Eclipse Feathered Farm

17/04/2022

That looks screams "You have betrayed me" 😭😭😭

15/04/2022

Ive had a pretty challenging week in the henhouse, so reading this review really made my day. I do my best to pack my orders with care and educate my customers on ways to ensure hatching success. I really appreciate the appreciation of my efforts, and I relish in other peoples success!

So many factors are out of our control- usps shipping delays, dropped boxes in transit, power outages during incubation, faulty incubators, inaccurate thermometers/hygrometers. It can feel like the odds are all stacked in your favor. But when it works out, the struggle makes it all the more satisfying. Crossing my fingers they'll be sending me photos of duckies in a few weeks🤞

12/04/2022

Not gonna lie. I'm infatuated with roosters. All the roosters. They become more and more handsome as they age. These studs are just growing into themselves. Soon they wi have even longer plume tails, extra shimmery feathers, and their giant ornamental head dress comb and wattles... Guess I must have been a hen in my passed life cause I just cant get enough 🖤🐓

04/04/2022

USDA: Biosecurity 101
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23/03/2022

Over the moon 🌙 about my new carton stamp! Packing orders is usually the boring part but doing it with that personalized touch makes it so much more fun

21/03/2022

YIKES. Check out this monster cayuga duck egg! Cant even imagine how this felt being laid 😬

20/03/2022

::How do ducks and chickens lay eggs every day?::

One of the ducks I harvested was still laying eggs, so I was able to preserve the reproductive cycle. Over the course of aprox 24 hours a tiny egg yolk leaves the ovaries. It passes through the nearly 2 feet of oviducts growing and adding layers of egg white. It reaches the uterus and adds its shell. Then it passes out the vent to be laid. Only it doesn't happen just one at a time- because of the speed, there is a succession of egg yolks in all different stages throughout the oviduct! I thought this was pretty fascinating. In my jar you can see the transition in reverse- nearly fully formed egg still inside the uterus, all the way to the preserved o***y with all the tiny forming eggs attached.

25/02/2022

First chicks of the season!!! Im so stoked to play with all the cuties before they go to their new flocks 🖤🐣

13/02/2022

The Ayam Cemani ladies are laying goregously. Super stoked for chick season 🐣 Nothing stimulates that seretonin like tiny lil fluffy black chick butts! Hatching eggs are ready to ship every Monday- Click the link in the bio

09/02/2022

Someone had an accident in the duck pond today, but now they're angrily cheeping- demanding snacks. So we cool.

31/01/2022

Banshee is headed off to a new flock today 😭 He's one of our favorites but sometimes managing your birds means you have to let some go. Refocusing my breeding projects has been about making a lot of tough decisions. My back has been doing significantly better and my energy levels have definitely improved but I don't want to push too hard too fast! Meanwhile, Banshee will have plenty of new ladies to care for 🖤

19/01/2022

Blackie Lawless and his ladies snackin on that good good scratch

16/01/2022

Fertility check - looks like our new rooster Blackie Lawless is doing his job! The books are open for 2022 season Ayam Cemani and Cayuga Duck hatching eggs 🥚 Website link is in the profile

It's been a long winter filled with trials. Sometime around October I had a return of a back injury that put me down pretty good. After numerous dr appointments and xrays I was diagnosed with lower back degenerative retrolisthesis, and osteoarthritic degenerative disc disease. Basically a vetabrae is out of place and the disc's around it are deteriorating, from an untreated injury in my early 20s. Since then I've been doing rehab but it's a long road to recovery. Meanwhile, I've scaled down my flock to keep the labor manageable. It has been quite the disappointment- we were in the process of expanding over winter, but life throws challenges at you and you just have to adapt!

15/01/2022

20/10/2021

Cute dog photo to buffer an incoming sad.

The hashtag often has foreign accounts, since the breed is more common in Indonesia than the US. I really love seeing all the gorgeous photos of exotic foreign breeds, but every once in a while I come across cockfighting videos. It's awful. Most recently a breeder was using their platform to also showcase monkeys and owls for sale- both protected by international law and endangered. I can't get the monkeys terrified face out of my mind, as the seller dangled it for display by the scruff of the neck.

Despite being internationally available- Instagram, Facebook, and YouTube have major problems monitoring foreign language content. John Oliver did a whole segment calling them out on his show. Its well worth watching- https://youtu.be/OjPYmEZxACM

If you come across anything that looks questionable that is from a non-US account PLEASE REPORT IT. 🙏 Force the social media companies to pay attention. I know this isn't going to entirely stop animal abuse or the illicit trade of endangered animals, but as a person who uses social media as a sales tool I know how important it is for their revenue stream. If they can't advertise, they can't sell. I'm gonna do what little I can do. Thankfully it worked! I was able to rally enough folks together to report the account and have it removed.

19/10/2021

Slimy surprise

28/09/2021

Shiver's new harem of lady ducks finally started laying. Look at this gorgeous black lil bb egg! Right in time for October 🖤🍁🍂👻🕷🎃

12/09/2021

Well, college classes started back up so I've been slow to make updates. I thought maybe the ladies had slowed down too but apparently not 🤦🏻‍♀️ ITS SEPTEMBER. Give it a rest!!