A working flock
Chickens are the easiest entry point into livestock on most homesteads — and they punch way above their weight. A laying flock turns kitchen scraps and pasture bugs into a steady supply of the best eggs you’ve ever had. A meat flock, run a few times a year, fills a freezer fast.
Our birds
- Layers. A mixed flock of dual-purpose breeds chosen for cold and heat tolerance — Buff Orpingtons, Australorps, Easter Eggers, and a few we picked up because they were pretty.
- Meat birds. Run in batches in season, on pasture, in mobile shelters that move daily.
How we manage them
- Pasture rotation behind the sheep. The sheep eat down the grass; the chickens follow a few days later, scratching apart manure, eating fly larvae, and depositing nitrogen evenly.
- Predator pressure is real. Hawks, coyotes, raccoons, snakes — we’ve seen all of them. A good livestock guardian dog earns her keep.
- Eggs collected daily. Always.
Eggs
We sell pasture-raised eggs when we have surplus. Reach out at hello@texanpermaculture.com.