Fluffy Feathers & Hairy Heifers Farm

12/09/2024

12/09/2024

AT NO FAULT OF HIS OWN…I’m looking to rehome my bull, simply bc I’m wanting to add more colors to my highland herd….
He will be 3 in February & is from a VERY knowledgeable & reputable breeder.
He would go great with Dexter heifers or highland heifers - he’s 94% highland & 6% dexter! His first baby that was born was with a high dex heifer & the baby is getting fluffier than he is!
He loves his girls & is a short boy, he has been used for photoshoots & will eat out of your hand & loves scratches….I don’t have to let him go but in order to add a new bull, I need too…I will be very picky on where he goes!
Located in Denham Springs, LA!

11/27/2024

Yall go follow us on tik tok💗💗💗

11/18/2024

This beautiful boy went to his new home today along with 5 chicks🫶🏼
I love when these babies go to good homes!

11/17/2024

The best thing ever!!!!

11/10/2024

My rooster & hens from my chocolate, mauve & blue project pen🤎
Chocolate is my weakness 😂

11/10/2024

I love a good glow up😍

11/10/2024

Some of my hens from my fun pen, they love to play in the mud & rain but they’re so pretty, even when dirty! I love them so much! 😍

11/07/2024

Collected eggs today from all the broodys & forgot my bucket to carry them in so my shirt did all the work for me😂 then I found this sweet baby in the incubator & all she wanted me to do was hold her🥹🤎

11/06/2024

Don’t come around me with that nonsense😂

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11/05/2024

So many little babies🫣🥹😍

11/05/2024

I have chicks available if anyone is interested!

10/28/2024

It's the season of hot takes, so here's mine. We talk a lot about "breeding for resistance" in the poultry world with viruses like Mareks, ALV, Fowl Pox, etc. The vast majority of the breeding community doesn't really understand what that means. It doesn't mean "I don't vaccinate."

Let's take the one most common in the environment as an example - Mareks. Over 80% of adult birds have been exposed and will test positive for Mareks DNA. All of us have Mareks positive birds. 3-4% will ever have symptoms and develop active Mareks disease. Mareks disease is most common before 16 weeks of age, but can be triggered at any age. While there are devastating virulent strains, most are mild with a high percentage being asymptomatic.

Edited to add: there ARE highly virulent strains of Mareks that can and will destroy a flock, even previously resistent or vaccinated adults. These strains are much more rare, and for the purpose of this discussion, we're talking about the common mild strains.

Breeding for resistance means our flocks have carriers, may have even had active disease, and survived. Meaning we WILL and DO have Mareks positive birds, and we hatch from adults who have no symptoms. The best example of a resistent bird we'd want to hatch from is one who was exposed to active disease, developed symptoms, and fully recovered. That's a bird who is resistent to the virus, and their offspring have a higher chance of also being resistent. *We do not have resistence to disease without the presence of disease.*

This is not the same as a breeder who consistently has disease, especially ones like Mareks or ALV that come out when immune compromised. Persistent disease means someone's conditions are not supporting healthy immune systems - overcrowded, dirty, high f***l load in the environment, etc.

Breeding for resistance means living WITH pathogens, not trying to eradicate them at all cost by culling every bird when one gets sick. In order to truly breed for resistance, we have to educate ourselves and know what the heck we're doing. And understand that we'll sometimes have a bird or birds who are NOT resistant. Especially if we bring them from someone else.

The sh*tstorm that arises when someone is found to or shares that they've had disease works actively AGAINST a culture of breeding for resistance. So if we're gonna SAY we do it, then we oughtta get our attitudes and mouths right when we're talking about others. When someone has disease, closing the flock and managing that outbreak is of utmost importance. Once it's contained and active disease is over, our surviving and *healthy* birds are literal immune system gold.

Knowing what I know now, I'd rather bring in birds from someone I know has had active Mareks disease who's birds are vibrant and healthy, than someone who hasn't. How's that for a hot take.

Pics of babies because no one can be sad looking at babies.

10/28/2024

& yall wonder why silkies are so expensive 🥲

Just putting this out there. HATCHERY quality pullets are $160.

10/23/2024

I love finding babies in the incubator in the mornings 🥹