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Hobbiton Hatchery (in kind)

Hobbiton Hatchery (in kind)

Your financial help subsidizes the care and feeding of birds who aren't monetarily profitable but are an important link in sustaining various apsects agricultural traditions here.  Raising heritage breeds, while not lucrative in a capital economy, is a wise investment in sustaining agricultural economies that reduce the needs for imports and fossil fuels.

  • Hobbiton Hatchery

         One of the things we take pride in is making sure all of our birds have moms.  While we do raise hybrid cornish cross birds we import from the hatchery, we synchronize their arrival with hatch dates of our broody hens (Turkey and Chicken) so they will be raised with and by other birds.

      Folks familliar with raising "meat birds" have been suprised by seeing our imported hybrids foraging and perching.   Far from the 'Frankenbirds' of broilers raised without a momma hen teaching them, these birds, raised by laying hens and Turkeys *  are happy, "birdy",  enjoy a diversified menu and don't require electricity to keep warm.

       We also raise beautiful Heritage Breeds of chickens, Turkeys and Geese.  Follow the Hobbiton Hatchery link from the site map page for more about what we rais and how.

    With the extra care and attention these birds have,  farm sales don't generate enough income to be monetarily profitable.  The birds are, however, an important link in the collaborative offerings here and lighten the ecological footprint of our projects here.

     

     

    *both Toms and Hens share the work of keeping them warm 

$50.00Price
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