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Hatching Eggs

Hatching Eggs – ODDBALLS

ODDBALLS – HATCHING EGGS* Only $65/dozen – Shipping INCLUDED * I know, you’re seeing this thinking, what is an oddball, and why does this lady keep making up new names for hatching eggs and chickens? I can’t really answer the latter part, but here’s an explanation for the former: Some breeding pairs are just…ODD. Sometimes […]

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Changes at the homestead

I guess I should start off with the name change of one of the breeds we offer. We were calling our green laying girls “Olive Eggers” the same as everyone else, but the chicks hatched from these eggs have the potential to not inherit the blue egg gene at all, and as such will be […]

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Our Flocks

2025 Flock Introductions

The Consortium Silkies and Satins Our Silkie population has increased! In addition to the two paint hens, we’ve added a white and a splash hen, as well as a blue/splash rooster I’ve dubbed “Gandalf”. In total we have 9 wee little birds in that pen. Krakatoa, Mystic and Mamba were the first satin feathered bantams […]

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Chicks For Sale

Attention Lubbock

Gettim Homestead will be in Lubbock on April 15th. If you’d like to order hatching eggs, consumption eggs, or baby chicks, delivery will be FREE on April 15th ONLY. Breeds Currently Available: Easter Eggers, Olive Eggers, Ayam Cemani, Mixed Color Wyandottes (including BLR), White Crested Polish Bantams and bantams including a pen with Silkie and […]

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Homestead Update 2-29-24

We’ve had a LOT going on this month on the homestead! Baby Chickens! We have been hatching like crazy trying to test fertility and build up our flocks. At the end of January we hatched 3 Polish and 3 Ayam Cemani chicks. I want to say there are 2 Polish roos and 1 AC roo […]

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Our Flocks

Our Flocks – February 2024

Our farm is constantly changing, and our pens seem to be on constant rotation as well. We don’t have a whole lot of breeds, but I’ve gotten pretty attached to those we do have. We are currently working with: Standard: Wyandottes, Olive Eggers, Easter Eggers, Black Copper, White and Splash Marans, Crested Cream Legbar, Leghorn, […]

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