Rainbow hatching eggs and chicks! - Currently offering Araucana, Easter Eggers, Olive Eggers, and Satins.
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My 3 very last Satin chicks are looking for a new coop! The adults have already been sold, so this is it!
Hatched 7/25 & 7/30.
Straight run.
💲1️⃣0️⃣/ea
📍Pick up only at our farm in LaFontaine, IN (Wabash County).
Alright friends, it’s happening! 🥲
I am posting up for sale the last of my Araucana flock.
💙 I have 1 rooster and 3 hens. I want the hens to stay together, but would let them go without the rooster - however, the price will remain the same.
💙 Araucana are TRUE BLUE and would make a nice addition to a rainbow flock or an Olive Egger project, which was what I was working on.
💙 Araucana are mostly known for being rumpless and for their tufts (NOT the same as muffs on Ameraucana). However, they actually can be smooth-faced, single-tufted, or double-tufted, and though usually rumpless, they can also sometimes have a tail.
💙 My rooster does have a tail, but he is absolutely beautiful and has perfect double tufts. He’s been throwing double tufts frequently even though the hens are all smooth-faced, even in his Olive Egger chicks which I have added to the pictures. I get tails about 25% of the time. 💙 The hens are all rumpless and smooth-faced.
➡️ Here is a link with a decent description of Araucana vs Ameraucana: https://mranimalfarm.com/differences-ameraucana-aracana-easter-egger-chickens/
I just purchased these ones earlier this year, before we decided to make some changes around the farm and get out of birds. It has been my favorite breed to own, and the last to go.
Asking 💲1️⃣0️⃣0️⃣ for all 4.
📍Pick up only at our farm in LaFontaine, IN.
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2 more purebred Araucana up for grabs! These will carry the blue gene.
Hatched 7/8.
Straight run for now.
$12/pair.
Located in LaFontaine, IN. (Wabash County)
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Satin/Silkie Showgirl breeding trio up for grabs!
$45.
Not looking to separate.
📍Pick up only at our farm in LaFontaine, IN.
It is both with a heavy heart, and also excitement for the future, to announce that this will be my last year for chickens. I will be hatching through the summer, but then will be rehoming my flocks this fall and closing my page.
So if you’re in the market for Araucana or Satins from me, now is the time!! 🐥✨
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Satins hatched 6/14 and 6/21!
8 available and more hatching soon.
Straight run.
Minimum purchase of 3 required, unless you have others their size.
3/$20.
All 8 for $45.
📍 Pick up only at our farm in LaFontaine, IN.
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Araucana trio up for grabs! 💙
Hatched 6/14. Straight run.
$25/trio.
📍 Pick up only at our farm in LaFontaine, IN.
Florek’s Flock and Farm updated their address.
It’s that time of year! I have some extra starts I need to find a new garden for. 🌱
(𝘐 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘥 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘥 𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘬𝘦𝘵 𝘰𝘳 𝘎𝘰𝘰𝘨𝘭𝘦 𝘱𝘪𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘰𝘯 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘐 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘢𝘷𝘢𝘪𝘭𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦, 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘷𝘪𝘦𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦!)
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𝟭 - Lemon Basil - $1/ea
Chinese Pink Celery - SOLD
𝟭𝟭 - Golden Self Blanching Celery (𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘱𝘰𝘵𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 2-3 𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩) - $2/ea
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T͟o͟m͟a͟t͟o͟e͟s:
Jet Star (𝘭𝘰𝘸 𝘢𝘤𝘪𝘥, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢 𝘧𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘺 𝘧𝘢𝘷) - SOLD
𝟲 - Prairie Fire (3 𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘭𝘦𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 1 𝘱𝘰𝘵 𝘰𝘧 3) - $3/ea & $6/trio
𝟯 - Get Stuffed (1 𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘭𝘦 & 1 𝘱𝘢𝘪𝘳) - $5 & 2/$8
𝟱 - Thorburn’s Terra-Cotta - $5/ea
Spoon Tomato - SOLD
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S͟w͟e͟e͟t͟ ͟P͟e͟p͟p͟e͟r͟s
𝟰 - Buena Mulata - $3/ea
𝟮 - Pippin’s Golden Honey - $3/ea
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H͟o͟t͟ ͟P͟e͟p͟p͟e͟r͟s:
𝟭 - Aji Brazilian Starfish - $3
𝟮 - Purple Tiger - $3/ea
𝟱 - Puma - $3/ea
𝟲 - Pumpkin Spice Jalapeño (𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘥𝘰 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘵𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘗𝘚 🤣 𝘪𝘵’𝘴 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘳!) - 3/ea
𝟮 - Biquinho - $3/ea
𝟮 - Biquibho Yellow - $3/ea
Tabasco - SOLD
𝟲 - Habanero - $2 and $3/ea
𝟯 - Lemon Habanero - $3/ea
𝟮 - Chocolate Habanero - $3/ea
𝟯 - Ghost (𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳’𝘴 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘴𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘤𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘚𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘱𝘪𝘰𝘯 😅🥵) - $3/ea
𝟯 - Khang Starr Lemon Starrburst (KSLS) - $3/ea
𝟯 - Fire Cracker - $3/ea
𝟱 - Cherry Bombs - $3/ea
𝟮 - Cayenne - $3/ea
𝟴 - Poblano - $2/ea
𝟰 - Serrano - $2/ea
𝟱 - Anaheim - $3/ea
📍Pickup only at our home in LaFontaine.
Please pm me to set up a time to stop by!
❌ No Holds ❌
This is a good read to give some perspective. I often find myself hanging onto them because so many people requesting females only, but I’ve been pricing them at only $10-12. 😟 Eating all of that extra cost. It just simply isn’t sustainable.
As everyone knows, costs of feed has gone up. This year I have to really pay attention to input costs and price accordingly. I will be doing a lot more straight run chicks, and a lot less growout females this year. I hope you all understand! 😔
This is the list of how much it costs me just to get a female up to 6 weeks old. Even if she doesn't turn out to be show quality. So when I occasionally offer them it is just as favor to those that absolutely do not want to deal with having to rehome a Silkie rooster or just the comfort of knowing for sure that you have a female. It isn't something I'm making a profit off of. It makes more sense to just sell them all unsexed. You may not agree with the costs that I have included but it is just something to think about when you are specifically asking for ONLY females. Thanks 😀
Cost of a DNA confirmed pullet:
➡️How much I charge for an unsexed chick- $15
➡️Cost of the DNA test(iqbirdtesting)- $12
➡️Cost of feed and bedding to get a chick to 6 weeks old $3
➡️Wing band, paper and ink, postage- $1
➡️Even at just 2 minutes of labor per day up to 6 weeks old at minimum wage- 84 minutes of labor $12
➡️SO far the total is $43
Now double those expenses because the females have to cover the cost of a least 1 additional male because now he is worth 0. No one wants to pay for a male and they cost just as much to raise as a female.
Things that I haven't included in the total:
➡️Me getting stuck with all the extra males to rehome or cull
➡️The cost of supplies and building their pens to house them in
➡️The cost of electricity for fans, incubator, brooder lights, etc.
➡️There are more things I can list but I'm sure most of you would think that it is silly to include them
I haven’t posted in awhile!
I recently had 2 major hip and pelvis surgeries and am confined to my house for 3 months, so I shut off the incubators and downsized the flock in preparation. 😞
But y’all want to see some unedited pictures I took of my Silkie/Satin flock last fall? Just because I haven’t posted in awhile and I miss my birds? 🙃 Lol
🔸 The black ones are my hand-raised roosters, the rest are hens.
🔸 The last picture of 4 are the newest growouts that will merge with the flock as soon as I can walk again, and the biggest one in there is my new rooster that I am VERY excited about. 😍
Enjoy! 🐥
Winter Sowing for the win! 🤩🌱 Spring is right around the corner!
27 jugs were stuck outside in the snow on Feb 1st. My various lettuce are first to the party! 🥬
Phase 1 of my 2022 winter sowing done! 🤗👩🏻🌾 Just in time for the snow storm. ❄️
My favorite Marans hen is at it again! 😍💜 Also 👀 some of these fun Welsummer and stunning Araucana colors!
My flock may have decreased DRAMATICALLY when I moved, but sometimes it’s just quality over quantity. ☺️
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I have a young RUMPLESS Easter Egger rooster looking for a new flock! 🤗
This guy is really neat, I just don’t have use for him in my program.
He would be a good breeder for blue eggs, as his hen was an Araucana, and his rooster was a Whiting True Blue.
(I’ll have to dig to find his hatch date, but he’s less than a year old and just started crowing a couple of weeks ago).
💲8️⃣ takes him!
📍 Located in LaFontaine (Wabash County)
The play pens are working out really well…🥴😂
Trio from my Silkie/Satin project pen.
Hatched 6/23 & 7/8.
Prefer all 3 to go together, but would sell a pair if necessary.
💲2️⃣5️⃣/trio
📍Located in LaFontaine (Wabash County)
❗️MAREK’S PSA❗️
I recently had a past customer reach out to me, that she was losing my birds and suspected Marek’s. Now this purchase was months ago, and the birds were older growouts, this was not a recent purchase. But still, naturally my heart sank with even the thought that it originated in my flock.
Now I have not had any sick birds, weird neurological behavior, or mysterious deaths. But for my own peace of mind and for all of you, I paused my sales and submitted samples. I sent out environmental/dander swabs, oral swabs, and blood samples in my main coop (which would be the birds that were both parents as well as previously housed with the suspected birds), and also my transition pen and my growouts - because at that point I might as well test them all for good measure, right?
Results came back today, and my flock is NEGATIVE in all coops.
I wanted to post this here for all of you, and for myself and my name.
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A few notes about Marek’s:
1️⃣ “Marek's Disease is by far one of the most common illnesses in small flocks and not treatable once the clinical signs have begun.
The percentage of illness and death in a flock can be anywhere from 1% to up to 50%. The clinical disease is typically seen between 6 weeks to 30 weeks of age. But Marek's Disease can develop in older birds as well.” -Penn State
2️⃣ It is spread via dander from infected birds most commonly, but can also be spread via clothes, boots, carriers that go to other farms, wild birds, etc.
“In general, poultry diseases are highly contagious because they do not require direct contact between birds, or even between locations, to spread. With Marek’s disease, a tumor-forming virus, the disease can spread five miles in the air without a carrier. That radius increases once you account for the activities of native backyard birds, or your own shoes if you run to Tractor Supply after you clean the coop, etc.” -Tri-State Vet Services
3️⃣ “Since infected birds are shedding virus, they will spread the disease as long as they are alive. If new, unvaccinated birds are brought into an infected flock, they will also become infected. This is especially true of young chicks that are highly susceptible. Even if new birds are quarantined away from the affected flock, caretakers can carry the virus-laden dander on hands, clothing, shoes, hair, and skin and spread the illness. One way that Marek's Disease is not acquired is through the hatching egg.” -Penn State.
❗️An added note to this: my chicks and birds ARE NOT vaccinated, so if a flock has vaccinated, asymptomatic carriers, birds from my flock will be more susceptible to symptoms and death than the vaccinated birds in the same area.
The reason my flock is not vaccinated is because the Marek’s vaccine is sold in LARGE hatchery amounts, and must be used within hours of mixing it up and the rest is discarded. So when I’m hatching maybe 10 chicks at a time, a vial for 1000 birds is going down the drain each time and it is unfeasible for small breeders, unfortunately.
4️⃣ Also important to note, that if you’re ever losing birds and suspect Marek’s, you can submit the whole deceased bird for a necropsy. As I was not losing any birds, and personally was not keen on the idea of culling a perfectly good hen, I submitted the dry swabs and blood samples instead. But you can submit the whole bird if you ever find yourself in this situation at home (hopefully not!).
If you’ve read this far, I hope you’re having a great day! And When In Doubt, Send It Out! 😄
💚 RUMPLESS Olive Eggers 💚
I have 3 little Olive Eggers looking for a new brooder.
2 of them are looking rumpless!
These chick are my first batch with my new Araucana rooster! 😍 (So I admit, I can’t say for sure what they will grow up to look like or lay).
All were hatched out of speckled Marans eggs. 🤎
Hatched 6/25.
💲2️⃣5️⃣/trio
*I will only separate if you have others the same age-ish.
(The Silkies are also available 😉)
📍Located in LaFontaine (Wabash County)
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❗️LAST CALL❗️for Easter and Olive Egger growouts! I need to clear out the brooders to make room for what I am more focused on with my new rooster! 🥰
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18 🐥 ᗩᐯᗩIᒪᗩᗷᒪE:
9 hatched out of dark brown speckled Marans eggs
8 hatched out of peach speckled EE’s eggs
1 hatched out of green speckled OE egg
💲8️⃣/each
💲2️⃣0️⃣/trio
💲3️⃣0️⃣/five
💲5️⃣0️⃣/ten
💲7️⃣5️⃣ takes all 18; obo
𝗛𝗲𝗻𝘀: Marans, F1 OE, and EE
𝗥𝗼𝗼𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀: an F1 OE and a Whiting True Blue
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𝗧𝘆𝗽𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗰𝗸𝘀 𝗯𝗮𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝗼𝗳𝗳 𝗵𝗲𝗻/𝗿𝗼𝗼𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗽𝗮𝗶𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗹𝘂𝗱𝗲: F1 Olive Egger, F2 Olive Egger, BC1 Olive Egger, and Easter Eggers. They are leg banded accordingly.
Hatched 5/31 and 6/6.
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Located in LaFontaine, IN (Wabash County)
Today’s newest nugget 🥰🖤
I love getting messages from customers!
One of my chicks grew up to lay this beautiful olive.
🤗🫒
The cutest little Silkie baby of all time hatched this morning 🥰
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Easter & Olive Eggers!
I have 5 growouts ready for their new coop! 3 EE/OE pullets, 1 EE/OE cockerel (free), and a Silkie cross that I think is a pullet. 💲8️⃣/ea; or 💲3️⃣0️⃣/all
Located in LaFontaine, IN (Wabash County)
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A quick vid of the last batch of growouts that are needing a new coop!
All are Easters and Olives, hatched Feb and March.
❗️MOVING SALE❗️
I am moving and would prefer to sell these last ones from farm #1, instead of having to move them to farm #2. SO I’m dropping the price to $6/ea, with another price cut for the whole batch❗️
Located in Roann.
Who needs lettuce?!
*this is the “and Farm” portion of my page name lol!
I’m having to remove a bunch of bottom leaves today, from not getting to them in time.
We cut a big bowl for salads and sandwiches last night and it didn’t even make a dent lol
So if anyone wants to come harvest some lettuce, let me know! 🙂 It’s going bad before we can get to it! I’d rather it go to someone than die off and get tossed aside.
THIS 👏 PURPLE 👏 EGG! 👏😍💜
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I have 2 Frizzle Satin cockerels needing new coops!
1 is a Showgirl!
*Please note, you should NOT breed frizzle to frizzle. So if you have frizzle hens, these are not the guys for you. But if you have smooth hens and want some frizzle babies, here’s your chance!
I’m obsessed with the black one, but since my hens are frizzle, unfortunately he needs to go. 😢
2️⃣0️⃣ea, or 3️⃣0️⃣/pair.
Located in Roann, or can take to LaFontaine this weekend. (Opposite ends of Wabash County)
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7 EE/OE growouts needing a new coop!
1 is rumpless.
1 is looking like a rooster.
Unsure about the rumpless.
The others are looking like pullets.
But selling the group as straight run.
Hens: Marans, Araucana, and EE’s
Roosters: F1 OE and Whiting True Blue
$8 each, or $50 for the group.
Located in Roann.
So very excited for these Araucana eggs to hit the incubator! 😍🤞(also got some of my F1 and F2 OE’s cookin).
Edit to answer some questions I’ve been getting: I start any shipped or travelled eggs this way to give the air cell some time to settle. 🙂 These ones were not shipped, but had about an hour in the car, so I’ll let them rest a couple of days before letting them turn. Shipped eggs I usually leave upright 5-7 days.
As most of you know, I’ve been downsizing to make moving easier. Y’all. I went from 150 chickens to 𝟮𝟯! 🤯🥲 (Not counting my Silkies or Satins).
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I’ve decided to be 𝘮𝘶𝘤𝘩 more specific with my breeds - for example, no more EE, Ameraucana, or Whiting True Blue hens. No more of my barnyard mix hens. No more assortment of Olive Egger roosters..
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M͟o͟v͟i͟n͟g͟ ͟f͟o͟r͟w͟a͟r͟d͟,͟ ͟I͟ ͟w͟i͟l͟l͟ ͟b͟e͟ ͟o͟f͟f͟e͟r͟i͟n͟g͟:
💚 𝐅𝟏 𝐎𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐄𝐠𝐠𝐞𝐫𝐬 - from Araucana over Marans and Welsummers.
💙 𝐁𝐥𝐮𝐞 𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐫𝐬 - from Araucana over Araucana and Legbars. (Later, when the next pen is built, I will separate these so that we’ll have pure of each).
🧡 And of course 𝐒𝐢𝐥𝐤𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐒𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐬! Smooth, frizzle, Showgirls, and frizzled Showgirls.
⠀..when the growouts are old enough, I will also be adding a Marans pen. 🤎😍
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It was hard to see all of my hard work sold off like that, BUT I am excited to move forward with more specific project pens!
So stay tuned and thank y’all for the patience and support while I regrow the flocks! ☺️
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👀 Picture of my new Araucana rooster, 𝘙𝘶𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘭 𝘊𝘳𝘰𝘸. 🤣
NOT full Araucana, as I unfortunately lost my rooster, so my hen is out with the EE’s now.
BUT! So excited to get a little rumpless Easter Egger! 😍
Araucana hen, Whiting True Blue rooster.
My husband’s been sneaking Showgirl eggs into the baters. 😂 I believe he’s what you’d call a keeper. 😆🐣
Why do these chicks take prettier pictures than I do? 😩😂
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I am 𝘴𝘰 happy with the coloring of this last batch of Easter Eggers! 😍 I cannot wait to see how some of these feather out!
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I’ve had the incubators off due to moving, but had 5 broody hens that hatched out these lovelies for me! 🐣
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🔸Most are 1-3 wks old, and I have a few that are >4 weeks and are off heat.
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🔸Straight run; 𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙞𝙢𝙪𝙢 𝙤𝙛 ⓷ 𝙧𝙚𝙦𝙪𝙞𝙧𝙚𝙙.
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🔸𝗛𝗲𝗻𝘀: Araucana, Ameraucana, & Easter Eggers. 𝗥𝗼𝗼𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀: Whiting True Blue & F1 Olive Egger.
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🔸$5 each for youngest group, $8 for older group; pick up only; no holds.
We gave 𝕁𝕠𝕙𝕟 𝕎𝕒𝕪𝕟𝕖 some new roommates! 🤗🥰
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Counting the days until we can add 🅢🅘🅛🅚🅘🅔 chicks and hatching eggs to our growing breed list! 🐣
I sure do love waking up to a bater full of floofs! 🥰
*Yes, I leave the turning trays in these days. No, it is not on lol. The LF eggs in there are not ready to hatch yet, the tray keeps the chicks from rolling the other eggs all over the place.
I’ve been slacking on my incubating lately, but I finally got my app updated! Hatch days are right around the corner! 😍🤞🐣
I just love happy customer posts. 🥰
This beauty is a cross of mine that laid her first egg! A beautiful, rich green. 💚 Not to mention her neat feathering. 🤗 Is it weird I’m jealous of my own creation? 🤔😂
These little guys are just too much fun to look at 😄🥰
Satins, Frizzled Satins, & Frizzled Satin Showgirls.
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Parent stock bred by White Rose Farm.
Free bachelors looking for their own flock.
2 mature Easter Eggers hatched last fall.
1 EE cockerel and 1 backcross Olive Egger cockerel hatched in January.
Located in Roann.
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This Frizzle Satin Showgirl cockerel needs a new coop! Hatched 1/25.
It’s important to know that you cannot, ethically, breed frizzle to frizzle. Which unfortunately is why I can’t keep him - I don’t have the space to give him his own coop and pullets right now. 😔
But if you don’t have frizzle hens and want to make some, he’s your guy! He’d be a great addition to get some naked necks also.
So here he is! In all his glory. 😆
Located in Roann.
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Gonna cross pages here just for a second to wish everyone a happy Ag Day! ☀️ Poultry is just a teeny tiny new part of the Florek Farm; this is a more accurate description of what a day in the life looks like. 🙂
Happy National Ag Day!!! 🚜🌾🌱🌽
La Fontaine, IN
46940
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Phase 1 of my 2022 winter sowing done! 🤗👩🏻🌾 Just in time for the snow storm. ❄️ #gardennerd #thinkspring #5b #zone5b #5bgarden #zone5bgardening #garden #gardening #gardensofinstagram #gardenlife #gardengirl #veggies #veggiegarden #heirloom #heirloomseeds #seeds #seedstarting #flowers #wintersowing #homegrown #homegrownfood #backyardgarden #healthyhobby #floreksflockandfarm #florekfarms
Kevin Carr and Wendy Laesch Show Horses
200N, WabashPotter's 'The Family Tree' Christmas Tree Far
S 925 E, Akron
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