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Twin Oaks
Poultry Farm's
Twin Oaks Farm was first established in 1996. Since then, we have grown out of our once small flock.
We started out selling Buff Orpington eggs, buying 25 pullets and 2 roosters. Since our humble beginnings we grew to about 60 chickens. Our flock was decimated one Sunday morning by a neighbor’s dog. We only had 5 hens left, with chicken carcasses all over the property. I, only 8 at the time, woke up to see the bodies of my once best friends. We buried them in a small wooded area, and put rocks over them. After about 4-5 months I convinced my mom to try again. I ordered 50 more B/O pullets and 25 of 4 breeds and some others and then bought an incubator. My first sale was probably the worst in my brief history. After raising the birds for 9 months, I had the bright idea to sell some. An old farmer came and convinced me to sell him full grown laying hens for $2.50 each. That brought in about $250. My mom freaked. I was the laughing stock for about 2 years from that day. I was then left with about 20 hens. I started hatching pure bred chicks and got a lot better with handling the customers. I started hatching every 21 days with a ratio of 2 roosters for every 6 hens. After I raised the chicks to about 4-6 weeks then I started shipping them all around the US. My first started chick sale was to a lady named Barbra Day. She remains is a repeat customer.
Last year Barbara Day bought some Easter eggers and more Buff orps. The following year I bought 4 Sportsman 1502's, and started hatching thousands of birds from then on including Quail, Bantams, Standards. At first I bought the eggs from a large dealer then I started raising them. This past year we cut back a lot of the chicken breeds. And we moved more toward the geese and ducks at the farm. I’ve had a wonderful time learning from raising chickens. I am very glad to be able to share with you what I have learned in these recent years.
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