My boyfriend and I made the decision a few months ago to start breeding rare/endangered chicken breeds, and since then we have been working on acquiring good-quality stock from reputable breeders. We try to buy locally as much as possible, but we've had to drive upwards of 6 hours to obtain some...
12-week old Black Copper Marans cockerel from Greenfire Farms breeding line available - $25. Also have a couple of four-week old likely cockerels from Greenfire’s French National champion line but need a few more weeks to be certain of sex. DM if interested
Hi all,
I have a flock of Cream Legbars purchased from Greenfire Farms, born around April 1. They seemed fine until about 4 weeks ago, when they started dying, usually 1 or 2 per week out of a flock of 8. I am down to the last 2.
The symptoms begin with a loss of balance and control of one...
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Above: His Hmong Father
Above: Left is the Mother, one of her daughters on the Right
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One of our lovely black-skinned roosters is looking for a new flock! He's old enough now...
I splurged earlier this summer and bought a collection of rare breed chickens from Greenfire Farms. If you don't know Greenfire, you should check out their website. They have gorgeous, healthy birds from all over the world. They import directly from the best stock they can find.
These two...
In my whole time in the chicken hobby, I'd never ordered or bought live chicks before and have always hatched my own either from shipped eggs or eggs given to me by friends with flocks. However, I recently made my first ever live chick order because finding the eggs of the breeds I wanted was...
On one side we have the ultra-rare breed whose name is the Isbar, known as the only purebred and single comb chicken that lays green eggs on earth.
On the other side we have Olive Eggers, known to most people as Rooster Marans x Ameraucana hen hybrids (though there are other cross varieties...