chickens marketed as Heritage must include the variety and breed name on the label.
Terms like “heirloom,” “antique,” “old-fashioned,” and “old timey” imply Heritage and are understood to be synonymous with the definition provided here.
Abbreviated Definition: A Heritage Egg can only be produced by an American Poultry Association Standard breed. A Heritage Chicken is hatched from a heritage egg sired by an American Poultry Association Standard breed established prior to the mid-20th century, is slow growing, naturally mated with a long productive outdoor life.
The Livestock Conservancy has over 30 years of experience, knowledge, and understanding of endangered breeds, genetic conservation, and breeder networks.
