Downs Family Farm & Hatchery

05/01/2025

What we have in the incubator, we have are rare breed svarthona an all black chicken and cousins to the ayam cemani, we have Easter eggers and olive eggers. We also have coturnix quail. If interested let us know.

03/18/2025

10 week old female kunekune/juliana weaned off momma and eating grain and grazing on grass. $150 located in bolivar

03/16/2025

Fun facts about Farm Fresh Eggs & Chickens

Eggs are laid with a protective layer called “bloom” that seals the pores on the egg to keep bacteria from entering.

Unwashed eggs can stay on the counter for several weeks.

Washed eggs must be refrigerated and last up to two months.

Store your eggs upside down to help keep them fresh (pointy side down).

Chickens are omnivores. They love bugs, frogs, snakes, mice and other small creatures along with all kinds of vegetation.

Chickens shouldn’t have potato skins.

Farm eggs have 1/3 less cholesterol,1/4 less saturated fat, 2/3 more vitamin A, Two times more omega-3 fatty acids and three times more vitamin E than store bought eggs.

You can tell if the egg is fertilized by there being a white “bullseye” on the yolk.

One egg can have as many as 17,000 pores on the shell.

The breed of the chicken will determine the color of the egg.

The yolks contain vitamin D.

Chickens run faster than humans.

They can also remember up too 100 faces.

Chicken math is real.

02/04/2025

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01/11/2025

01/07/2025

Had quite the surprise tonight when feeding. Penelope are kunekune pig has given birth to 5 kunekune piglets so far, with more expected to come. These cute piglets will be available in 8 weeks.

12/26/2024

Merry Christmas

11/21/2024

If anyone is needing Eggs for Thanksgiving let us know. Once we list them they go pretty quick.