The Hinestead

The Hinestead Just a girl geeking out about chickens and striving for a colourful basket 💚💛

✨ Abundance ✨
06/22/2025

✨ Abundance ✨

I don’t like to say I have favorite birds…because you know what happens to them when you use the “F” word 🫣But DANG…they...
05/03/2025

I don’t like to say I have favorite birds…because you know what happens to them when you use the “F” word 🫣

But DANG…they are making it hard.
Breeding olive eggers never gets old, I mean just look at these BEAUTIES 😍

Happy Friday yall!

With the influx of new chicken tenders this year, there has also been an influx of false information going around. Mojo ...
04/24/2025

With the influx of new chicken tenders this year, there has also been an influx of false information going around.

Mojo Homestead FL Official has a TON of awesome information on literally everything chicken on her TikTok and page. There is no stupid question but please, get your information from someone knowledgeable, like this gem of a lady.

Happy Thursday y’all, its almost the weekend 😅

I’m obsessed. That is all. 💚
04/21/2025

I’m obsessed.

That is all. 💚

I’ve got a whole bunch of eggs ready to go to new incubators!These will be “hens choice” dozens which just includes eggs...
04/18/2025

I’ve got a whole bunch of eggs ready to go to new incubators!
These will be “hens choice” dozens which just includes eggs from each breed.
They will include:
Black copper marans 🤎
Multi-Generational olive eggers 💚
BBS Ameraucanas 🩵
I’ve got no more brooder space, or I’d be hatching these bad boys out because there are some BEAUTIES in there.

Located in West End/Pinehurst
DM me for more info 😁

I am just OBSESSED with these olive eggers. I can’t wait to start hatching these eggs out in the fall and see what the o...
04/17/2025

I am just OBSESSED with these olive eggers. I can’t wait to start hatching these eggs out in the fall and see what the offspring produces 💚

I don’t think people give roosters enough credit. They are just as important as the hens, if not more, as far as genetic...
04/13/2025

I don’t think people give roosters enough credit.
They are just as important as the hens, if not more, as far as genetics and what they pass to the offspring.
Look how majestic this boy is 🩵

04/13/2025

If I could share this a million times, I would. Mojo Homestead FL Official has a great video on her TikTok explaining this!
It takes ALOT of time and work to get to SOP in any breed bird and dark egg color in marans and even olive eggers.

Genetics aren’t black and white, they throe curveballs and it’s something we as breeders are CONSTANTLY working towards.

Also, just because a breeder has show quality birds, does NOT mean every single chick that hatches from those birds will also be show quality or lay the darkest egg. In fact, you may only get a few great chicks out of several different hatches.
It’s just the name of the game, and if anyone promises you SOP or dark egg colors, it’s a red flag 🫣

Happy Sunday yall!

Tis the season of the broodies 😅Meet the sister wives, Peanut and Dory. The bantam calico cochin has been sitting on egg...
04/12/2025

Tis the season of the broodies 😅

Meet the sister wives, Peanut and Dory. The bantam calico cochin has been sitting on eggs since Monday and the LF gold laced Cochin decided to join her a few days ago.

Cochins are great for brooding babies! The bantam isn’t even a year old yet and she is not playing about her eggs 😂
Fingers crossed it goes well because I’m all out of incubator space and I’ve got BBS Ameraucanas under them!

‼️LOCATED IN WEST END/PINEHURST‼️‼️‼️Eggs pending‼️I have a Hens choice dozen, plus a few extras, ready for a new incuba...
04/11/2025

‼️LOCATED IN WEST END/PINEHURST‼️‼️

‼️Eggs pending‼️

I have a Hens choice dozen, plus a few extras, ready for a new incubator and four BCM and one olive egger chick, ready for their new brooder!
Chicks are straight run.
Hens choice dozens include BCM, BBS Ameraucanas, and olive egger eggs. There is no promise of how many of certian eggs youll get in each dozen. Its just whatever they hens give me 😊
Please DM me for more info

A little PSA for the new chicken tenders wanting different egg colors, specifically Black copper Marans . Everyone loves...
03/30/2025

A little PSA for the new chicken tenders wanting different egg colors, specifically Black copper Marans .

Everyone loves that super rich, dark chocolate egg and while I understand that, they don’t stay super dark forever.

As the hens progress in their laying cycle, that egg color will fluctuate and even fade some. The genes for that dark egg are still there even though you may get slightly lighter eggs.

And speaking of genes, most breeders wont sell all their darkest eggs. Alot of us will hold them back for ourselves to hatch out and improve our lines.

And the most important part about genes, is that even though you got hatching eggs from a very reputable breeder with dark eggs or “show quality” does not mean that every single egg that you hatch will be dark or every chick will not show quality. That’s just not how genetics work.
As breeders, we hatch out upwards of hundreds of chicks and maybe 5 to 10 might be “show quality” .

So please, don’t expect the best of the best and don’t expect them to be the darkest eggs you’ve ever seen, because that takes YEARS of hard work to get to.

And as always, PLEASE always ask questions. There is no stupid question. We all started somewhere but ask breeders to see pictures of their stock and their eggs in different lighting, ask what the breeders goals are, ect.

Happy Sunday everyone 😊

03/30/2025

Spring is upon us yall…and you know what that means 😎

Hatching season!
Look at the little baby doing back flips in there.

Honestly around day 6-8 is my favorite time to candle marans eggs. They are still pretty hard to see through, but if you record it on your phone, you can usually see it a little better. I like to keep track of the air cells, so I draw a line where it is and watch it grow as the eggs progress.

After day 10, the egg fills up with baby and it is basically impossible to see through.

Happy hatching season everyone ❤️

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