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I do sell eggs and chicks each year. I have no trouble meeting demand for them. Let me know when you want some. In the mean time, checkout the rest of what I raise on my website, welbars.com

Sand Hill's line came from me, and my line is directly from Joel Alsdorf (Alsdorf Genetics). I LOVE this line, I tell people they are my "guilty pleasure" birds. I don't sell many - the market is small for birds where the roosters are the main event. This line is very mellow, I can keep a mix of...

:thumbsup Joel sold me my trio. Not cheap, but worth every penny in the enjoyment I get having them. I have chicks available, if anyone in driving range of Philly wants some. This line is extremely fertile, almost every egg hatches.

I live outside Philly, winters are not that bad here (as a rule, we had one week over New Years . . . .) I use heated water bowls primarily for my own convenience and to give them liquid water all day, but no other heat whatsoever. I lose some late hatching chicks sometimes that might have made...

I love having rare and unusual birds, and I love the people I meet in this hobby. I am pretty new to the genetic hackles. I wanted them for a while and spent a lot of money to get the first ones. I am currently looking for local fly tiers to "try out" the feathers from the stock I bought, since...

Regular pens like the other breeds. My current groups are 4 hens and roo in a 4x6 pen, one has an outdoor run, one does not (yet). Both are doing great. I don't believe there are any special considerations with these like there would be with the longtail breeds. Obviously, wet bedding and dirty...

I stand corrected -- some strains are poor layers, including mine. Their eggs are smaller than my silkie bantams, but not as many, I would estimate 20 - 50 per hen per year. Do your birds come from Whiting ?

This is a name association mixup. Tom Whiting is well known for developing Genetic Hackle birds, because more has been written about him than anyone. That does not imply that the only chickens he ever bred were the Genetic Hackles. They are generally poor layers and you can't blame him for...

3 genetic hackle chicks hatched today! The first of 2018. 4 eggs were set, 1 was not fertile. 2 are crele (chipmunk striped chicks from barred parents), the other is black barred.

The skin with the feathers for tying flies. I was not planning on killing him, but he tests my resolve some days . . .

First genetic hackle eggs of the season are going into lockdown tonight! The roo I'm using is gorgeous - looks just like his father, but without the "bad attitude". I've been warning the old one that if any of his sons behave themselves, he's likely to lose his post as flock master. It doesn't...

I love looking at my Genetic Hackle birds. I don't tie flies, so I can't speak to the quality of their feathers for that purpose, but has anyone ever seen a rooster with prettier hackle and saddle feathers than this guy? I keep them for enjoyment only. For that purpose they are fine regardless...