Dominique, Chantecler and Silkie Chickens

Chucky - Dominique cock
Partridge Chantecler Chicks
Taro - Bearded Buff Silkie cockerel

 

Heritage breeds are our first love, and our focus is on breeding Dominiques, Silkies and Narragansett turkeys to Standard for production and show. This year we are adding Partridge Chanteclers and Bantam Dominiques to our breeding program.

We raise Bearded/Non-bearded Buff and Bearded Blue/Splash Silkies for show, broodies and pets. Click the logo above to go to our Silkie site.

We also have a mixed egglayer/pet flock which includes Blue & Black Jersey Giants, Buff Orpingtons, Silver Laced Polish , as well as a few pet roosters. We also have a small gang of ducks who hang with the chickens: a pair of white Pekins, two call drakes, and a pair of Mallards. We also have two adorable button quail who live inside the house with Kramer the cockatiel.

Since we have sold our breeding flock of Jersey Giants, we no longer have any Giant chicks, eggs or adults available. We should have some Silkie chicks as well as Narragansett poults available sometime later in the year for pick up or delivery to area shows/swaps only. (Both currently have a waiting list. The earliest we would have any available is most likely in the Fall.)

Confessions of a Chick-a-holic
a poem by Lily Branga
Egg Incubation Chart
Download a free Excel spreadsheet file that has charts for hatching chicken & turkey eggs
(using the Dry Incubation method), and also includes a third chart for hatching duck eggs.

Here are a few recommended links to learn more about the breeds above.

The American Silkie Bantam Club - Great place to go for information and links about Silkie chickens. Great club to join if you're a silkie fancier!

Chantecler Fanciers International - A new club that was formed late 2007 to promote and preserve this great Canadian native!

Dominique Club of America - An organization devoted to America's oldest chicken breed.

New England Bantam Club - One of the oldest clubs devoted to bantam chickens and ducks. They hold two shows a year in Massachusetts, as well as poultry seminars.

Society for the Preservation of Poultry Antiquities - An organization working to improve rare breeds of poultry and to encourage exhibition & breeding.