Heritage & Designer Chickens

We couldn’t decide a single breed to specialize in – there are SO many great chickens out there! 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 to fill our rainbow basket. 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 non-hatchery lines.

Our Heritage Chicken Breeds

True Ameraucana Chickens - Blue Eggs

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!

Svarthöna Chickens - Off-White/Cream Eggs

A landrace breed of chickens 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.

Buckeye Chickens - Light Brown Eggs

Buckeyes are the only APA-recognized chicken 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. Even in the fear stage as chicks, these guys are the first to bum rush us the minute we open the brooder!

Chantecler Chickens - Medium Brown Eggs

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.

Welsummer Chickens - Dark Brown Usually Speckled Eggs

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 – sometimes darker than our Marans did! 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 Designer, Green Egg-Laying Chicken Breeds

We love rainbow egg baskets and have been experimenting with different shades of green! All green layers are hybrids originally made by combining a chicken breed that lays blue eggs with one that lays white, cream, or brown. Their appearances vary wildly, depending which breeds they’re made up of. We have different varieties available at different times, but will almost always have F1 Olive Eggers and Easter Eggers for sale. We’ll add pages for them as we work to establish a line!

Olive Eggers - Olive Eggs

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 - 75% Olive Eggs

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 - 50% Olive Eggs

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.

Easter Eggers - Light Green Eggs

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 - 75% Green Eggs

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 - 50% Sage Eggs

Sage Eggers are created by breeding an Easter or Mint 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.

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