Pekins

     Last week I picked up three beautiful Pekin ducks to add to my flock of Pekins. I already had a pair of them that I picked up as ducklings in February. They turned out to be a pair. So when I picked up these three I was thrilled to find out they are three females. We are hoping to get some eggs from them in the next few months so we can hatch a batch before the weather gets to cold. In the meantime they look beautiful on our pond.

    We currently have Guinea hen, Bantam, and Standard chicken eggs in the incubator. If you are interested in any chicks contact us. We are hatching chicks about every two weeks. Our email is isaiahjjenkins@yahoo.com

LIL Turkey

Dad

Mom

Lil Peeper

Mom sitting on eggs

   We had some turkey eggs in the incubator from our Narragansett hen and our Blue Slate tom. Only one of them hatched but the hen is sitting on fifteen more eggs so hopefully most of those hatch. We raised Broad Breasted Bronze turkeys one year and hatched them. They weren't too bright; liked to sit in the road and eat anything including sockets from a socket set. These Heritage breed turkeys are a joy to have around they are friendly and smart and can forage for a good part of there diet.

Flock Update

Sumatra chick

The Sumatra chicks are growing really fast, I gave a few of them away. It looks like we have four hens and one rooster. They are always underfoot hoping for a hand out, some of the friendliest chickens I have ever had. I picked up four bantams. A pair of Americana's and two Buff Brahma roosters. We have some Americana/Light Brahma and Delaware/Light Brahma eggs in our incubator.

Buff Brahma Rooster

Tis Chick Season

       My Americana hen's chicks have hatched Light Brahma/Americana and Delaware/Light Brahma. So far she has three but a couple more are pecking. There was some question as to whether the Americana cock we had fathered the chicks but they all have feathers on there legs, so I guess not.The Sumatra/Barred Rock chicks are growing very fast. I think most of them are probably purebred Sumatras. They are from a top show line. On a upsetting note something killed my female turkey last night so the search is on for another female heritage breed turkey

 Sumatra chick foraging

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Some Changes

     Well we have made some subtractions and additions to our farm. We sold four of our goats including two of our older ones: our buck Jasper and our first time freshener Clover. She was milking great out of one side but the other side was giving barely anything.
  We also sold our two mixed kids that were born this year, one of my Lionhead rabbits and a Light Brahma rooster. I picked up eight Sumatra and Sumatra cross chicks. I also got a Dominque cross rooster.
 Yesterday after a few months of searching I found a male Lionhead rabbit. So hopefully will have baby rabbits in a month or so.
 My Americana hen is also sitting on about 15 eggs that should hatch this weekend.