Heckman Hill Hatchery & Homestead

09/09/2026

🌊 Wonderful Days of JOY Challenge – Day 7

The challenge: Share a picture every day for 30 days of something from the past or present that brings you homesteading joy!

Day 7: A throw back to before I knew how to watermark 🫣🤣 No but seriously a reflection on the beautiful eggs I used to collect. They were so gorgeous 🥺 I miss them so much & cannot wait to find gems like these in the nesting box come this spring 🌸

09/08/2026

The love bugs have came in hot! My poor grill & windshield look so rough 🥲😅

09/08/2026

These are going to be so beautiful! What a fun project 🤩

I’ve been trying to figure out how to use this guy with hens I already have…

Starting in spring 2027, we’ll start hatching chicks from our self-blue (lavender) ermine pattern green egger pen!

First year will be F1 green Eggers and year 2 will be when our lavender ermine pattern gets locked in 😍

Huge thank you to my friends at Heckman Hill Hatchery & Homestead & Willow Ridge Farm for supplying the birds I’m using for this fun project!

09/08/2026

I can’t wait to see the babies 🤩

09/08/2026

🌊 Wonderful Days of JOY Challenge – Day 6

The challenge: Share a picture every day for 30 days of something from the past or present that brings you homesteading joy!

Day 6: My small clutch from the Isabel’s I’ve collected in the past 2 weeks 🫣 They have began molting & not being very generous here lately 😅 But boy what they have given me is gorgeous 🥹 So excited for those speckles 💜

09/07/2026

🌊 Wonderful Days of JOY Challenge – Day 5

The challenge: Share a picture every day for 30 days of something from the past or present that brings you homesteading joy!

Day 5: A little update on one of the other Ermine F1 OE babies from Shady Magnolia Homestead 🖤 They’re starting to get their feathers in & they are stunning 🤩 This baby had some smoky colored feathers on one side & the other side is dark feathers. This baby’s pattern is going to be something so special I just know it 🥹

09/06/2026

I’m shameless 🫣

How do you try to will Fall weather to come, cuz September in NC does not feel like sweater and bonfires 😂

09/06/2026

🌊 Wonderful Days of JOY Challenge – Day 4

The challenge: Share a picture every day for 30 days of something from the past or present that brings you homesteading joy!

Day 5: Grow out babies 🩷
There’s so many beautiful babies of different shapes & sizes in this pen! I loveeeee to see them co mingling all out in Gen pop before they get out in their breeding flocks 🫶🏼

09/05/2026

I’m ready for cooler weather 🥵
That is all, that’s the post 🫠

09/05/2026

Wonderful Days of JOY Challenge – Day 3 🩵

I was nominated by Gates Ranch to participate in the Wonderful Days of JOY Challenge!

The challenge: Share a picture every day for 30 days of something from the past or present that brings you homesteading joy!

Day 3: Some Hidden Acre Hens babies I pulled day before yesterday🥹 Gorgeousssss OE & Marans 🤩 I cannot waitttt to see these babies get shot adult plumage & fill my egg basket with some beautiful eggs 🪺

Please tag me so I can follow along and see your 30 days of JOY! 💛