Genesis
Everything has a beginning, and this, is ours. I have always wanted a farm since I was a little girl. In my fifties, I finally made that a reality. I had researched various breeds of nearly every farm animal you can think of. When I decided to start with chickens, I knew I wanted to focus on a poultry farm.
In addition to loving critters, I love kids. After spending years at other jobs, I finally realized I was meant to work in early childhood. I have spent several of those years since as a preschool teacher. In 2023, I began sharing my chicken adventures with my class. To take it further, I decided to incubate quail eggs in our classroom. The thought was I wouldn't be tempted to keep them like I would chicken chicks and would just find them homes. Boy was I wrong. It was an amazing experience and I fell in love with them. So within about six months of getting chickens, I now had quail too.
Now that I have chickens and quail, I figure I may as well go all in and add turkeys. I look forward to getting some Spring 2025. I have blue slate on the way. I will also be adding Royal Palm and Bourbon Red later this yearl. Not only are these turkeys tasty, but are beautiful as well. While I choose to have feathered friends for practical purposes, I am also about aesthetics. I definitely enjoy spending time with some of the beautiful creatures God created for this amazing world.
We lovingly provide hatchable eggs and poultry to families and homesteads. We keep only heritage chickens and turkeys, not only because of their traits, but so that we can promote their status as well. A heritage breed is one that adheres to the breed standard, produces naturally, makes good mothers, forages well, grows slowly, and lives longer. Check out The Livestock Conservancy to learn more about Heritage breeds. Their site has an abundance of information. Their mission is to protect endangered livestock and poultry, This is something we should all care about. We need to maintain the ability to produce our own food, not being reliant completely on stores that are part of a fragile food system.
Experience the satisfaction of providing food for your family. Start or grow your flocks with additions of quail chickens, and/or turkeys from Eggcellent Adventures. Experience the wonder of new life beginning and incubate some of our fertilized eggs, or obtain some of our chicks for your brooder. We have juveniles and young adults available at times as well. Check out what's available on our Jumbo Quail, Chickens, Turkeys, and Eggs pages. Contact us today and let us know how we can help you start or add to your flock. We are always available for questions as well. We are happy to share our knowledge and experiences.