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We just left the vet, and have more goat updates! Candy is officially confirmed bred to Monkey, with (probably) twins!

Tulla did NOT have a successful rendezvous through the fence, but does have weird clear fluid in her uterus. The vet thinks it might be a false pregnancy and recommended giving her lute to try to clear it out.

These critters definitely keep us on our toes!

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Oct 30

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We just left the vet, and have more goat updates! Candy is officially confirmed bred to Monkey, with (probably) twins!Tulla did NOT have a successful rendezvous through the fence, but does have weird clear fluid in her uterus. The vet thinks it might be a false pregnancy and recommended giving her lute to try to clear it out.These critters definitely keep us on our toes!

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We just received our October milk test results and mannn are some of these girls close! Here are the latest updates:

~~ Newly Met Inheritable Star Requirements ~~

✨ Ober-Boerd Diana of the Amazon (met milk and protein, SO close to butterfat)

~~ Met Partial Star Requirements ~~

⭐️ Heaven’s Hollow Sharp (met butterfat, SO close to protein, might squeak by with milk)

⭐️ Ober-Boerd Kirlia (met butterfat, SO close to protein, might squeak by with milk)

~~ We THINK Met Partial Star Requirements ~~

🤞 Cornerstone Farm Miss Vivi (met butterfat by a tiny, tiny fraction of a pound on the 210 - those aren’t always 100% accurate and this was her final test, so we’ll see what her dry-off sheet says.

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Oct 30

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$We just received our October milk test results and mannn are some of these girls close! Here are the latest updates:~~ Newly Met Inheritable Star Requirements ~~✨ Ober-Boerd Diana of the Amazon (met milk and protein, SO close to butterfat)~~ Met Partial Star Requirements ~~⭐️ Heaven’s Hollow Sharp (met butterfat, SO close to protein, might squeak by with milk)⭐️ Ober-Boerd Kirlia (met butterfat, SO close to protein, might squeak by with milk)~~ We THINK Met Partial Star Requirements ~~🤞 Cornerstone Farm Miss Vivi (met butterfat by a tiny, tiny fraction of a pound on the 210 - those aren’t always 100% accurate and this was her final test, so we’ll see what her dry-off sheet says.$

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💥 She’s BACK! 💥

Sooo… we know we’re downsizing and all that, but one promise we make to our buyers is that we’ll do our best to help if they ever need to rehome goats we’ve sold them.

We can’t always take them back, but Jess has consistently called this girl “the one that got away.” We had to let her go during an emergency and made sure she went to a wonderful home - but we’ve been kicking ourselves ever since.

Well… Green Gables SOF Penny Candy 2*P is BACK! 🎉

AND she might be bred to one of our favorite former bucklings, JKShrunkTheKids Hey Monkey (*B pending) - a son of Green Gables AC Amazing Lady (*P pending) and Foggy Fork Farm Hot Shot *S/ *B 😍

We unfortunately don’t have room for Monkey too, so he’ll likely be available for only a little while longer before he leaves for the great beyond. If anyone’s been waiting for a buck with really nice udder potential at a very low price, this might be your chance!

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Oct 30

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💥 She’s BACK! 💥Sooo… we know we’re downsizing and all that, but one promise we make to our buyers is that we’ll do our best to help if they ever need to rehome goats we’ve sold them.We can’t always take them back, but Jess has consistently called this girl “the one that got away.” We had to let her go during an emergency and made sure she went to a wonderful home - but we’ve been kicking ourselves ever since.Well… Green Gables SOF Penny Candy 2*P is BACK! 🎉AND she might be bred to one of our favorite former bucklings, JKShrunkTheKids Hey Monkey (*B pending) - a son of Green Gables AC Amazing Lady (*P pending) and Foggy Fork Farm Hot Shot *S/ *B 😍We unfortunately don’t have room for Monkey too, so he’ll likely be available for only a little while longer before he leaves for the great beyond. If anyone’s been waiting for a buck with really nice udder potential at a very low price, this might be your chance!

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Local friends! Anybody interested in a trio of pet quality Pilgrim geese? We’ve got two dames and a gander with some color flaws up for grabs. These ones are not the most socialized ever, but have not been aggressive and one of the females has been the best at hatching eggs in our whole group.

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Oct 29

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Local friends! Anybody interested in a trio of pet quality Pilgrim geese? We’ve got two dames and a gander with some color flaws up for grabs. These ones are not the most socialized ever, but have not been aggressive and one of the females has been the best at hatching eggs in our whole group.

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This week, we reduced our adult doe group by almost half. It had to be done for the good of the herd and they went to awesome new homes, but mannnn, we might have some regrets!

It’s a lot quieter in here now, minus Shankara (pictured) and Goober flirting with the bucks 😆

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Oct 28

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This week, we reduced our adult doe group by almost half. It had to be done for the good of the herd and they went to awesome new homes, but mannnn, we might have some regrets!It’s a lot quieter in here now, minus Shankara (pictured) and Goober flirting with the bucks 😆

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Our goats are probably the most graceful sleepers in the history of sleep 😅

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Oct 26

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Our goats are probably the most graceful sleepers in the history of sleep 😅

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As we agonize over ongoing downsizing decisions, one thing we check is arguably the most important part of a dairy goat - her milk!

We keep track of monthly trends through milk testing, and we mapped out this year’s averages so far into a couple charts - one to see their milk-to-body weight ratios and one for milk components.

The first fresheners get a bit of a pass because they’re still young and growing. We’re also continually making small updates to our grain rations to try to help push our girls to reach their full potential - we think we’re close!

Check out Sharp, though! As a first freshener from a slow-growing line, she had our lowest Linear Appraisal score of GAAA 80, but she’s turning out to be one of our best milkers 😍

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Oct 24

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As we agonize over ongoing downsizing decisions, one thing we check is arguably the most important part of a dairy goat - her milk!We keep track of monthly trends through milk testing, and we mapped out this year’s averages so far into a couple charts - one to see their milk-to-body weight ratios and one for milk components.The first fresheners get a bit of a pass because they’re still young and growing. We’re also continually making small updates to our grain rations to try to help push our girls to reach their full potential - we think we’re close!Check out Sharp, though! As a first freshener from a slow-growing line, she had our lowest Linear Appraisal score of GAAA 80, but she’s turning out to be one of our best milkers 😍

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It’s SO hard waiting for Round 2 of breeding season while most of our friends are completely done, but we need to have a bunch of teaser does for 11/11 buck collection!

One of our intended teasers is looking more and more like she didn’t wait, though - hopefully she’s carrying Oberhasli or Guernsey kids and not part-Mini Nubian mutts 😂

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Oct 18

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It’s SO hard waiting for Round 2 of breeding season while most of our friends are completely done, but we need to have a bunch of teaser does for 11/11 buck collection!One of our intended teasers is looking more and more like she didn’t wait, though - hopefully she’s carrying Oberhasli or Guernsey kids and not part-Mini Nubian mutts 😂

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We’ve dropped off the Interwebs for a while due to ginormous work projects, but we’re excited to share that as of today, ALL of our Guernseys are officially in ADGA 🎉

Daisy here was the last one and she couldn’t care less, but we’re happy - it’s a super big deal because Guernsey breeders have been waiting years to get their herds into the registry!

Now we just have to wait for ADGA to process the boys’ DNA orders 🤞

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Oct 16

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We’ve dropped off the Interwebs for a while due to ginormous work projects, but we’re excited to share that as of today, ALL of our Guernseys are officially in ADGA 🎉Daisy here was the last one and she couldn’t care less, but we’re happy - it’s a super big deal because Guernsey breeders have been waiting years to get their herds into the registry!Now we just have to wait for ADGA to process the boys’ DNA orders 🤞

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Our apples are ready, too! This one is from our Stark Bros UltraMac tree, a more prolific descendent of McIntosh 🍎

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Oct 5

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Our apples are ready, too! This one is from our Stark Bros UltraMac tree, a more prolific descendent of McIntosh 🍎

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Our milkweed is finally ready! We had to collect a few pods a little bit too early because the chickens found them, but this one was right on time 🌱👐

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Oct 4

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Our milkweed is finally ready! We had to collect a few pods a little bit too early because the chickens found them, but this one was right on time 🌱👐

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After our September milk test, we’ve got some new stars pending! This month, we’ll be drying off a few does with a low chance at TopTen or a star because we very badly need a break and have way too much milk 😅

MDGA’s star awards will arrive within a few days after we send in dry-off sheets. ADGA’s… who knows - probably never.

~~ TopTen Potential (compared to recent winners) ~~

✨ Autumn-Acres RT Riesling *M already pending (butterfat and maaaaaybe milk weight)
✨ Green Gables AC She’s a Doll 6*P (milk weight and maybe butterfat % again)
✨ Davinia SS Miss Rowena *P (milk weight and maybe butterfat weight)
✨ Soaring Heart`s Raindrop (butterfat %)
✨ J3 Farm PJ Pickles (butterfat %)
✨ Foggy Fork Farm HoneyPot of Gold 2*D/2*P (maybe butterfat %)

~~ Newly Met Full Star Requirements ~~

⭐ Green Gables AC Amazing Lady
⭐ Soaring Heart’s Raindrop

~~ Very Likely to Meet Full Star Requirements ~~

🤞 Ober-Boerd Diana of the Amazon (met milk, SO close to butterfat and protein)
🤞 Heaven’s Hollow Sharp (met none yet, close to all)
🤞 Ober-Boerd Kirlia (met none yet, close to all)
🤞 J3 Farm PJ Pickles (met butterfat, close to milk)

~~ Very Unlikely to Meet Star Requirements ~~

💤 Windscape JB Last Call (producing decently but freshened late)
💤 Hillaire Farm Tipperary Tulla (would absolutely make it but ineligible this year)
💤 Cornerstone Farm Miss Vivi (SO close to butterfat but she really wants to retire)
💤 BCF Legacy’s Avalon (tiny FF udder but we can tell it`ll be super nice next year)
💤 Green Gables Amazing Black Petunia (producing decently but freshened late)

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Oct 3

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After our September milk test, we’ve got some new stars pending! This month, we’ll be drying off a few does with a low chance at TopTen or a star because we very badly need a break and have way too much milk 😅MDGA’s star awards will arrive within a few days after we send in dry-off sheets. ADGA’s… who knows - probably never.~~ TopTen Potential (compared to recent winners) ~~✨ Autumn-Acres RT Riesling *M already pending (butterfat and maaaaaybe milk weight)
✨ Green Gables AC She’s a Doll 6*P (milk weight and maybe butterfat % again)
✨ Davinia SS Miss Rowena *P (milk weight and maybe butterfat weight)
✨ Soaring Heart's Raindrop (butterfat %)
✨ J3 Farm PJ Pickles (butterfat %)
✨ Foggy Fork Farm HoneyPot of Gold 2*D/2*P (maybe butterfat %)~~ Newly Met Full Star Requirements ~~⭐ Green Gables AC Amazing Lady
⭐ Soaring Heart’s Raindrop~~ Very Likely to Meet Full Star Requirements ~~🤞 Ober-Boerd Diana of the Amazon (met milk, SO close to butterfat and protein)
🤞 Heaven’s Hollow Sharp (met none yet, close to all)
🤞 Ober-Boerd Kirlia (met none yet, close to all)
🤞 J3 Farm PJ Pickles (met butterfat, close to milk)~~ Very Unlikely to Meet Star Requirements ~~💤 Windscape JB Last Call (producing decently but freshened late)
💤 Hillaire Farm Tipperary Tulla (would absolutely make it but ineligible this year)
💤 Cornerstone Farm Miss Vivi (SO close to butterfat but she really wants to retire)
💤 BCF Legacy’s Avalon (tiny FF udder but we can tell it'll be super nice next year)
💤 Green Gables Amazing Black Petunia (producing decently but freshened late)

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Spitfire… you ARE the father! 😅

We knew it! 💜 DNA results are in, and they’ve confirmed what we very strongly suspected all along - our bestie Tasty is the daughter of Windscape JB Last Call and Half Barn Farm TRI Spitfire.

That means we can now officially register her as JKHerdItAll HBFS TasteOBramble - named in honor of her maternal great-granddam, who sadly passed away the day Tasty was conceived 🐐✨

And Spitfire is 3/3 on doelings so far! Here’s hoping he keeps that doe streak going forever🤞

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Sep 30

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Spitfire… you ARE the father! 😅We knew it! 💜 DNA results are in, and they’ve confirmed what we very strongly suspected all along - our bestie Tasty is the daughter of Windscape JB Last Call and Half Barn Farm TRI Spitfire.That means we can now officially register her as JKHerdItAll HBFS TasteOBramble - named in honor of her maternal great-granddam, who sadly passed away the day Tasty was conceived 🐐✨And Spitfire is 3/3 on doelings so far! Here’s hoping he keeps that doe streak going forever🤞

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Fall means cozy sweaters, crunchy leaves… and walking face-first into giant spiderwebs 🕸️

Jess got the full experience this weekend when she managed to crash right into an orb weaver mid-meal. Safe to say, nobody involved was happy about it 😅

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Sep 29

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Fall means cozy sweaters, crunchy leaves… and walking face-first into giant spiderwebs 🕸️Jess got the full experience this weekend when she managed to crash right into an orb weaver mid-meal. Safe to say, nobody involved was happy about it 😅

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Reason # 1000001 why we made sure we’d have a vet before getting goats:

Bucks are big dum-dums who live to injure themselves.

Crazytrain was this week’s dum-dum! First he broke off one scur - a little bit of blood, but no big deal. Then he knocked the other one loose and hollered loud enough for the whole neighborhood to hear!

Of course, he’s the kind of goat who loves scritches but magically disappears the second he suspects anything unpleasant. All we could see was a ton of gore, flies swarming, and him yelling and running away anytime anyone or anything got anywhere near his head.

Enter the amazing Dr. Lilly from Veterinary Associates of Reedsville 🩺🐐 She knocked Crazy out (this is the main thing we needed her for!), cleaned and removed the scur the rest of the way, checked his sinus cavity (safe, thank goodness!), and cauterized everything.

Soon Crazy will be back to his crazy self, and we’re extra thankful for good vets who help us keep our dum-dums together in one piece!

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Sep 26

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Reason # 1000001 why we made sure we’d have a vet before getting goats:Bucks are big dum-dums who live to injure themselves.Crazytrain was this week’s dum-dum! First he broke off one scur - a little bit of blood, but no big deal. Then he knocked the other one loose and hollered loud enough for the whole neighborhood to hear!Of course, he’s the kind of goat who loves scritches but magically disappears the second he suspects anything unpleasant. All we could see was a ton of gore, flies swarming, and him yelling and running away anytime anyone or anything got anywhere near his head.Enter the amazing Dr. Lilly from Veterinary Associates of Reedsville 🩺🐐 She knocked Crazy out (this is the main thing we needed her for!), cleaned and removed the scur the rest of the way, checked his sinus cavity (safe, thank goodness!), and cauterized everything.Soon Crazy will be back to his crazy self, and we’re extra thankful for good vets who help us keep our dum-dums together in one piece!

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✨ It’s that time of year again… whatever brains our sweet boys once had have officially left the building 🤣

Breeding season is HERE! After our November 11 buck collection and once the girls are confirmed settled, we’ll have a bunch of Mini Nubian & Oberhasli bucks looking for new harems - er, homes!

Also, hit us up if you’re interested in straws!

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Sep 25

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✨ It’s that time of year again… whatever brains our sweet boys once had have officially left the building 🤣Breeding season is HERE! After our November 11 buck collection and once the girls are confirmed settled, we’ll have a bunch of Mini Nubian & Oberhasli bucks looking for new harems - er, homes!Also, hit us up if you’re interested in straws!#goats #dairygoats #oberhasligoats #mininubian #guernseygoats

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🖤 Our last chicken is the ultra-rare Svart Hona 🖤

A landrace originating in Sweden, the Svart Hona (or Svarthöna) shares the fibromelanistic trait of its famous relative, Ayam Cemani – they are almost completely black, inside and out. Also called Swedish Black Hens, these birds are thought to be more cold-hardy and are definitely FAR more rare than AC. Their eggs are small-med, but they lay extremely well and have excellent fertility.

People often try to compare Svarts to Ayam Cemani and forget that they’re a landrace created by natural selection, NOT a manmade breed like AC. That’s why the Swedish description allows for variations like mulberry wattles and flopped combs as long as vision isn’t obscured. For Ayam Cemani, those would be hard culls.

We`ve been working hard over the years to improve our Svarts while still maintaining enough diversity to avoid the bottleneck that our Chanteclers and former Norwegian Jaerhons were stuck in. About 10% still hatch with light toe tips and/or pink mouths and 30% with pale gray mouths. We only keep the best & darkest of our growouts, so we hope to reduce these minor complaints and weed out the lighter genes as time goes on.

But again, Svart Honas are NOT Ayam Cemani and cannot be held to the same standards, at least not yet, because their genetics are significantly more complicated due to the natural diversity in their parent breeds and because they are SO rare.

Do you raise quality, non-hatchery stock? Drop a comment! Folks across the country are searching for these guys (including us 😅), and we firmly believe that working together is the only way to support and preserve these rare birds.

#chickens #rarebreedchickens #heritagebreedchickens #svarthona #swedishblackhen

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Sep 23

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🖤 Our last chicken is the ultra-rare Svart Hona 🖤A landrace originating in Sweden, the Svart Hona (or Svarthöna) shares the fibromelanistic trait of its famous relative, Ayam Cemani – they are almost completely black, inside and out. Also called Swedish Black Hens, these birds are thought to be more cold-hardy and are definitely FAR more rare than AC. Their eggs are small-med, but they lay extremely well and have excellent fertility.People often try to compare Svarts to Ayam Cemani and forget that they’re a landrace created by natural selection, NOT a manmade breed like AC. That’s why the Swedish description allows for variations like mulberry wattles and flopped combs as long as vision isn’t obscured. For Ayam Cemani, those would be hard culls.We've been working hard over the years to improve our Svarts while still maintaining enough diversity to avoid the bottleneck that our Chanteclers and former Norwegian Jaerhons were stuck in. About 10% still hatch with light toe tips and/or pink mouths and 30% with pale gray mouths. We only keep the best & darkest of our growouts, so we hope to reduce these minor complaints and weed out the lighter genes as time goes on.But again, Svart Honas are NOT Ayam Cemani and cannot be held to the same standards, at least not yet, because their genetics are significantly more complicated due to the natural diversity in their parent breeds and because they are SO rare.Do you raise quality, non-hatchery stock? Drop a comment! Folks across the country are searching for these guys (including us 😅), and we firmly believe that working together is the only way to support and preserve these rare birds.#chickens #rarebreedchickens #heritagebreedchickens #svarthona #swedishblackhen

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💛 We also still have our Buff Chantecler variety! 💛

We`ve halfheartedly tried to sell off this group a couple times, but there have been no takers and they`re too pretty to just eat, so we`ve still got them and we`ve been offering eggs! We originally brought them in from the aaamazing Mike Gilbert in a trade for some of our Partridge, and they`re gorgeous birds.

Even though they are now 2 years old, all of the hens are still laying very well and fertility has been excellent. We don`t know what next year will bring when they`re 3, but we`ll see! Since we`ve got them available, we haven`t retained any growouts. Reach out if interested in our 4 hens and 2 roosters!

As a newer variety, they`re still being refined - about 25% of combs out of this group have been incorrect.

If you raise nice, non-hatchery stock, let us know below! There are people all over the country searching for high quality birds, and teamwork makes all the difference for these rare breeds.

#chickens #rarebreedchickens #heritagebreedchickens #chanteclerchickens #buffchantecler

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Sep 22

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💛 We also still have our Buff Chantecler variety! 💛We've halfheartedly tried to sell off this group a couple times, but there have been no takers and they're too pretty to just eat, so we've still got them and we've been offering eggs! We originally brought them in from the aaamazing Mike Gilbert in a trade for some of our Partridge, and they're gorgeous birds.Even though they are now 2 years old, all of the hens are still laying very well and fertility has been excellent. We don't know what next year will bring when they're 3, but we'll see! Since we've got them available, we haven't retained any growouts. Reach out if interested in our 4 hens and 2 roosters!As a newer variety, they're still being refined - about 25% of combs out of this group have been incorrect.If you raise nice, non-hatchery stock, let us know below! There are people all over the country searching for high quality birds, and teamwork makes all the difference for these rare breeds.#chickens #rarebreedchickens #heritagebreedchickens #chanteclerchickens #buffchantecler

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🤎 Our most requested birds - and our most troublesome - are our Partridge Chanteclers 🤎

We truly love these gentle giants, but because they are SO rare in the US, we`ve run into a bit of a genetic bottleneck. Until this year, we were unable to find anyone else in the country with non-hatchery ones not closely related to ours!

This summer, we were able to hatch a group from another local breeder who carries our genetics plus some super nice newly imported ones - to that breeder or any others, feel free to comment your availability and other varieties and stuff, if you`d like! We don`t want to just tag people in case they`re not comfortable with it, but we firmly believe that all enthusiasts needs to work together for our beloved breed(s) - especially when they`re super rare like Partridge Chanteclers 🫶

We`re cautiously optimistic that this semi-new outcross will resolve our issues and get our girls laying more consistently and with better longevity again.

#chickens #rarebreedchickens #heritagebreeds #chanteclerchickens #partridgechantecler

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Sep 21

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🤎 Our most requested birds - and our most troublesome - are our Partridge Chanteclers 🤎We truly love these gentle giants, but because they are SO rare in the US, we've run into a bit of a genetic bottleneck. Until this year, we were unable to find anyone else in the country with non-hatchery ones not closely related to ours!This summer, we were able to hatch a group from another local breeder who carries our genetics plus some super nice newly imported ones - to that breeder or any others, feel free to comment your availability and other varieties and stuff, if you'd like! We don't want to just tag people in case they're not comfortable with it, but we firmly believe that all enthusiasts needs to work together for our beloved breed(s) - especially when they're super rare like Partridge Chanteclers 🫶We're cautiously optimistic that this semi-new outcross will resolve our issues and get our girls laying more consistently and with better longevity again.#chickens #rarebreedchickens #heritagebreeds #chanteclerchickens #partridgechantecler

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Here we go - we`re now highlighting our poultry breeds:

🧡 First up are our absolute favorite: Buckeyes! 🧡

If we had to pick only one breed, it`d be this one - and not ONLY because they match our Oberhasli goats!

The only APA-recognized chicken created by a woman, Buckeyes are a dual-purpose bird built for winter - which is very important here in Wisconsin! They`re extremely cold-hardy, and I don`t know about other lines, but ours are laying machines most of the year. Even our 4-year-olds are still giving us eggs every few days. Most of them are also ridiculously friendly - they`re constantly underfoot, which makes walking around and doing chores a bit difficult 😅

One potential fault is that they`re not even a little bit predator savvy - they`re so focused on foraging and hunting bugs & mice that they never notice a predator hovering over them, so having some sort of guardian is a must!

This summer, we brought in a new-to-us line that is showing some feather coloring faults as chicks so far, but their shanks and heads are better than some of ours have been, so as long as they grow out nicely conformationally, we`re going to integrate them with caution next year.

If you raise nice non-hatchery ones, too, feel free to comment! People all over the country (including us 😅) are looking for stock, and we firmly believe that we should all work together - especially for these rare breeds!

#chickens #heritagebreedchickens #rarebreedchickens #buckeyechickens #buckeyechicken

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Sep 19

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Here we go - we're now highlighting our poultry breeds:🧡 First up are our absolute favorite: Buckeyes! 🧡If we had to pick only one breed, it'd be this one - and not ONLY because they match our Oberhasli goats!The only APA-recognized chicken created by a woman, Buckeyes are a dual-purpose bird built for winter - which is very important here in Wisconsin! They're extremely cold-hardy, and I don't know about other lines, but ours are laying machines most of the year. Even our 4-year-olds are still giving us eggs every few days. Most of them are also ridiculously friendly - they're constantly underfoot, which makes walking around and doing chores a bit difficult 😅One potential fault is that they're not even a little bit predator savvy - they're so focused on foraging and hunting bugs & mice that they never notice a predator hovering over them, so having some sort of guardian is a must!This summer, we brought in a new-to-us line that is showing some feather coloring faults as chicks so far, but their shanks and heads are better than some of ours have been, so as long as they grow out nicely conformationally, we're going to integrate them with caution next year.If you raise nice non-hatchery ones, too, feel free to comment! People all over the country (including us 😅) are looking for stock, and we firmly believe that we should all work together - especially for these rare breeds!#chickens #heritagebreedchickens #rarebreedchickens #buckeyechickens #buckeyechicken

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