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The Wren & The River Homestead

🇨🇦 Ess*x Ontario, Canada 🇨🇦

• Gardening • Poultry • Dog Food/Treats •

06/01/2026

Look what I got!
My new chicken tractor has been in use almost a week now. No losses *knock on wood* so I guess that means my husband did a great job. They're just starting their journey around the pasture

05/26/2026

I hate trying to get candid pictures of birds 🥴 before and after, best I've got lol

Does anyone want either of these 2 Bresse? I didn't breed these birds, they came in a shipment of eggs I ordered as extras. They're almost 7 weeks old, assuming 2 cockerals from the combs but I make no promises.

I also have unlimited olive egger roosters if you want future colour in your egg baskets. Off heat, under heat, take your pick

05/17/2026

Today happens to be my birthday, and I get to spend it working on projects in the yard at the new house with my purple dinosaur 🐓

We are officially in Harrow, and with the move will come a page name change, and a logo change once I'm finished with them. We're not straying far from our roots, I just figured the new farm deserved a new name.

Ps. For the time being dog food can still be picked up in Ess*x. That will all switch over to Harrow by the end of June

05/16/2026

Have you ever hatched out a fibromelanistic chicken? Birds such as Svarthöna (what I hatched), Ayam Cemani, Silkies etc can leave behind these dark stringy veins.

Any breed can leave behind a dried out vascular membrane when they hatch, and while they usually dry to a dark burgundy colour, in fibro breeds they typically dry down a deep black.

Fibromelanistic chickens have a gene mutation that causes hyperpigmentation. That can mean black feathers, skin, beaks, combs, wattles, meat, organs, and even bones.

Picture of our last Svarthöna rooster, Batman as example

05/11/2026

🌷Happy mothers day to all the wonderful moms out there🌷

I was lucky enough to score 3 fruit trees from Maidstone Tree Farm & Garden Centre for my mothers day present. A perfect start to our small orchard! Huge thanks to my husband and our wonderful kids of course.

Ps.
- I have lots of olive egger cockerals available if anyone is looking to add some colour to their basket with a new rooster

- I also have a doz s*xlinked olive egger eggs available

Pick up is in Harrow

04/28/2026

The Rustic Rangers have arrived!
I have a rule of eggs only, no live birds at my house when bringing in poultry. But I have to make an exception for the meat birds, though they are brooding alone.

I'll be keeping the girls from this group, plus a rooster or 2 to continue hatching my own meat chicks whenever I want them, rather than relying on the feed store. We've had a flock of RRs in the past (picture) and I much prefer to have them on farm vs ordering.

In a few short weeks they'll be ready to tractor around the yard. It's good for the birds and good for the grass

04/10/2026

The sky was pretty and so were the eggs

04/08/2026

Recently picked up our yearly honey case. If you're in the market for some contact Danielle Cook 🍯

04/03/2026

Happy Easter weekend!

Snapped some quick pictures of a couple Marans today. I'm only a little bit ashamed of how long it took to find my shade card 📷

04/01/2026

Here's a good example of my s*x linked olive eggers. Boys not only come out with a white spot on their heads, but also so far have hatched out darker than their pullet friends.

Plus a picture of my chocolate silkie because I'm pretty stoked about it 🍫

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