Feathered Acres

03/22/2024

🥰 This cutting board..🥹

My son made it for me in his woods class at school. Seeing him put my logo into it melted my heart.

He is a big help with Feathered Acres, from letting the birds out in the morning before he goes on the bus, to helping me finish up chores when he gets home 🤎

I asked him proudly, 'Can I show it off?' With a boastful smirk, he said 'you better!'

So I added some pretty eggs that are getting ready for the incubator and decided to share them with you all.

🥚🤎🫶 HAPPY FRIDAY EVERYONE 🫶🤎🥚

01/31/2024

Who would of thought ❄️ could make these eggs look even more beautiful!
I'm glad I captured this gorgeous photo before all the snow is gone!

👏 Keep up the good work Feathered Acres ladies, counting down the days til hatching time 👏

01/21/2024

😍 My Pullets from last year are beginning to lay 😍

These cold temperatures have me checking for eggs multiple times a day but with these new colors coming in, I really don't mind 😏🤎

I ALSO have my list of available breeds completed for anyone looking to order chicks or hatching eggs this year!

📝I will share the list in the comments, feel free to PM me with any questions and pre orders!

😊 Happy Sunday Everyone 😊

12/25/2023

🎁 Merry Christmas Everyone 🎁 I hope you all are having a blessed holiday with Family and Friends ❤️

🎄 I do have something to share...🎄👼....
...there will be more then just adorable ducklings and chirping chicks hatching this spring at Feathered Acres .......🐣👶🥰

12/18/2023

Hatching Season is coming in fast and I wanted to share some photos my cousin sent me!

I remember when she first reached out to me last spring, she was so excited, she had talked her hubby into chicks for her boys right before Easter.

She didn't place an order so I sold her what I had on hand, she wasn't picky!

I told her I couldn't sell her my SOP breeds due to back order, but I could make damn sure she had a beautiful eggs basket.

Maybe I know what I'm doing after all... 😍😏💁‍♀️
🙌 Bring on the 2024 Season 🫶

12/17/2023

Pretty simple actually...😆🤍🐓🧡

11/09/2023

I received these photos from a happy customer today, and her Black Copper Maran pullet did not disappoint her (or me) 😍🤎

Breeding for egg color can be difficult, but breeding towards SOP while striving for that egg color can be a real challenge!

My BCM line is the most difficult so these photos are beyond reassuring!

🤎 Keep the photos coming 🤎

11/03/2023

🐓⏰️🍁Just a friendly fall reminder🍁⏰️🐓

09/08/2023

🙋‍♀️.........😅

~Happy Friday Everyone~

08/27/2023

A day late...but....

Happy National Dog day, to Feathered Acres best guard dog ever, Scarlet! 🐶❤️

Our poultry free range during the day, and she is outside with them 99.9% of the time.

She was never hired for this position, she calmly volunteered and solemnly swears to never let a robin land in the yard, a squirrel come down from a tree or let chipmunk reside anywhere on the property 😅

She is attentive to every squawk or fuss when they occur! Always being sure to investigate before returning to her favorite nap area (with one eye open of course) ❤️

We've had neighbor dogs wonder into the yard looking for some feathers to chase and she has stopped them dead in their tracks! She deserves a special shout out, for all she does for Feathered Acres 👏

🤎 Love you Scar Scar 🤎

08/21/2023

A special thank you to everyone that has been tagging Feathered Acres in their posts, leaving positive reviews, and sharing their beautiful egg photos for everyone to see 😍

Not only is it humbling, but it also helped this page grow EVEN MORE. The Feathered Acres page hit over 500 followers this past weekend 👏

I soaked up the love and decided to share my own photo.

It's crazy how far this page has come. Slowing down hasn't even been thought, and it's all because of you guys!

❤️Thank You❤️

08/07/2023

So happy to be bringing color to customers egg baskets 🥰

We have 3 layers as of today. We are all so excited and get to see the color differences with them….wow! So neat!

Such an awesome experience with the kids thanks to Feathered Acres. 💕🐓

08/03/2023

...sometimes....🤣😅.....

07/23/2023

'Never lose an opportunity of seeing anything beautiful, for beauty is God's handwriting'
-Ralph Waldo Emerson-

As the season of hatching is coming to an end, I had the time to sit back and 'smell the flowers' this weekend.
I'm so grateful for my family, friends, and of course all of you. So much more is to come from Feathered Acres, but for now, enjoying these beauties is at the top of my to-do list. 🪺🌸❤️

07/11/2023

FELLOW Chicken owners can relate right?!

This HAS been me....more times than I would like to admit 😅
Especially with my growouts for next year maturing!

Don't let me feel like the only chicken creeper🤭

Hit the 'Like'' if you can relate 💯

06/25/2023

Happy 'Speckled Sunday' Everyone 😍🥚😊

05/31/2023

👋 Hello Everyone 👋
Sorry it's been so long since my last post/update, but I'm back, and boooyyyy do I have some sweeetttt news.....PULLETS.
I HAVE EXTRA! Ranging from 6 to 12 weeks of age!

I want to offer them to my followers and previous customers before I post them anywhere else!
Soooo if you got birds from me this year, you have first dibs! If you are a follower, you have second dibs. Whatever is left will get posted else where.
These are all hybrid breeds, bred for s*x linkage, as well as egg color. I do not have any heritage pullets available.
Breeds Available Ranging from $15-$20 each
-Moss Eggers
-Chocolate Eggers
-Olive Eggers
-BC1 Eggers
I will add photos below (not all. Some pullets were not photogenic 🥴)! If you are interested, pm me, and I will work on a first come, first serve basis, starting with customers.
Thanks, everyone! I'm excited to be back in full swing, Feathered Acres has more birds than ever, and I can't wait to share them all with you 🫶❤️

05/08/2023

Tempature control is so important for chicks success! This is a long read, but a darn good one.

I have many people reach out about recommended tempature for chicks, here is an explanation on why I recommend what I do ❤️🐣🥚

04/16/2023

I wanted to share some eggs that I set in my incubator this weekend, for 1 person! They ordered 12 of each breed I have to offer! I really enjoyed setting these colorful eggs 🥰

I wasn't able to add any Black Copper Marans to their order, due to my waiting list still being filled. But I still wanted to share some of my beautiful BCM eggs that I have set for current orders 🤎😍

After this large order my waiting list for chicks will be all caught up (beside the BCMs) and I will be setting eggs per order, or for myself!

Feel free to pm me if you would like to to get on the list 🥚🤎

04/10/2023

Happy belated Easter Everyone!

I've decide to not keep these 3 Blue Ameraucanas, I hatched them out 1/3/23. 2 pullets and 1 cockeral are up for grabs. I would like them to go together.

I wanted to share with all my followers and friends before I posted them elsewhere.

If interested feel free to pm me!

EDIT : THEY HAVE FOUND NEW HOMES 🥰

04/03/2023

Feathered Acres T-Shirts have officially arrived 👏
When I carried this box into the house, I couldn't believe how heavy it was....than I remembered the order was for '86' T-SHIRTS!
That is pretty fricken sweet for my first apparel order (notice how I said 'first' 😉)
If you order a t-shirt I will be reaching out to you soon!
It was a awesome feeling opening this box and seeing my logo front and center!
I had no idea what I was getting into when I started Feathered Acres, the stress has been overwhelming but rewarding at the same time. This was certainly a rewarding moment.
Thanking everyone just doesn't seem like enough, but THANK YOU ❤️🐓

03/25/2023

🥶Happy Saturday🥶..think spring..think spring🌱😅

Cutness overload 😍 these fluff nuggets hatched on Wednesday, and I have to say, they might be the cutest chicks I have ever hatched at Feathered Acres

They are a hybrid breed between my Salmon Faverolle and Ameracaunas. I'm going to refer to them as a Favaucana (I did not come up with the name).

They are THE fluffiest! They also seem to have that 5th toe, and feathered legs from their mothers' side, the Salmon Faverolles.

I do not breed SF at Feathered Acres, but I do have 2 hens that came to me as chicks that we named Sal and Fav-io. They are super chatty, friendly, and a little on the quirky side. They tend to jump on my back to perch anytime I bend down to work on something inside of their run/coop!

They lay a light brown/cream, medium-sized egg with dark speckling. I get 4 to 5 eggs from each of them a week. With this hybrid mix, they should produce a light colored cream, blue, or greenish egg, with a possibility of a brown speckled overlay 😍

These Favaucanas are getting the most attention out of last week's hatch, we can't get enough of that fluff 🫶

03/18/2023

"A PURPLE EGG?!" my 13 year old shouted, when he noticed it on the counter!
After my heart settled from his abrupt question 😅
I explained to him where the purple egg came from and why it looked that way!
Most may already know, but for those that don't, I thought I would share!

✨️Just before a hen lays her egg, her body adds the last and most protective coating to the shell: THE BLOOM. The bloom is wet when applied and dries quickly when it drops in her nest.

✨️It is a protective shield, covering all the pores so that bacteria and outside gases or chemicals cannot enter the egg while also trapping moisture inside the egg. The result is a full, rich egg with a bright orange yolk, as well as a protected embryo!

✨️ I never wash my eggs at Feathered Acres, and my nesting boxes are always kept clean. Since my chickens were young I had them perching, I also blocked off their nesting boxes til they were close to lay. Another great tip is too keep your roosting bars above your nesting boxes . My chickens caught on fast and understood the assignment. Leaving my nesting boxes 💩 free (95% of the time)

✨️Some hens, like this Black Copper Maran of mine, will lay a heavy distinctive bloom. With a small dab of water you can see the true color underneath the bloom! The heavy bloom can fade throughout the laying season, but it is said to be genetic, passed down to offspring! Does this mean I will be breeding for heavy bloom layers?! YES, YES IT DOES! 😘

❤️🥚SHARE YOUR HEAVY BLOOM EGG PICS 🥚❤️

03/10/2023

🤔 Notice anything different about my egg colors?!😍

My Cayugas are officially laying! Yes, that color is real, black duck eggs 🖤
They usually start laying these dark eggs at the beginning of the laying season, and they eventually fade to a grayish tone, sometimes even white. I can't wait to check the fertility, and get these babies growing!
I have a few duckling orders this spring, and I can't wait to have ducklings running around Feathered Acres again! 🐥
Baby chicks are adorable, but there is something about those little bills and webbed toes 🖤😍

03/07/2023

Let's give some love to those beautiful brown eggs 😍 They are a MUST for completing colorful egg baskets ❤️🥚

03/03/2023

A glass of wine and belly rubs to end my 2 days off work?! YES PLEASE! 🥂
I usually call them 'days off' but I've spent them preparing for Sunday's hatch (94 chicks 😳), sending fluff nuggets to new homes, finalizing orders for the spring, and watching my shelved chick brooder get built (photos coming soon) 🥰
Hatching Season is hectic, and it's not even in full swing! But..I LOVE IT! Sipping a glass of wine and rubbing bellies is a lovely evening to me!

SIDE NOTE: Feathered Acres HAD OVER 50 T-SHIRT ORDERS PLACED! Blessed is an understatement 🙏
🐓 Have a Wonderful Weekend Everyone 🐓

02/28/2023

👕🐣 Feathered Acres T-Shirts 🥰🐓

About a week ago, I stumbled around the idea of having some t-shirts made for Feathered Acres.
I reached out to family and friends, and the number of people that wanted one was heartwarming!

So I added some color choices and decided to offer them to all my amazing followers, customers, and to those I may have not asked yet!

✨️NO PRESSURE✨️

I just wanted to make sure everyone had the chance before a large order is placed! If you want to respond to this post, or send me a pm with your size and color choice I will put you on the list!

My goal is to place the order by the end of the week 🙌

❤️ Thank you for all the constant love and support ❤️

02/25/2023

👋 Happy Saturday Everyone👋
I want to do a quick post about Olive Eggers!
I get many questions regarding them so I wanted to explain them better, to everyone.

🥚OLIVE EGGER🥚
✨️Olive Eggers are not considered a heritage breed of chicken, the are a hybrid.
✨️They are made from crossing a Brown Egg laying hen or rooster with a Homozygous Blue hen or Rooster
✨️This produces an F1 Olive Egger or simply named 'Olive Egger'
✨️The egg color will vary in shades of green, depending on the strength of egg color genetics used to breed them, but they will always lay a shade of green.
🥚BC1 OLIVE EGGER🥚
✨Breeders will take an F1 Olive Egger and breed them back to a Rooster with Dark Brown egg genetics, creating offspring called 'BC1 Olive Egger'
(Back Crossed Generation 1)
✨These ️offspring will lay a Darker Green egg or a Dark Matted Brown egg. 50/50 chance of either color
✨️BC1 Olive Eggers are not guaranteed to produce a shade of green egg like an Olive Egger, but their egg colors tend to be 'jaw dropping' 😍

This was a very basic explanation, I have posted picture along with this to help. I hope this clears the air on Olive Eggers and understanding one of the breeds that I offer here at Feathered Acres 😊

02/20/2023

MONDAY MADNESS 😅

In the last 2 days these beautiful chicks have been hatching! Out of 62 eggs making it to lock down, 60 hatched 😍

🐣 40 Easter Eggers
🐣 20 Sex-Linked Olive Eggers

MONDAY MADNESS will be happening for the next 3 weeks, be prepared for the cutest photo dumps, from yours truly ☺️