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"A New Generation of Hatchery"

Production Birds

The Cornish-Cross is a fast developing; broad breasted meat type chicken. Ready to dress in six weeks or sooner. Feed high protein feed that is 21% or better.

  The Barred Plymouth Rock was a popular old fashioned utility bird. Its a gorgeous looking bird - proud and beautifully feathered. It should lay a large brown egg and and plenty of them - at least 200 a year and ideally 285.

  The Black Sex-Link is produced by mating a R.I. Red male to a Barred rock female. The pullets are black with a reddish cast and are splendid layers of large brown eggs. Roosters resemble a Barred rock.

  Golden Sex-Link is very hardy and has excellent feed conversion. The hens are top producers, laying brown eggs. The females are light red with white tail and wing feathers. The males are white; similar to a White Rock rooster.

  The New Hampshire is a relatively new breed, having been admitted to the Standard in 1935. They represent a specialized selection out of the Rhode Island Red breed.

  The Rhode Island Red is a very popular breed of chicken. They are a utility bird, raised for meat, eggs, and also as show birds.

  The White Leghorn has figured prominently in the modern-day establishment of high egg-producing commercial hybrids and is probably the most popular variety in the world.

  Buff Orpington chickens originate from the village of Orpington in Kent, England. They are a dual purpose breed, have beautiful golden or buff coloring, lay brown eggs, and are well known for their gentle disposition.

  The Black Australorp was developed in Australia from Black Orpington stock. The Black Ausralorp is a beautiful dual purpose bird! Their plumage is shiny black with a purple-greenish sheen. Even though the Black Australorp are large birds, they have a good brown egg laying record - up to 300 eggs per year!

  Light Brahma is a hardy, heavy class bird that fares well in cold climate conditions. The hens are good layers, producing brown eggs. The birds have black and white plumage and have fully feathered shanks and toes.

  The Golden Laced Wyandotte is a medium sized bird with pale yellow flesh and bright yellow legs. They are generally very good layers of nice size eggs which can range in colour from light tinted cream to a tinted brown.

  The Silver Laced Wyandotte is the original Wyandotte developed in the USA in the late 1800s, named after an Indian tribe. They are wonderfully docile birds and come in a variety of colours. It makes an excellent exhibition bird with feathering of silver white laced with greenish black. Has a rose comb and is a good winter layer of brown eggs.

  Araucanas (Ameraucanas), the "Easter Egg" chicken, originally came from Chile in South America, discovered the Araucana Indians. They come in a wide variety of colors and types, and in a full range of colors and combinations of colors, with puffs of feathers on each side of their beak. The color of their egg shells vary from pale blue to dark blue, to various shades of green.

  The Salmon Faverolles were originally bred as a utility fowl in France, now it is raised mostly for exhibition and novelty. It is good sized with a beard, feathered shanks, and a fifth toe.

  Welsummers are great birds that are becoming more and more common in the US. This Dutch breed takes it's name from the small village of Welsum. Developed just after the turn of the century, it was first shown in 1921. They are known for their extremely dark brown eggs.

  The Speckled Sussex is another general utility bird. In its early history it was one of the main table birds for the London meat market,and was regarded as a top class table bird. Its plumage color is a delight to the eye being of rich mahogany base color with individual feathers ending in a white tip separated from the rest of the feathers by a black bar.

  The Mottled Javas feathering is black with splashes, or mottles, of white. When allowed to roam, the Java will lay a fair number of large brown eggs on very little feed. With their good temperaments, hardiness and a good dose of self-sufficiency, this is an excellent breed for those new to raising chickens.

  The Delawares breed originated from crosses of Barred Plymouth Rock roosters and New Hampshire hens. It has well-developed egg and meat qualities, and a calm and friendly disposition. The breed is noted for rapid growth and fast feathering of the chicks. Cocks grow to 8 pounds and hens to 6 pounds.

  The Pekin is by far the most common breed of duck for commercial meat production because of its extremely fast growth rate and good feed conversion.

The Khaki Campbell is extremely hardy, an excellent forager, and is at home on land as well as in water. They eat large quantities of slugs, snails, insects, algae, and mosquitos from ponds, but do not require swimming water to stay healthy. They make high quality, lean roasters of 3-4 pounds; they average 4-5 pounds as adults.

  The Rouen closely resembles its ancestor, the mallard duck, but it is larger and often brighter in color than the mallard. An adult male averages about 8 pounds, and females will average approximately 7 pounds.

  The Cayuga is one of the most beautiful birds, especially on a sunny day in spring when the green feathers have an iridescence. The males grow up to 7 pounds, and the hens, which weigh 5 to 6 pounds, lay a light blue or gray egg.

  The Buff Orpington, sometimes called the Buff duck, is of English origin. The handsome Buff rivals the Khaki Campbell in both meat and egg production.

  The most interesting aspect of Blue Swedish is the genetics behind their coloring. This is a utility breed which matures fairly slowly and provides well-flavored meat.

  The Welsh Harlequin is a light-weight breed at 5 to 6 pounds. It originated in 1949 from two mutant light colored ducklings hatched from pure Khaki Campbells by Capt. Leslie Bonnet, a duck breeder living near Criccieth Wales.

  The Runner originated in Malaya (as it was then called) and was introduced to Britain in the 1870s. The Indian Runner comes in a variety of colours, although the original Malayan birds were fawn and white. (specify color on order form)

  The White Crested duck is pure white with orange feet and bills. Their appearance is much the same as the Pekin except for their large crest of feathers on the top of their head.

  Originating from Brazil, Muscovy is the only domestic duck that is not derived from mallard stock. The males can grow to weigh 10-15 lbs. Most of the females are 5-7 pounds but can sometimes reach up to 10 lbs.

  The Ringneck Pheasant was first introduced from China to the Willamette Valley of Oregon in 1881. Ringneck pheasants bring to mind the hearty cackle of a flushed rooster in the fall, but pheasants may also be raised in a domestic environment. In fact, because the pheasant spends the greater part of its life on the ground, it readily adapts to life in confinement.

  Guinea fowl have been kept in captivity and used by man for thousands of years. Guineafowl figures were inscribed on the temples and buildings of the ancient Egyptions as far back as 2400 B.C.

  Production Toulouse are large (18-20 lbs.) moderate egg-laying (25-40 eggs/year) geese suitable for the home or small farm flock. Most gray geese on farms and homesteads are Production Toulouse or crosses, and are the best layers among the heavyweight breeds.

  The Embden is one of the most popular geese for the table, due to its size and white plumage. A young gander of this heavy breed should weigh 20 pounds, while an older one can reach 26 pounds. The young goose hits about 16 pounds.

  The African is the outcome of a cross between the Toulouse and the Brown Chinese. Africans are the leanest of the heavy breeds and are popular for this reason, as well as for their stately looks. An adult gander and goose should weigh in at 20 and 18 pounds, respectively.

  The Buff American is the largest of the medium weight class of geese with mature ganders (male) weighing about 18 pounds and mature geese weighing about 16 pounds

  Pilgrims are fairly docile, quiet birds and good foragers. They are ideal for a home flock. The geese weigh 13 pounds and large ganders can reach 16 pounds.

  The Sebastopol has a frizzle feather mutation which causes the shaft of the feather to split and curl, giving the birds a fluffy appearance.

  White Chinese geese originate from China, and are related to the African goose. They are the smallest of the common domestic geese and are often referred to as "Swan Geese".

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Turkeys

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  Consumers prefer the taste and appearance of the Broad Breasted White turkey. Standard weights are 33 pounds for toms and 18 pounds for hens.

The Broad-Breasted Bronze was developed for the table. The APA Standard sets their weights at 36 pounds for an old tom and 20 pounds for an old hen. By 28 weeks a young tom may already weigh 25 pounds.

  The ends of the Bourbon Red wings and tail are white. Most of the dark feathers have a narrow edging of black. Shanks and toes are a reddish pink. They are smaller than commercial strains. Weight: Hens 16-18 lbs. at 20 weeks, Toms 25-30 lbs. at 20 weeks.

  Blue Slate turkeys have beautiful, solid slate or pale blue to gray plumage and are a very rare, medium size breed of turkey.

  The Black turkey should have a lustrous greenish black plumage. The desired weights for the variety in America are: Adult cock, 27 lbs.; yearling cock, 22 lbs.; cockerel, 18 lbs.; hen, 18 lbs.; pullet, 12 lbs.

  Historically, the Naragansett was the turkey of New England. It takes its name from the Narragansett Bay area.
Available in limited numbers.

  The Bronze (Wishard) name was first used in the 1830's for birds developed in Point Judith, Rhode Island. These birds were developed by crossing Narragansetts with wild turkeys in the area. Standard weights are: 36 pounds for toms; 20 pounds for hens.

  The Royal Palm is not heavily selected for meat production. It was developed along ornamental lines. However, if you have a small family or a small place, it may well be the turkey for you. Palms can be high-strung but are thrifty and can fend for themselves. Standard weights are: old tom - 22 pounds; young tom - 16 pounds; old hen - 12 pounds; young hen - 10 pounds.

  The Beltsville White was introduced in 1941 and it was admitted to the APA Standard in 1951. Adults weighed 23 pounds for toms and 13 pounds for hens. They were developed to produce a smaller wide breasted turkey