Two Moon Acres

I first started in poultry in the mid 1990s when a friend whos farm I was helping out at gave me a couple of bantam chickens.  She introduced me to a breeder, who is also a judge, and I got into bantam Cochins. And I was into that breed nearly exclusively for almost 20 years.

Eventually through my dog training business I met a friend who introduced me to my first large fowl breed, that she bred which were Barnevelders. I really enjoyed that breed and started trying other breeds I was attracted to. Trying a couple of different hens from new breeds each year.

Ultimately I wound up with the breeds I currently enjoy, and breed.

When I got my first Brahmas, I fell in love. They have a very mellow sweet temperament that I enjoyed in my Cochins. My first Brahmas were blue partridge. A color variety that are not currently accepted in the American Brahma Club breed standard. There are only 3 accepted varieties (4 in bantam) for showing in the United States. Any other color variety is considered a "color project". Meaning that it is not perfected enough, or popular enough, to be considered for acceptance into the American standard.

So I currently have one SOP (Standard Of Perfection) color, Dark (silver partridge) in large fowl, and in bantam I have dark (silver partridge) and black. I plan to show some of these birds in 2021 if/when poultry shows start again in the northeast.

My Brahma color Projects currently consist of salmon, gold partridge and blue dark.

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The other standard size breed I have are Swedish Flower Hens. My bantams breeds are bantam Brahmas and Cochins and salmon Faverolle.

One of the most important qualities of the breeds I keep is that the roosters are not aggressive. I cull heavily for excessively flighty or aggressive birds. I enjoy calm, curious personalities in my backyard chickens.

I breed and hatch mostly for myself and grow out chicks looking for the desirable characteristics I prefer, depending on breed or project. Birds that do not fit the qualities I look for for my future breeders or potential show stock, are sold for local layer flocks, or even shipped across the country for other fanciers breeding pens. 

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I have been NPIP (National Poultry Improvement Program) certified clear of US Pullorum-Typhoid Clean and Avian Influenza - clean since early 2019. This testing is required to sell or ship birds or eggs across state lines. I do ship chicks, young birds and eggs for hatching to the lower 48 states. 

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