The Current Flock

A mixed laying flock, separate from the Heritage Barred Rock program.

The birds laying eggs today are a mixed flock: Rhode Island Reds, Salmon Faverolles, Ameraucanas, Olive Eggers, Copper Marans, Plymouth Barred Rocks, and other layers. The Heritage Plymouth Barred Rock breeding program is a separate, slower track.

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Mixed flock under oak shade

This page is about the working laying flock: eggs, daily chores, breed variety, and the practical poultry rhythm of the farm.

What This Flock Does

The mixed flock feeds the family, teaches the farm, and supports the egg list.

These birds are not a branding shortcut. They are living animals with daily needs, seasonal rhythms, and different strengths.

The current flock gives the farm eggs, manure for compost, pest-scratching help when managed carefully, and a daily reason to pay attention. It also keeps the family close to the kind of husbandry that makes the breeding program more than an idea.

The mixed layers are not being presented as Heritage Barred Rock breeding stock. They are the practical laying flock. The Barred Rock program has its own goals, records, and waitlist.

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Current Breeds

The flock is useful because it is mixed.

The breed list reflects the current laying flock reality and keeps it separate from the breeding program claims.

Rhode Island Red

Reliable brown-egg layers and practical homestead birds.

Salmon Faverolles

Soft-tempered flock members with personality and lighter tinted eggs.

Ameraucana

Blue-egg genetics and a useful reminder that the laying flock is mixed.

Olive Egger

Olive and green egg color diversity for family cartons.

Copper Marans

Darker brown egg genetics and another layer of flock variety.

Plymouth Barred Rock

Part of the current flock and the focus of the separate heritage breeding program.

Meet the Birds

Some of the flock have names — and records.

Our founder-flock Barred Rocks are part of the daily flock here, and also the foundation of the Heritage breeding program. Each carries a breeder ID for lineage tracking.

Founder Flock

Abigail

Barred Plymouth Rock Hen

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A founder breeding hen and one of the foundational genetics behind the Heritage Plymouth Barred Rock program.

Founder Flock

Boone

Barred Plymouth Rock Rooster

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A founder breeding rooster and one of the foundational genetics behind the Heritage Plymouth Barred Rock program.

Flock Paths

Where the flock connects next

Eggs