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Heritage & Designer Chickens
Our goal is to raise rare, friendly, free-ranging, cold-hardy chicken breeds that can perform well both in shows and at home.
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Pilgrim Geese
Our dream is to raise rare heritage Pilgrim Geese that are friendly, thrive on our pastures, and meet breed standards for exhibition.
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Mini Nubian Dairy Goats
We do our best to raise Mini Nubian goats that are friendly, resistant to parasites, have well-attached udders that produce large amounts of milk loaded with butterfat, and perform well in shows.
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Oberhasli Dairy Goats
Our mission is to raise Oberhasli goats that are friendly, thrive on our land, have well-attached udders and conformation that hold up over a lifetime, and are trainable as pack goats.
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Guernsey Dairy Goats
We want to create our own breed-up program of Guernsey goats with well-attached udders and award-winning conformation.
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Raw Honey & Produce
We seasonally offer raw honey and produce from our garden and orchard, along with various preserves & ferments.
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Established 2021

Welcome to Our Homestead

We have made it our mission to help preserve and improve a variety of endangered heritage poultry & dairy goat breeds on our farm. We care for our land and animals as naturally as possible BUT we do use some conventional methods to save lives as needed. Feel free to contact us with any questions!

About Us: Growing Roots

After years of moving from place to place in the U.S. Navy, Ken met Jess in Illinois and whisked her away to start a new life in Wisconsin. He grew up raising horses in East Texas, and she was born & raised in the Chicago suburbs with a small zoo’s worth of traditional and exotic pets. Both of us always dreamed of having our own land and a few livestock – and here we are!

We both also work full-time – Ken is a senior in nuclear operations training and Jess is a senior in software engineering – so if you message and we’re slow to reply (or completely forget), we’re probably at work or feeding something, fixing something, or chasing something.

We Herd It All

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Heritage & Designer Chickens

We couldn’t decide a single chicken breed to specialize in – there are SO many great ones! We chose to raise a few heritage breeds known to be docile, cold-hardy, and good foragers; and a couple modern designer breeds solely for colorful eggs. Our girls lay a whole rainbow from blue to dark chocolate brown! We often have hatching eggs, chicks, pullets, cockerels, hens, and roosters available from lines bred towards SOP.
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Wendy the Pilgrim Goose

Pilgrim Geese

We’re huge fans of autosexing breeds, so we had to have Pilgrim Geese! Listed as Threatened by the Livestock Conservancy, this heritage goose was created right here in the Midwest. They’re one of the quietest and most docile breeds, and a medium size for the table. During their short breeding season (usually March through June), we have hatching eggs, show-potential goslings, dames, and ganders.

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Mini Nubian Dairy Goats

Nubian dairy goats produce a lot of milk but are huge, and Nigerian Dwarf goats produce rich, sweet milk but in tiny amounts. Mini Nubians are a mix of these two African breeds, and they are the perfect size, with the perfect amount of milk for us! Our herd is registered at MDGA and TMGR under the name JKShrunkTheKids. Each spring, we have Mini Nubian kids from Top Ten milking lines ready for a new pasture.
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Oberhasli Dairy Goats

Descended from Swiss goats, Oberhasli dairy goats are generally calm and quiet, unlike our silly, sensitive Mini Nubians. They produce sweet, clean-tasting milk, and they are also often used for trail packing. Our Oberhasli are registered with ADGA under our herdname JKHerdItAll. Each spring, we have American Oberhasli kids from champion-packed pedigrees seeking new homes.
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Guernsey Dairy Goats

A rare breed originally from the British Isle of Guernsey, these dairy goats are known to be extremely docile and hardy. They produce sweet milk that is generally between Obers and Mini Nubians in butterfat. Our Guernseys are dual registered with ADGA and BGS under JKHerdItAll. Each spring, we might have Experimental (SR or FB), American (HB1 or HB2), or Purebred (BG) British Guernseys available. 
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Honey Bees

We run Minnesota Hygienic Italian and VSH Wisconsin honey bees in our apiary. After loosing our other hives every year to Varroa Destructor no matter how much we tested & treated, we decided to only keep mite resistant bees. But if you see a swarm on your property, feel free to reach out! Depending where they are and whether we have the tools, we’d be happy to rescue them. We also have raw local honey and beeswax seasonally.
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Fresh Produce, Preserves & Ferments

We grow a variety of fresh produce, and we sometimes offer preserves and a few fun fermentation projects. We were thinking about joining the local Farmer’s Market, but it’s a little bit sad-looking and also very pricey to join, so we will just continue to update our availability for all farm goods (including poultry and eggs) on our Farmish storefront at this time.

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