HLC Poultry

03/09/2025

Picture going soon on baby chicks

09/29/2024

Be sure and check out the
2023 triple crown winner
HLC Supernatural next week at the
2024 Horn Showcase Bull Alley,
He puts together the best in size, color, horn, disposition, and genetics!

05/31/2024

We are proud to raise Heritage birds!

05/27/2024

05/23/2024

Apparently it's National Drinking With Chickens Day! We will have to plan better for this next year!

05/10/2024

Getting ready for Amanda Hardcastle graduation at OKC fairgrounds Jim Norick arena. The big night will start at 6pm. Everyone give a big shoot out and congratulations to my best friend and lovely wife with her well deserved vet tech degree. She has worked very hard and we are all so proud of her.

04/29/2024

We are so happy with our American Breeses and are excited to offer these this summer!

🐓♥️🎉People ask me all the time why did we chose to change to raising White American Bresse dual purpose meat birds over the Cornish Cross.

Here are some facts that we also noticed between both breeds. They both have pros and cons but we absolutely love them for the way the meat is flavorful and marble, that they reproduce, and also that they don’t have health issues from growing way too fast. Also these guys have beautiful huge blue legs to hold up those big ol bodies and we let ours free range with our others when it’s not chick season here on the Farm. Our Rooster is a big ol boy and he is the sweetest boy too! Also if you have ever processed a Cornish they smell awful in my opinion, we moved the chicken tractor daily and they still smelled like nasty p**p they layed in🤢, I didn’t even want to eat the meat lol. Here are some great facts about the two breeds.

🐓Cornish Cross Chickens can't compete with American Bresse Chickens in rich and succulent flavor or fat marbling, because the extremely early harvest of Cornish Cross reduces the flavor as well as the texture of the meat. This doesn't seem to matter to the market, but I wonder if this is because no one knows what they are missing?

🐓American Bresse Chickens can't compete with Cornish Cross in speed to market (6 - 8 weeks) for sure, but I doubt you'd want them to, as they'd lose the magic of their flavor and succulence. Am Bresse chickens require a minimum of about 12 weeks to develop the intense poultry flavor and fat marbling for which they are known. A big advantage to raising American Bresse is the sustainability factor - you can hatch and raise your own birds without having to depend on a distant hatchery.

We have some chicks ready for pick up. Inbox for details please

04/02/2024

Looking for any and all old unwanted horse shoes pm me if you have any please.

03/22/2024

Come stop by and see us at the Okie Homesteading Expo we would love to chat with you about our Heritage Poultry breeds and how Parasitrol can help improve your flock health!