Uphill Farmers

07/20/2026

Hoping to get the last of the birds into homes ASAP so we can start tearing down. Asking only 20 per bird, applicable to all of them, as long as you come pickup (in Chimacum). Open to group deals. Need to home everyone asap.
Two adult geese - cotton patch female, 1yo, and African female, 3yo.
Five juvenile (3-4 months) geese, Oregon mini goose from Dave Holderred is the sire, dam for two is aforementioned cotton patch female, dam for the three with the curly back feathers is a sebastapol.
Eight juvenile heritage turkey poults, 1-2 months old, mixed varieties.
One adult turkey tom, 1yo, cornish palm (heritage).
Five turkey hens - two bronze, one mottled black, two slate. 1-3yo each.

07/12/2026

Chimacum, WA. Last few geese need to go, including five adolescent goslings hatched this year. All five of the young ones have an Oregon mini goose from Dave Holderred as the sire, dam for two is a cotton patch female (pictured and also available, and one of the breeds used to make the mini geese), dam for the three with the curly back feathers is a sebastapol (pictured, sold). Only asking 25/each. Not s*xed.
Cotton patch female dam is also available. One year old. $40. Have the last African female goose pictured left as well, 2-3 years old, and I really don't want a lonely goose so she can be taken for free with the purchase of any other goose/geese.

07/12/2026

Last few of the turkeys left. Asking just 50ea, a fantastic steal, or take all six for 250.
Two slate hens (1-3yo), two bronze hens (1-3yo), one mottled black hen (2yo), one tri-color mottled black tom (3yo - I call him Ghoul. He's a sweetie and was an important building block in my flock. Still fertile, still friendly, still produces lovely babies). All are gentle and have cohabitated with poults, chickens, and geese. All have been lovingly raised as part of heritage preservation and improvement. Am only selling due to being landless and having to take a break from farming. Chimacum, WA.

06/20/2026

All poults are currently reserved! Remaining adult birds have been listed on the page.

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06/20/2026

Adult geese for sale. Chimacum, WA.
American ice pair from Dave Holderred, 1yo. $150, must go together.
Buff saddleback sebastapol female, 1yo. $80
Cotton patch female, 1yo. $60
African female, 2-3yo, $40

06/17/2026

Adult turkeys available. Almost all 1yo, one bronze hen is 2-3. Gentle and sweet birds; the hens don't even peck me for taking their eggs and are diligently layers and brooders. The toms are curious and gentle with people, including children. All have lived with geese and chickens and never harmed a smaller bird, including poults. Almost all were hand raised by me and bred from several years of work on lines that are well-tempered and robust. Priced ridiculously low.

06/17/2026

Well said!!
Turkeys are nearly impossible to s*x without DNA s*xing until they reach s*xual maturity, or close to it. I've had folks back out on poult purchases when they realize they can't get only females from

"If I can't buy females only, then I'll just go buy from a box store or commercial hatchery"

Well, That's definitely your decision, but there's a reason most breeders don't offer female day old chicks or ducklings

Most breeders do not s*x their day old poultry.

Breeders cannot compete with commercial hatcheries on price. Most breeders do not have contracts with thousands of stores.

Breeders do not kill all of their males to supply only females. It usually takes the profit from selling the female to feed the male that they are left with.
When breeding, a good male is just as important as females. They are not a byproduct to breeders.

Breeders pay retail for feed, electricity and water just like their customers

A breeder cannot break even selling only 50% of what they produce (females)

Most of the times breeders have better quality and that's why the price is higher.

Breeders breed for the love of the breed, not for mass production and profit.

Expecting a breeder to be as cheap as a commercial operation isn't logical.

So yes, when you come back at a breeder complaining about price, it really hits hard because we are already struggling, and most of the time using our 9-5 to fund our love of poultry.

If the price is too expensive for you, please think about your response.

It's ok to just say Thank you and move along.

Devaluing someone's hard work with price is usually taken as a personal attack.

Purchase price is just the beginning. Quality isn't cheap

Be kind ❤️

06/17/2026

This may fall on deaf ears, but I just want to say, in the midst of liquidating my beloved stock - I have been breeding and raising heritage turkeys for about four years, and I have never (and never expected to) make a profit off my birds. All my sales are just to help with the feed bill. I do this out of love and passion, and sincere belief that genetically diverse, resilient, high-welfare livestock are the future of agriculture, and small producers are the people that will usher that future in.
That being said, it's admittedly disheartening to be having to take a break from the thing I love the most because of struggling with poverty and being flaked on, low-balled, and even shorted on purchases while I'm trying to sort my affairs. I understand - it's hard to see and grasp the value of birds when you just see *a bird* and not four years of line work, genetic research, hand-raising, temperament selection, pasture restoration, veterinary care, etc. That, plus my desire to make heritage turkeys more accessible and widespread, is why I'm ok with pricing under market value, haggling, and trading. But when I'm already doing all of that and then getting shorted anyway, especially right now as I struggle with figuring out future steps, it really burns.
I do not make a profit off the birds. I'm especially not right now as I focus on liquidating and reducing my flock to make hard decisions about who to let go of and who to keep in foster homes for a potential return. I am undercharging on all of my birds, and if I drive out to meet you, I'm taking the gas money as a direct hit on top of that.
I still have lots of birds left to place. They are all priced at remarkably low prices, with an overall discount for groups, and I have and will continue to offer options for people struggling with finances who can't afford the high price tag of local, humanely-raised meat at the grocery store and want to process their own instead. One of my poults costs *less* than the feed stores are charging for broad-breasted turkey poults produced from hatcheries, and my birds are significantly more hardy, resilient, long-lived, breeding-worthy, friendly, beautiful, and actually bred and raised with care, thought, and love. I know money is tight for everyone, but if you're interested in purchasing, all I ask is that you respect my time, my love and effort, and the investment of a lovingly-raised, carefully bred animal.

06/15/2026

Are there any services / folks who will transport a semi large quantity of poultry down to Enumclaw for the Saturday auction? I'm in Jefferson County and really need to move along some of these birds. Too many buyers flaking, I can't just sit on them and keep spending money on feed that I won't make back on their sale price anyway. I'm aware of how auction goes and know I won't make that much, so I'm wondering if hiring transport would just end up costing as much as I make anyway? Additionally, if people who do this are around and worth it, I'd love to hear testimonials. I know lots of animal transport horror stories, it needs to be someone I can trust not to steal or abuse animals and relay the accurate info to the auction house. See less

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06/07/2026

Hello, folks! Wow, we got absolutely inundated with messages about bird purchases! PLEASE be patient with me as I get to messages. If we are arranging a purchase, I will give you my phone number, as FB messages get lost, are hard to organize, etc.
The adult birds are quickly being reserved, but we hatched around 150 poults this year, so we will have babies for a while. I'm happy to do large group deals as we would like to move them along sooner than later.
Please remember that not all genotypes show up until birds are older and have their adult feathering in, hence why I sell as mixed batches, so I cannot identify every specific variety that we have produced yet. That being said, the mixed groups that I can't determine variety from will be a mix of blue, lavender, and standard fall fire, sweetgrass, and calico - all very similar, beautiful varieties that can be paired to produce the other varieties as well.
It would be best to come pick out birds yourself if you're picky. The poults are on Marrowstone Island and our adult birds are in Chimacum.
I also have a large mix of laying hens from 1-3 years old - sapphire gem, austrolorp, black laced wyandottes, various mixes, one buff orpington (and rooster partner), one lavender orpington, one dominique, a few d'uccle hens, a couple splash hens, lots of mixes - in other words, also best to come pick them out yourself.
The last few geese will be listed soon too, including a year-old pair of ice color American geese from Dave Holdred.
Thanks!

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