I believe we can all be more self-sufficient. Prices are astronomical and it makes sense to feed yourself and your family. Farming and gardening have lost a lot of old-world knowledge, and we are constantly bombarded with gimmicks. My goal is to offer solid animals and gardening products without gimmicks and at reasonable prices.

Rex Rabbits - Available Rabbits

Breed Spotlight

Breeding and raising Rex Rabbits for sustainable meat source and for fertilizer for our garden. We do not currently show our rabbits and offer our rabbits for homestead use. Our focus in our breeding program is mothering ability, ease of breeding, mild temperaments and grow out of the kits. Colors we raise are Castor, Chocolate, Blue, Black, Black Otter and Chocolate Otter. We may have a Red Rex program next year as well as REW and Blue and Lilac Otters. We have added red to our breeding program. This has expanded our color rage to include reds, Ambers and Torts. I'm very fond of the reds and Torts. They are so pretty this year.

We sell as primarily Homestead Rabbits. As a result, our choices on who to keep may differ from a show breeder. We are working on a couple of lines that can produce showable bunnies but for now that is not the primary goal of our rabbitry. We do offer Pedigrees as this is to help you as the homesteader know who's who when choosing which rabbits to breed for their farm.

Poultry Farming - Available Chickens

My goal in my poultry breeding is to breed for true dual purpose birds. I have tried fancy birds and found they just don't make solid homestead birds. Our birds have to feed us in both meat and eggs. They have to have good temperament and be solid foragers. No free loaders allowed. I have a couple of heritage breeds that are outstanding true dual-purpose breeds and Sex Link crosses that help customers get day old chicks as hens or roosters. Sex Link hybrids allow us to focus on increased laying ability in the hens and increased meat production in the roosters that come from these crosses. Currently our fresh eating eggs are sold through wholesale to Walley Farms Dairy in Jacksonville. Please look them up. *I offer hatching eggs only upon request with prepay. Please contact me via text or email if you would like to secure hatching eggs. They are more expensive than fresh eating eggs due to the handling requirements.

Our breeds for 2025 are:

Salmon Faverolles - We do have a breeding flock this year This breed is a favorite over the years because we can rely on them to be a solid meat chicken that we can rely on to provide good quality meat even in older age. Favs are not the highest laying hen but do lay through the winter and sometimes are the only eggs we get in the winter. The roosters are often docile and are good protectors of their flock. The primary reason we love this bird is that even at a year old a rooster is still tender enough to eat and the meat is outstanding. Second reason is we can tell roosters from hens within a few days of hatching making them a perfect early sexing breed.

Sex Link Hybrids We have a flock of New Hampshire roosters over 4 different breeds - Barred Rock, White Rock, Delaware and Dominique. The goals here being to know hens from roosters at hatch so we can sell the hens directly and feed out the roosters for meat. Each breed was chosen for hardiness, foraging ability, good meat production as well as strong laying. The combination of breeds will provide the buyer with birds that lay through the year and have hybrid vigor.

Blue Laced Red Wyandotte - We love this breed and are going back to it this year in 2025. We are expecting our new flock to arrive in May and will have offspring next year from this breed.

Coming in 2025/2026 - We will also be expanding our breeding program for our base sex link flock. New Hampshire Reds, Barred Rock and Columbian Rock breeds will be the ones we have going forward.

Pricing and Sales

Pricing is set based on investment and time into the animal. Older rabbits and more proven rabbits do cost more. I do a cost analysis of what it costs me to raise and care for the animals I sell. Our goal as a homestead is to produce for us and to sell the extra bounty we have. Prices are set based on necessity and are not negotiable.

All sales are final. I do not offer to take back an animal nor do I issue refunds should something unforeseen happen after the sale.

I accept cash or cash App upon inquiry. We do not transport or meet you for exchange. You can text or email to arrange a time to come pick up your animals. Please bring adequate carriers with you. I do reserve the right to refuse the sale if you do not bring adequate transport.

Feeding program - We currently feed a mixture of Lonestar Show (18% protein) and Lonestar Commercial (16%) with calf manna as mineral additive. I find that the commercial on its own builds more abdominal fat but mixing it half and half with the 18% protein feed is a good balance. We add Calf Mana for minerals because mineral blocks corrode cages. Standard Coastal hay is fed both morning and night. Hay is critical to their gut function. We avoid alfalfa hay with bucks as it builds up urinary calculi so standard coastal you get from your local feed store is what we use.