Meet The Flock
Who’s that?!
Between our two locations, we’ve got chickens, ducks, goats, sheep, pigs, turkeys, donkeys, cattle & more!
Keep scrolling to meet everyone, see where they’re located & learn about them + their purpose
Poultry
Chicken | Guinea | Jungle Fowl
farm fresh, straight from the coop, collected daily, ungraded, washed + unwashed
Broad Breasted White
farm raised, reach out for availability + pricing
As a family we have named our beloved flock
We currently have 24 egg laying hens, 4 roosters, 2 guinea fowl, 19 “teenage” pullets!
We have 16 standard & runner ducklings & 6 call ducklings!
We raise turkeys during the summer & fall for Thanksgiving!
Chickens!
Location: “Big Chicken Pasture” in Churchville
Buff Orpington
Name: Sunny & Snowy
Coop: The Chick-Mahal
Purpose: Egg layer
Buff Orpington Chickens
Appearance: Golden buff
Breed Type: Dual-Purpose (Egg/Meat)
Egg Color: Light Brown
Egg Production: Approx 200-280 eggs/year
Americana
Name: Blu, Jewel, Mimi, Priscilla
Coop: The Chick-Mahal
Purpose: Egg layer
Americana Chickens
A cross between Araucana & Ameraucana breeds
Appearance: Black, brown, red, white, blue-gray (adults) or blue-gray, yellow/white, brown (chicks)
Breed Type: Eggs
Egg Color: Blue, green, light brown
Egg Production: Approx 250 eggs/year
Rhode Island Red
Name: Naughty Scar & Kiara
Coop: Rhode Island Roost
Purpose: Egg layer
Rhode Island Red Chickens
Appearance: Reddish-brown
Breed Type: Dual-Purpose (Egg/Meat)
Egg Color: Brown
Egg Production: Approx 200-300 eggs/year
Olive Egger
Name: Honey, Hennie the Pooh, Henrietta
Coop: The Chick-Mahal
Purpose: Egg layer
Olive Egger Chickens
Appearance: Gray and black (adults) or brown and black (chicks)
Breed Type: Dual-Purpose (Egg/Meat)
Egg Color: Olive Green
Egg Production: Approx 150-200 eggs/year
Black Sex Link
Name: Ellie, Carla, Dug
Coop: The Chick-Mahal
Purpose: Egg layer
Black Sex Link Chickens
A hybrid breed of Rhode Island Red & Barred Rock
Appearance: Deep red coloration with black plumage accented with red, blue and brown
Breed Type: Dual-Purpose (Egg/Meat)
Egg Color: Brown
Egg Production: Approx 300 eggs/year
White Leghorn
Name: Pearl, Peach, Bubbles, Darla, Becky, Destiny
Coop: Leghorn Lounge
Purpose: Egg layer
White Leghorn Chickens
Appearance: White
Breed Type: Eggs
Egg Color: Large White
Egg Production: Approx 290 eggs/year
Barred Rock
Names: Mickey, Clarabelle, Diasy, Toodles
Coop: The Chick-Mahal
Purpose: Egg layer
Barred Rock Chickens
Appearance: Dark gray with black and white barred feathers
Breed Type: Dual-Purpose (Egg/Meat)
Egg Color: Brown
Egg Production: Approx 200 eggs/year
Speckled Sussex
Name: Cruella
Coop: The Chick-Mahal
Purpose: Egg layer
Speckled Sussex Chickens
Appearance: Brown with white speckled patterns
Breed Type: Egg/Meat/Exhibition
Egg Color: Brown with white speckled patterns
Egg Production: Approx 200-250 eggs/year
Chocolate Orpington
Name: Hershey
Coop: The Chick-Mahal
Purpose: Egg layer
Chocolate Orpington Chickens
Appearance: Rich chocolate brown color
Breed Type: Dual-Purpose (Egg/Meat)
Egg Color: Large Brown
Egg Production: Approx 220 eggs/year
More Chickens!
Location: “Little chicken pasture” in Churchville
Black Laced Silver Wyandotte
Names: TBD
Coop: Clucking Cottage
Purpose: Egg layer
Black Laced Silver Wyandotte Chickens
Appearance: ?
Egg Color: ?
Egg Production: ?
Cinnamon Queen
Names: Naughty Noodles
Coop: Clucking Cottage
Purpose: Egg layer
Cinnamon Queen Chickens
Appearance: ?
Egg Color: ?
Egg Production: ?
Cream Legbar
Names: TBD
Coop: Clucking Cottage
Purpose: Egg layer
Cream Legbar Chickens
Appearance: ?
Egg Color: ?
Egg Production: ?
Black Laced Gold Wyandotte
Names: TBD
Coop: Clucking Cottage
Purpose: Egg layer
Black Laced Gold Wyandotte Chickens
Appearance: ?
Egg Color: ?
Egg Production: ?
Easter Egger
Names: TBD
Coop: Clucking Cottage
Purpose: Egg layer
Easter Egger Chickens
Appearance: ?
Egg Color: ?
Egg Production: ?
Sapphire Gems
Names: TBD
Coop: Clucking Cottage
Purpose: Egg layer
Sapphire Gem Chickens
Appearance: ?
Egg Color: ?
Egg Production: ?
Brown Leghorn
Names: TBD
Coop: Clucking Cottage
Purpose: Egg layer
Brown Leghorn Chickens
Appearance: ?
Egg Color: ?
Egg Production: ?
Black Copper Maran
Names: TBD
Coop: Clucking Cottage
Purpose: Egg layer
Black Copper Maran Chickens
Appearance: ?
Egg Color: ?
Egg Production: ?
Barnevelder
Names: TBD
Coop: Clucking Cottage
Purpose: Egg layer
Barnevelder Chickens
Appearance: ?
Egg Color: ?
Egg Production: ?
Standard Ducks!
Location: “Big duck pasture” in Churchville
Silver Appleyard
Names: Cannoli & Tiramisu
House: Waddle Away Oasis
Purpose: Egg layer
Silver Appleyard Ducks
Appearance: White and brown w/ light beak
Flying Ability: None
Egg Production: 120-175/year
Source: Metzer Farms
Welsh Harlequin
Names: Cupcake & Cheesecake
House: Waddle Away Oasis
Purpose: Egg layer
Welsh Harlequin Ducks
Appearance: White w/ darker gray beak
Flying Ability: None
Egg Production: 100-150/year
Source: Metzer Farms
Blue Swedish
Name: Lemon Drop
House: Waddle Away Oasis
Purpose: Egg layer
Blue Swedish Ducks
Appearance: ?
Flying Ability: None
Egg Production: 120-180/year
Source: Metzer Farms
Khaki Campbell
Name: Peanut Butter
House: Waddle Away Oasis
Purpose: Egg layer
Silver Appleyard Ducks
Appearance: Brown
Flying Ability: Maybe
Egg Production: 165-240/year
Source: Metzer Farms
Magpie
Name: ?
House: Waddle Away Oasis
Purpose: Egg layer
Magpie Ducks
Appearance: Black & White
Flying Ability: None
Egg Production: 120-180/year
Source: Metzer Farms
Cayuga
Name: Pickle Pickle
House: Waddle Away Oasis
Purpose: Egg layer
Cayuga Ducks
Appearance: Black
Flying Ability: None
Egg Production: 130-180/year
Source: Metzer Farms
Buff
Name: Mango
House: Waddle Away Oasis
Purpose: Egg layer
Buff Ducks
Appearance: Light brown
Flying Ability: None
Egg Production: 130-180/year
Source: Metzer Farms
White Pekin
Name: Alfredo
House: Waddle Away Oasis
Purpose: Egg layer
White Pekin Ducks
Appearance: Big white
Flying Ability: None
Egg Production: 140-175/year
Source: Metzer Farms
White Layer
Name: Milk Carton
House: Waddle Away Oasis
Purpose: Egg layer
White Layer Ducks
Appearance: Small white
Flying Ability: None
Egg Production: 200-290/year
Source: Metzer Farms
Runner Ducks!
Location: “Big duck pasture” in Churchville
Blue
Name: Blueberry Poptart
House: Quack Shack
Purpose: Egg layer
Blue Runner Ducks
Appearance: Taller, Skinnier, Blueish Gray
Flying Ability: None
Egg Production: 100-180/year
Source: Metzer Farms
Chocolate
Name: Donut Hole
House: Quack Shack
Purpose: Egg layer
Chocolate Runner Ducks
Appearance: Taller, Skinnier, Brown
Flying Ability: None
Egg Production: 100-180/year
Source: Metzer Farms
Silver
Name: Waffle
House: Quack Shack
Purpose: Egg layer
Silver Runner Ducks
Appearance: Tall, Skinny, White w/ gray beak
Flying Ability: None
Egg Production: 100-180/year
Source: Metzer Farms
Fawn & White
Name: Pancake
House: Quack Shack
Purpose: Egg layer
Fawn & White Runner Ducks
Appearance: Taller, Skinnier, White & Light Brown
Flying Ability: None
Egg Production: 100-180/year
Source: Metzer Farms
Black
Name: Toast
House: Quack Shack
Purpose: Egg layer
Black Runner Ducks
Appearance: Taller, Skinnier, Black
Flying Ability: None
Egg Production: 100-180/year
Source: Metzer Farms
Call Ducks!
Location: “Call Duck Cabin” in Churchville
Blue Magpie
Names: Sprinkle
House: Call Duck Cabin
Purpose: Pet/Exhibition
Blue Magpie Call Ducks
Appearance: What & Gray
Flying Ability: Very Good
Egg Production: 25-50/year
Source: Cheese & Quakers Homestead
White
Names: Twinkie & Cream Puff
House: Call Duck Cabin
Purpose: Pet/Exhibition
White Call Ducks
Appearance: All White
Flying Ability: Very Good
Egg Production: 25-50/year
Source: Cheese & Quakers Homestead
Black Pied
Names: Oreo
House: Call Duck Cabin
Purpose: Pet/Exhibition
Black Pied Call Ducks
Appearance: Black & White
Flying Ability: Very Good
Egg Production: 25-50/year
Source: Cheese & Quakers Homestead
Penciled
Names: Twix
House: Call Duck Cabin
Purpose: Pet/Exhibition
Penciled Call Ducks
Appearance: Black, White, Brown
Flying Ability: Very Good
Egg Production: 25-50/year
Source: Cheese & Quakers Homestead
Gray
Names: Reese
House: Call Duck Cabin
Purpose: Pet/Exhibition
Grey Call Ducks
Appearance: Brown
Flying Ability: Very Good
Egg Production: 25-50/year
Source: Cheese & Quakers Homestead
Other Birds!
Fowl + Turkeys
Location: Churchville
Red Jungle Fowl
Names: Hei Hei, Tamatoa, Tala, Sina
Coop: Fort Fowl
Purpose: Exhibition
About the Red Jungle Fowl
Smaller than most common chickens yet bigger than modern day bantams
Bird Appearance: Slate blue or grey colored legs and have white earlobes
Breed Type: Ornamental, Egg Laying, Exhibition
Egg Appearance & Color: Small Cream
Egg Production: Approx 60-100 eggs/year
Egg Details: These eggs are known for their rich flavor and nutritional value!
Broad Beasted White Turkeys
Coop: Turkey Tavern
Purpose: Meat
When: Summer through mid Nov
About the Turkeys
The most common of commercial broad breasted strains of eating Turkeys on the market
Bird Appearance: White
Breed Type: Meat, Production, Commercial
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Guinea Fowl
Names: TBD
Coop: Coop de Poop
Purpose: Exhibition, Pest/predator control
About the Guinea Fowl
A loud and active bird that can guard your property and eat bugs, great for pest and predator control
Bird Appearance: Large bodies, short and rounded wings and small heads with bare skin
Breed Type: Eggs, Meat, Exhibition
Egg Appearance & Color: Smaller, more pointed, thicker & harder shell, Light Brown w/ Speckles
Egg Production: Approx 70-100 eggs/year
Egg Details: While similar in taste to chicken eggs, guinea eggs have a higher yolk-to-white ratio and higher protein content - offering a richer, creamier flavor. They are highly nutritious with a longer shelf life!
Coops:
The Chick Inn - Our double wide chicken (chick) brooder
The Chick-Mahal - Our largest coop, in big chicken pasture, in Churchville
Clucking Cottage - Little chicken pasture, in Churchville
Fluffy Butt Hutt - Little chicken pasture, in Churchville
Leghorn Lounge - White Leghorn Chickens, in Churchville
Rhode Island Roost - Rhode Island Red Chickens, in Churchville
Fort Fowl - Red Jungle Fowl, in Churchville
Coupe de Poop - Guineas, in Churchville
Turkey Tavern - Broad Breasted White Turkeys, Seasonal in Churchville
Naughty Roo Nest - Rooster hangout, in Churchville
Chicken Tractor - Vacant, Home to our meat (chicken) birds, in Churchville
Cluck n’ Duck Inn - Our duckling brooder, in Churchville
Waddle Away Oasis - Standard duck house, big duck pature, in Churchville
Quack Shack - Runner duck house, big duck pasture, in Churchville
Call Duck Cabin - Under construction, in Churchville
The Splash Pad - Future duck build
Hen Haven - Future chicken build
Definitions:
Fowl - a bird of any kind
Waterfowl - a bird that frequents water, a swimming game bird (ex: duck or goose)
Poultry - domestic fowl, such as chickens, turkeys, ducks, and geese
Jungle fowl - any of several Asian wild birds related to the pheasants
Game bird - a bird that may be legally hunted according to the law
Guinea fowl - a large African game bird with slate-colored, white-spotted plumage and a loud call, sometimes domesticated
Keets - young guinea fowl
Chicken - the common domestic fowl
Coop - a cage or small enclosure or small building for housing poultry
Brooder - a heated structure used for raising young fowl
Layer - hens specifically raised for egg production
Broiler - aka meat birds, a specific type of chicken raised for meat production
Hen - an adult female chicken over a year old
Rooster - an adult male chicken
Chick - a newly hatched young bird
Pullet - a young hen, less than a year old
Straight run - not sexed, sold as hatched
Casque - guinea fowl helmet, a prominent horn-like structure on the top of its head
Wattles - flaps of skin that hang from a bird’s head or neck
Chicken Tractor - movable chicken coop with no floor, for meat birds
Turkey - a large mainly domesticated North American bird
Tom - adult male turkey
Hen - adult female turkey
Poult - a baby turkey
Duck - the common name for numerous species of waterfowl, any of various swimming birds in which the neck and legs are short, the feet typically webbed, the bill often broad and flat
Duck - a female duck
Drake - a male duck
Duckling - a young duck
Broodiness - behavioral tendency to sit on a clutch of eggs to incubate them
Roost - a support on which birds rest, to settle down for rest or sleep
Turkey Processing - preparing the bird’s meat for consumption via dispatch, scalding, plucking, evisceration, chilling and packaging
Chickens & Eggs
Poultry processing is the preparation of live poultry (turkey, chicken) for human consumption, via a process that includes dispatch/slaughtering, scalding, plucking/defeathering, evisceration, chilling and packaging to create meat products
Processing steps:
Dispatch - the act of humanely and efficiently killing the live bird via killing cone (a funnel-shaped device used to securely restrain the bird upside down to facilitate bleeding)
Scalding - immersing the bird in hot water to loosen the feathers
Defeathering - use of a machine with rubber "fingers" to remove feathers &/ manually plucking
Evisceration - removal of internal organs + cleaning
Chilling - rapidly lowering the temperature to 40 degrees fahrenheit by submerging in tank of ice-water mix
Packaging - wrapping the final products for storage and labeling for sale to consumers
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TURKEY EDITION:
Poultry Processing
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