Spring is on it’s way and egg production is improving, if the sign is out at the end of the driveway there should be eggs in the mini-fridge (unless someone beat you to them!). Please keep an eye out for the sign!

Hello! I can’t believe we are celebrating our sixth anniversary as chicken owners and fifth as duck owners! The ducks have been slow to start laying this Spring, but the chickens are going strong! As of this morning there were five dozen chicken eggs in the fridge waiting to be purchased. They are $5 per… Continue reading Chicken eggs available.

Good morning! Our farm stand is open! We currently have chicken eggs (pink cartons/ $5) and duck eggs (gray carton/$6) available. Money jar is on the shelf and the sign is out at the end of the driveway. Have a great day!

Hello! It has been a long and crazy year, but signs of normalcy are starting to pop up here and there. We have a full incubator with new ducklings hatching every week for the foreseeable future. Right now we will only have Saxony ducklings available, but hope to add Silver Appleyard soon. We added new… Continue reading Hatching has begun!

What do you do when all of the humans are complaining about all the rain?  You let the ducks enjoy it of course! Seen here are three of our four breeding groups, Silver Appleyards, Saxony and Cayuga.  The two solid brown hens are Khaki Campbells, and while we don’t have a Campbell drake for beautiful… Continue reading Playing in the rain!!

Five dozen duck eggs, $6 each Two dozen Chicken eggs, $5 each

Good Morning!   Chickens are fast, much faster than you’d think.  They run fast, they think fast and they jump fast!!  Duck waddle, they waddle, waddle and waddle some more!  You’d be safe to put your money on a chicken in any race, except an eggs race!  Chickens take a good portion on the year… Continue reading Duck Eggs Available

  It is always so much fun hatching eggs, it never gets old!  Unfortunately, after complaints from our closest neighbors we were forced to re-home our two beautiful roosters.  I’ve saved the last weeks worth of their eggs to start incubating this week.  One moment of enjoyment for a rooster can fertilize a hens eggs… Continue reading Last Duckling Hatch of the Season!

Good Morning!   We have not been able to put our sign out for the last two weeks due to complaints by the neighbors 😦  Rest assured, the “ladies” have been earning their keep and we have plenty of eggs to meet your cooking/baking needs!!   Please email me here or text me at 860-420-6454… Continue reading Duck and Chicken Eggs Available

It’s been a while since I last sat down to write a post.  Mostly homestead life (and home-school life) took over! I belong to two local homestead Facebook pages and I’ve noticed a common thread among poultry owners this time of year, predator losses.  We had a coyote attack in the middle of the day… Continue reading The “Play Pen”