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Unlike Easter Eggers that hatcheries often sell as Ameraucanas, these are the real deal. We love their fluffy cheeks, pea combs, and sky blue (sometimes minty) eggs! Our line is directly from APA Grand Master Exhibitor Paul Smith. To preserve feather quality, we breed our Self-Blue Ameraucanas (aka Lavender Ameraucanas) back to Black Ameraucanas every few generations. Chicks during those years might be Self-Blue or Black.
The only truly Norwegian chicken, the Jaerhon or Jaerhons is a small autosexing breed that lays large white eggs. They are active foragers and prefer to free range. We have two lines - one from Ideal Poultry and one from a private breeder who imported her birds directly from her family's hometown in Norway back when it was legal. Chicks need a bit more TLC and adults are more fragile than other breeds - we are working towards increasing hardiness.
A landrace breed originating in Sweden, the Svart Hona shares the fibromelanistic trait of its famous cousin, the Ayam Cemani - they are almost completely black, inside and out. Also called the Swedish Black Hen, this breed is larger, more cold-hardy, and far more rare than Ayam Cemani. Their eggs are small compared to our other breeds, but they lay well and have excellent fertility. Our line came from a private breeder who has raised them for almost 10 years. They include genetics from both Greenfire and Ewe Crazy Farms, the only known importers of the breed. Ewe Crazy used a GFF rooster for quite a while, so GFF is pretty much unavoidable.
Buckeyes are the only APA-recognized breed created by a woman! They quickly stole our hearts - they are sweet and curious, always underfoot, and great bug hunters. They're also cold-hardy with tiny pea combs. Of all our chickens, these are our absolute favorite and we hope to always have this breed in our coop. Our line is from Bill Dyke, who retired in 2021. He started with Lay/Shumaker lines, and most people agree that he bred the friendliest birds they'd ever seen!
Originating in Canada, Chanteclers are THE chickens for northern climates - they’re cushion-combed and have tight feathering for severe winter weather, are sweet as can be, love to free range, lay a ton of large brown eggs, and roosters grow to about 9lbs for those who have a freezer camp. We hear some lines are almost autosexing, too, so we look forward to seeing whether these guys are! Ours originally came from Rob North, who started with stock from Shelly Oswald - both were hugely instrumental in bringing this amazing breed to the US.
We were very excited to find our Welsummers - they come from an autosexing line and we are working to strengthen that feature. A Dutch breed, they are friendly and great foragers. They lay gorgeous speckled dark brown eggs - almost as dark as our Marans! We breed more for SOP than egg color with this line because we want to keep our beloved autosexing trait. It's so convenient! Our stock came from Deer Run Farm, who purchased the line from Will Morrow & Kent Ozkum at Whitmore Farm when they retired in 2017.
The preferred egg-layer of Julia Child (and James Bond), Black Copper Marans are famous for their chocolate-colored eggs. Our line includes genetics from some of the biggest names in the books: Cottage Hill, Bev Davis, Wade Jean, Little Peddler’s, and Harvey Mooré. A bunch of ours were unfortunately wiped out by a predator, so in 2023, we are adding a few from Deer Run/Whitmore Farms and we're also trying our best to hatch some from APA Grand Master Skip Bittner. We select for both SOP and egg color here, with SOP having the edge. Egg color varies from season to season, but if one of our hens ever lays lighter than a 4 on the color scale, we pull her from our breeding pen.
Olive Eggers are created by breeding a chicken that lays blue eggs with one that lays dark brown eggs. There is a 99% chance that they will lay olive eggs - every now and then, there might be an outlier, though!
F2 Olive Eggers are created by breeding an F1 Olive Egger with another F1 Olive Egger. There is a 75% chance that they will lay more rich olive eggs and a 25% chance that they will lay ANY other color from blue to brown.
BC1 Olive Eggers are created by breeding an Olive Egger with a chicken that lays dark brown eggs. There is a 50% chance that they will lay a more rich olive egg and a 50% chance that they will lay dark brown.
An Easter Egger is created by breeding a chicken that lays blue eggs with one that lays light brown eggs. There is a 99% chance that they will lay a shade of green, but there can always be an outlier.
Mint Eggers are created by breeding an Olive or Easter Egger with a chicken that lays blue eggs. There is a 75% chance that they will lay a brighter green egg and a 25% chance that they will lay a shade of olive or blue.
Sage Eggers are created by breeding an Olive or Easter Egger with a chicken that lays light brown eggs. There is a 50% chance that they will lay a light sage egg and a 50% chance that they will lay a shade of brown.