Updated by JMcCaul on Sunday December 3, 2023
First off, thank you for visiting our new website. Your visit and support is greatly appreciated.
A note for 2024 chick orders
Check on the main photos page to learn more about the breeds we will have readily available, arriving in February, 2024, and available for pick up in April, 2024.
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Our chicken farm is located on the edge of Multnomah and Clackamas counties near Orient, Oregon. We, as a family, started raising chickens in 2012. I was raised with some farming background as a child, with chickens, cattle, and horses. But starting over as an adult felt like a whole new deal, with new information and new lessons to learn. Our first small flock was Russian Orloffs.
Russian Orloffs are beautiful chickens, cold hearty too. They don’t do so well in the hot summers. They also don’t lay very many eggs. But they are a very calm bird, with a standoffish nature within a flock.
After a couple of years, we added Welsummers to the flock, and that’s when we realized that Orloffs could be standoffish. The Welsummers handle the summer heat better, plus lay large and beautiful dark brown eggs.
After a couple years, we sold our Russian Orloffs and added Rhode Island Reds to the mix. That’s when we realized that some hens are super egg producers. We also started raising a few Cornish Cross for meat.
Each adventure helped us to learn more about chickens. What we also learned about was day-old chicks and what seemed to work best for their survival and health. We learned more about bio-security for poultry and how using organic methods can be a big help for thriving chicks.
At the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, we set up a large brooder and started raising day-old chicks for local backyard farmers, only to learn that the demand goes well beyond our local area. We encounter people who drive over 200 miles just to pick up our six-week to ten-week old pullets. We have started a few roosters with our pullets as special orders, but mostly, we request pullets from the NPIP hatchery in the Spring.
Why do we raise day-old chicks for others? Well, for a couple of reasons. We have all the equipment set up that we initially invested for our own flocks. When the pandemic hit, we saw how many people were wanting to try backyard farming with a few young birds. We thought that, perhaps, this could be a niche that we could easily fill. We love chicks and know how to start them in a healthy way. We socialize them so that they are not so afraid of people and feed them quality chick feed. We take weekly photos of each little flock that is destined for a new family.
We also raise chicks for our own flock. We keep a small, active, laying flock that we turn over every year with fresh laying stock. We sell our extra eggs to friends and neighbors. When we get too many eggs, we donate them to food shelters, like NAYA and Urban Gleaners.
We also raise Indian Runner ducks and Bourbon Reds or Narragansett turkeys. If you would like some of these types of poultry, let us know before February so we can order some extras for you.
