JOIN OUR A2/A2 MILK SHARE PROGRAM
Historically, cows produced milk that contained only the A2 form of beta-casein. Today, most of the milk available from the local grocery store comes from the Holstein breed which contains mostly A1 proteins. A1 and A2 proteins affect the body differently. A1 may cause adverse effects such as stomach discomfort.  When A1 protein is digested in the small intestine, it produces a peptide called beta-casomorphin-7 (BCM-7). The intestines absorb BCM-7, and it then passes into the blood. Doctors have linked BCM-7 to stomach discomfort and symptoms similar to those experienced by people with lactose intolerance. The structure of A2 protein is more comparable to human breast milk, as well as milk from goats, sheep, and buffalo.
MILK RECIPES
Simple Raw Milk Recipes that DO NOT work with store bought milk.
SOUR CREAM
It is easy with real raw milk. Simply spoon the cream off the top and place the cream in a mason jar in your cupboard for 24 hours.
FARMER'S COTTAGE CHEESE
Heat milk to 180 degrees and add lemon juice. The curds will form instantly. Drain the cheese curds and use the left over Whey to make the most delicious lemon pie!
BUTTER
Scoop up the cream and place in a blender. Mix for about 10 minutes and the butter is done!
WHIPPED CREAM TOPPING
Scoop up the cream and place in a blender. Mix with powered sugar for about 5 minutes. Yummy!
MEET THE PARENTS?
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What's for breakfast? Living Conditions Hatching Egg Selection
POULTRY INDUSTRY STANDARDS
​You will never know the parent stock. Since they are bred for quantity and not quality, the parents typically barely meet breed standards. The tendency in the industry is to hatch as quickly as possible from any egg laid.
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Poor parent genetics increases risk of birth defects (scissor beak, low immune systems, fused toes, and eye deformities).
HOW WE DIFFERENTIATE OURSELVES
We are picky about  our parent stock we keep on the farm.  To maintain diversity and benefitting from top breeders in our nation,  we prefer to obtain hatching eggs from those we have built trusting relationships with.  We breed to improve specific traits such as confirmation, color, egg color , feathering, natural strong immune systems, personality, and temperaments.
LIVING CONDITIONS
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What happens to the roosters? What's for breakfast? Hatching Egg Selection
POULTRY INDUSTRY STANDARDS
Female chicks continue down the conveyor belt to get shots (medicated before they even get a drink of water) Workers toss and rummage through them to gather 25 -100 chicks per crowded box and ship them across the country. In the colder months, the chicks are huddled to avoid freezing to death which results in some chicks getting trampled. Hunger and over crowding causes the chicks to eat each others feces. The survivors will continue their journey being tossed around on their dead siblings until they arrive to their new destination.
The risk of fatality is increased based on a combination of poor genetics, illness, temperature, hunger, thirst , or being trampled on. The feed stores will promote medicated feed in efforts to prevent coccidiosis caused from eating each other’s feces.
You will notice frequent pasty butt caused by stress which can lead to death if feed store workers or the new family home does not provide needed care.
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Laying hens can be exposed to Marek’s Disease and Coccidiosis carriers requiring vaccinations and antibiotics to survive harsh environment conditions. Fed factory feed store pellets and confined to filthy sheds without access to sunlight, fresh air, or any natural enjoyment. By 72 weeks of deprivation and confinement, the bodies and brittle bones of these hens are too worn out meet high production quotas. Frail and exhausted, they are loaded onto trucks and sent to slaughter.
HOW WE DIFFERENTIATE OURSELVES
Hatching Methods depend on weather and if the hens are broody. When weather permits, you will find a few of our hens hatching their eggs naturally. We also have a climate controlled incubator to ensure eggs develop in the right environment of heat and humidity.
Newborn chicks are gently handled with individual love when moved from an incubator to a heat controlled brooder. We Individually inspect for health and introduced to water with molasses. Our brooders are never overcrowded. Natural immune system strength is passed on through genetics and living conditions are excellent. They have free choice of freshly ground organic grains, seeds, grit, and herbs. There is
significant growth from day 1 to day 2 and no stress from being moved.
During the first week, they continue growing in a comfortable environment eating organic food, fed herbs that provide specific health benefits to the chick’s development. Individually they are inspected for health and we address an occasional pasty butt. Their brooder is cleaned daily. The chicks will thrive well and able to reduce from 5 degress each week in their brooder until it is time to explore outside.
HATCHING EGG SELECTION
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What happens to the roosters? What's for breakfast? Living Conditions
POULTRY INDUSTRY STANDARDS
The business plan is to sell bulk shipments fast and cheap. Any consumer purchasing chicks from a hatchery or feed store votes for this service a dollar at a time. In order to cover the costs of hatching chicks, every egg needs to be hatched from every set of parents and male chicks need to be eliminated once identified.
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With the low market price, they can not afford to feed any free loaders, so pullet eggs are hatched. Surviving chicks hatched from mis-shaped eggs, pass genes that determine egg shape in the bloodlines perpetuating the problem of egg bound hens. It is heartbreaking to raise a chick for 6 months only to discover her dead as a result of being egg bound.
HOW WE DIFFERENTIATE OURSELVES
Our goal is to enhancing each breed's characteristics with thoughtfulness in which parents we can breed with a sense of pride. Some of the breeds we raise have been identified as endangered.
We enjoy sharing the various breeds with other families and the generations to come.
Each egg chosen to be hatched is scrutinized for quality. In order to be accepted we examine eggs of the right shape and the right size for the breed.
While we sustain a higher financial investment by waiting the extra few months for our young hens to improve their egg laying quality, we feel the health benefits and quality of the chicks we offer to families is well worth it.