Meet the Flocks
Every bird on this farm has a name, and most of them have opinions. Here's who's actually out on pasture laying the eggs you're eating.
Big Eggs, Bigger Personalities
Five years ago, one of our children had a dream of having a duck of his own. We decided our land was a good fit and agreed to give it a try. We started with Anconas, a heritage breed in decline, and have continued to branch out to other breeds since.
Checkers, Spot, Emperor & Bandit
Four black-and-white Anconas. Anconas are active foragers with a mottled, pied pattern — no two look quite the same.
Chocolate
The chocolate-and-white version of our Anconas — same energetic forager, different color pattern.
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Sonic
The duck behind the blue eggs. If you've ever pulled a soft blue egg out of your carton and wondered whether a chicken laid it — nope, that's all Sonic.
Speckles & Scooter
Our two Golden Layer ducks — another high-production hybrid line, this one with a warmer golden coat.
Darkwing & Gizmo
Our two Black Swedish ducks — a calm, sturdy dual-purpose breed known for the white bib patch across the chest.
Ikea
A bluish-gray duck with a very dark blue bill — calm temperament, like the rest of our Swedish ducks.
Cream
Light tan with black spotting and a sparse hint of iridescence. Welsh Harlequins come from a color mutation in Khaki Campbells — good layers, calm temperament.
Aflac, Waddles & Sunny
Three White Layer ducks — a hybrid line bred specifically for high egg production. Waddles is our special-needs duck, born without feet or fully functional wings. Doesn't slow her down one bit.
Fourteen Hens (And Pip)
One breed, one flock — but every hen still lays a little differently.
The Flock, and Pip
Fourteen Red Sex Link hens — a reliable, friendly hybrid breed and steady layers, which is exactly why we picked them. The hens don't have individual names, but everyone knows the rooster keeping watch over them: that's Pip.
The Neighborhood Watch
Goose eggs are seasonal — sold individually when available, currently out of season and back in March.
Sprattle & Big Bird
Sprattle reigns over the flock of fowl, with Big Bird as her right-hand gal. Pilgrim geese are a heritage breed where males and females look different from hatch, so you can tell them apart early. Both get exceptionally moody and protective come spring, during egg-laying season — their eggs are huge, big enough that some people call them "dinosaur eggs." They're not laying right now; goose eggs come back in March.