Our small, family run farmstead produces incredible eggs from free-roaming, grass-guzzling chickens. Their supplemental feed is comprised primarily of grains which have been sourced from other local farms.
From Spring to Fall we grow vegetables for Market using completely natural means.
Please call us to purchase eggs, produce, our freshly made Granola, Tortilla Chips and Jane's famous hot pepper jelly.
You can find us at the Nokesville Farmers' Market every Saturday from June through September and on farmersonlinemarket.net year-round!
We proudly offer Hondo Coffee for sale. This is fairly traded, shade grown coffee that is roasted locally by master roaster Arondo Holmes.
Most importantly, since our chickens are pastured, they have total access to our entire property. This means they peck and scratch all day, foraging a healthy diet of grass, bugs, and worms.
Because foraging cannot fulfill their entire dietary and nutritional needs, we supply them with a supplemental ration of mixed grains. These grains are sourced locally and blended with minimal kelp and fish meal to achieve the protein levels needed without using Soy. The feed is provided free-choice which means that the chickens can eat as much or little as they want to.
For you detail oriented folks, here is the current feed formula. We change this formula almost every month as we move towards that elusive perfect mix.
50% Wheat
24% Corn
5% Alfalfa pellets
5% Field peas
5% Hi calcium lime
3% Fertrell Nutri-Balancer (vitas, mins, and pro-biotics)
2% Sunflower Seeds
2% Fish Meal
2% Kelp
2% Oyster shells
We also throw out a mix of corn, barley and whole oats called 'scratch' for them each morning. This is like a healthy snack. And of course, we feed them all the table scraps that we can collect.
What grade are the eggs?
Thankfully, we are not required to have our eggs inspected by the government, who sets the grading standards. So, our eggs are ungraded. However, if you open a industrially produced egg next to one of our all-natural, happy eggs you, the most important expert, will grade ours an A+!
What size are the eggs?
Individually, the eggs come in all sizes. Young hens, called pullets, lay fairly small eggs. The eggs increase in size as the hen ages. Some breeds lay larger (and more) eggs than others.
Unlike eggs from industrial farms, we don't have machines that sort the eggs by size. So, each carton may contain a variety of sized eggs. However, we do strive to meet or exceed the USDA standard for Large Eggs. This means that each carton of our normal eggs will likely weigh at least 24 oz (1.5 lbs).
We get some Extra Large and Jumbo eggs from some of our older hens. These will often not fit in a Large-sized egg carton. If you'd like Jumbo eggs, they are priced a little higher and available on request.
