Meet the Fowl

Chickens

We’re excited to announce that starting this spring, Loki Farms will be transitioning fully to American Bresse chickens! Known for their exceptional meat quality, excellent foraging ability, and reliable egg production, American Bresse are a versatile, hardy breed that aligns perfectly with our farm’s mission of sustainability and excellence.

As we make the switch, we’ll be offering our current flock in smaller groups, perfect for families or homesteaders looking to add healthy, productive hens to their own coops. Feel free and reach out if there's any you're particularly interested in.

The Roo we have is a Turken. We don't keep aggressive animals here, this rooster has been a perfect gentleman around everyone and protects the girls very well. We have in the mix of hens Turken, Mystic Onyx, Jersey Giant, Amberlink, ISA Brown, Lavender Orpington, and a Welsummer. These are all originally Hoover's Hatchery chicks that we raised and then hatched some eggs from. They're all about 1.5 years old with exception to the ones we hatched this summer that just started laying.

Our Welsh Harlequin ducks are all grown up and have started laying! And they're just gorgeous. We selected this breed for the decent egg laying and calm, friendly personalities. They're too heavy to fly well, so generally don't fly. They're very pretty with the males having iridescent green heads and females being a white or cream color as adults. They're also supposed to be good eating and get to a decent size.

Their eggs are delicious. It's hard to describe, but they are really just more rich than the chicken eggs, and the yolks have a more satisfying deeper flavor.

Ducklings are pretty easy to sex. For the first few days, the boys have a dark bill and the girls have a lighter or mixed color bill pictured below. We plan to be able to start offering sexed ducklings this spring when we start going to farmer's markets.

Ducks

Guinea Fowl

We have one adulty guinea hen and 7 juveniles we've added to the coop. I received some hatching eggs and only had one hatch, but purchased some keets so it isn't alone. The one we hatched is all white, the rest are lavender. Guinea fowl are a lot of fun, they're one of my favorites here. They are very noisy and alert to everything, but they do a good job eating bugs, especially ticks.