Our Breeds

Black Australorp

This breed is known for its calm nature, good egg production, and excellent foraging abilities. A true dual-purpose breed, providing a fine table bird in addition to egg laying. This flock was originally sourced from Pat Whitaker's Forest Farm in North Carolina, which was one of the foundation flocks for the Sustainable Poultry Network.

Size: Cock 8.5 lbs, Hen 6.5 lbs	Eggs/Year: 225	Cockerel Processing Age: 18 weeks
Egg Color: Tinted	Temperament: Calm	Dual Purpose: Yes

Delaware

Delaware chickens are among the fastest growing of the heritage breeds and the hens are terrific brown egg layers starting at 20 weeks. Prior to the 1950’s, these were the birds grown commercially for broilers across the U.S. Their calm, friendly disposition makes them an excellent dual purpose addition to a family flock. It can be a challenge to source true heritage lines for this rare breed. Our birds carry a mix of lines from Sandhill Preservation Center and Oregon Delawares.

Size: Cock 8.5 lbs, Hen 6.5 lbs	Eggs/Year: 245	Cockerel Processing Age: 16 weeks
Egg Color: Tinted	Temperament: Friendly	Dual Purpose: Yes

Welsummer

Welsummers are a Dutch breed known for the abundant laying of large, terracotta brown eggs. They are a popular addition to both backyard and small scale commercial laying flocks, as everyone loves the attractive, often speckled eggs. Our Welsummer line is a production-oriented mix of Dutch, English and German bloodlines.

Size: Cock 7 lbs, Hen 6 lbs	Eggs/Year: 200	Cockerel Processing Age: 18-20 weeks
Egg Color: Dark Reddish Brown	Temperament: Alert	Dual Purpose: Yes

Barred Plymouth Rocks

With roots tracing back to the 1800's, our line of Barred Plymouth Rocks is the epitome of a heritage breed. Once the most popular chicken on American farms, traditional Barred Rocks have largely been replaced by their hatchery relatives who no longer sport the large size, excellent fleshing, precise barring and calm temperaments of our birds. Our emphasis is on safeguarding the lineage of this old American breed, while also concentrating on increasing production of eggs and meat to help restore them to their once well deserved status as the ultimate dual purpose chicken.

Sea Foam Eggers

Eggs in the colors of green and blue are all the rage. But finding a line of colored egg layers that are both productive and lay gorgeous colors can be a challenge. We have modified the "recipe" previously existing in our dual purpose Easter Eggers to offer chicks that will grow to be even more productive layers of eggs ranging from light blue, through shades of mint and sea green, to olive. Since it is our own heritage-based genetic mix, we chose the name Sea Foam Eggers to reflect both the range of egg colors as well as the maritime nature of our location. Our breeding goal is to offer a healthy, friendly chicken that produces abundant seascape colored eggs.

Cream Legbars

Cream Legbars were developed by a British geneticist in the 1920's to provide the commercial market of that time with autosexing egg layers. The chicks are born with distinctive down patterns which allow them to be easily sexed at hatch. Attractive and lively like their Leghorn ancestors, they sport head crests and display a gentle temperament. Our birds are a mix of the imported A/B/C production lines, are true cream in color and are excellent layers of large light blue eggs, some tinted with green.