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We raise all our poultry according to the American Standard of Perfection!
Please look at the table below to see what poultry is currently available for purchase. If you would like additional information on a specific breed just click on the type of poultry under variety! Any questions please do not hesitate to contact us!
General Information
Large fowl- the large breeds of fowl (They are sometimes called Standards, but this
term should really be used for birds, large or bantam, that reflect the published standard for their breeds) Many breeds can be found in Large fowl and Bantam.
Bantams are more popular because they need less space in most cases; they eat less feed, and are easier to handle than most large fowl. They are the ideal size for children to start out with. For more complete information you can check with the American Bantam Association Standard or the American Poultry Association Standard of Perfection.
True bantams are mostly only for exhibition. The reason for this is that most true bantams lay very small eggs and very few eggs. They also have no large fowl counterparts. Along with having very small bodies for meat production, bantams are just not big enough for slaughter
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Porcelain
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Belgian d'Uccle and Booted Bantam
A true bantam (meaning there is no standard-sized form), the bearded and booted Mille Fleur d'Uccle is one of the prettiest of fowl. The d'Uccles also occur in other color varieties, such as Porcelain and Black Mottled. They are single combed birds and the standard calls for vulture hocks, a disqualification in most breeds. (Vulture hocks are long stiff feathers protruding down and back from the hock joint.
The Mille Fleur pattern consists of a ground color of mahogany, with each feather marked with a crescent shaped bar of black and tipped with a V-shaped white spangle. The true coloring does not usually appear until the first adult molt. The Porcelains are patterned the same way, but the ground color is straw, and the barring blue with a white tip. In the US they are frequently referred to as Mille Fleur or Millies, in spite of the fact that Mille Fleur is only one of their color variants and it also appears in other breeds.
In the US they are frequently referred to as Mille Fleur or Millies, in spite of the fact that Mille Fleur is only one of their color variants and it also appears in other breeds.
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Mille Fleur
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Belgian d'Uccle and Booted Bantam
A true bantam (meaning there is no standard-sized form), the bearded and booted Mille Fleur d'Uccle is one of the prettiest of fowl. The d'Uccles also occur in other color varieties, such as Porcelain and Black Mottled. They are single combed birds and the standard calls for vulture hocks, a disqualification in most breeds. (Vulture hocks are long stiff feathers protruding down and back from the hock joint.
The Mille Fleur pattern consists of a ground color of mahogany, with each feather marked with a crescent shaped bar of black and tipped with a V-shaped white spangle. The true coloring does not usually appear until the first adult molt. The Porcelains are patterned the same way, but the ground color is straw, and the barring blue with a white tip. In the US they are frequently referred to as Mille Fleur or Millies, in spite of the fact that Mille Fleur is only one of their color variants and it also appears in other breeds.
In the US they are frequently referred to as Mille Fleur or Millies, in spite of the fact that Mille Fleur is only one of their color variants and it also appears in other breeds.
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Black Cochin
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The large Standard Cochins are truly awesome birds. Cochins came to the US and England from China for the first time in about 1845, when they were known as Chinese Shanghai fowl. The American Poultry Association recognizes Buff, Partridge, White, Black, Silver-laced, Golden-laced, Blue, Brown and Barred varieties.
One of the largest chickens, a full-grown cock can reach 11 pounds, with the hens reaching 8 1/2 pounds. With their thick fluffy plumage, the birds look even larger. Their skin is yellow and they lay a brown egg. Although they are bred mostly for exhibition, they make a good meat bird. Cochins are usually very calm birds and easily made into pets.
Bantam Cochins are known as Pekins in Britain and Australia.
These little birds are very popular both in the fancy for showing and with backyarders as pets. They are very tame and pretty. They are also popular as broody hens, being able to cover a fair number of eggs and sitting very tight.
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Silver Phoenix
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Phoenix are descendants of the chickens that are seen in Japanese illustrations, which bear tails of 15 to 20 feet or longer. There are many breeds of Longtail fowl in Japan. The one our Phoenix most resembles is the Onagadori, except that the birds in the US rarely get any great length to their tails. The Phoenix is a breed that grows exceptionally long tail feathers. This is an inherited trait in which the tail feathers are not properly molted, but instead keep growing. There are several other breeds of long-tails, most of which originate from various parts of the world, especially the Orient. Preserving the great length of the growing tail feathers takes special care
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Silver Seabright
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The Seabright is one of the true bantams. That means there is no standard (large) version of the breed. The breed was developed by Sir John Seabright early in the 1800s and has the distinction of being the only breed of chicken named for an individual. There are two recognized varieties in the US, Gold and Silver. The Silver Seabright is a white bird with black lacing on all its feathers. The Gold has the black lacing on a base color of golden brown. The rooster weighs about 26 ounces and the hen 22 ounces. The male Seabright is hen feathered. Hen-feathering is when the male bird does not develop the typical long sickle feathers of a rooster, the pointed hackle (neck) feathers, or the pointed saddle feathers which hang in front of the tail. Seabright bantams, must be hen-feathered to fit the breed standard, and all hens have a deep purple or "mulberry" colored rosecomb
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Light Brahmas
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Brahmas are large, stately birds. The breed is standardized in three varieties: Light, Buff and Dark. They are very calm yet good foragers. Brahmas are an Asiatic breed of fowls that originated in the Brahmaputra district of India After they were first imported from Shanghai, China in September 1846 to America. The Light and Dark Brahmas were first admitted to the standard in 1874. Like the Cochin, which is alleged to be the genetic ancestor of the Brahma, they have feathered feet and a massive appearance - well feathered and well proportioned. All Brahmas have a light colored head. In 1924, Buff Brahmas were also admitted to the standard. These are virtually identical to the Light Brahma with the exception of a buff coloration instead of white.
We have both the Large Fowl and the Bantam of the light Brahmas.
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