Why we keep a closed flock

People are sometimes surprised that we don't offer farm tours. It isn't about privacy — it's about the birds. Every egg and chick we sell comes from our flock, so the health of that flock is the product.

What NPIP and AI Clean mean

The National Poultry Improvement Plan (NPIP) is a cooperative federal and state program that sets testing standards for poultry flocks. Participating flocks are tested for diseases such as pullorum-typhoid, and the program's U.S. Avian Influenza Clean classification means a flock is monitored for avian influenza under the plan's standards.

For you, it means the eggs and chicks you buy come from parent stock that's part of a recognized testing program — not an unknown source.

Why visits are limited

Many poultry diseases travel on shoes, clothing, hands and equipment. A single visit from someone who keeps their own birds — or who stopped at a feed store or another farm on the way — can carry something in without anyone knowing. Limiting who walks among the flock is one of the simplest, most effective protections there is.

That's why pickup and shipping are coordinated directly, away from the birds.

Everyday habits

Biosecurity isn't one big thing. It's a lot of small, unglamorous habits done every day:

• Dedicated boots and clothing for time with the flock.
• Clean feeders, waterers and nest boxes, and fresh bedding.
• Keeping wild birds away from feed and water, since wild waterfowl can carry avian influenza.
• Quarantining any new birds away from the flock before they join it.
• Watching closely — noticing when a bird isn't eating, drinking or acting like herself, and acting early.

A good habit for your flock, too

If you're adding our chicks to birds you already keep, raise them separately until they're grown, and treat any new adult birds the same way. It's the same principle that protects our flock, and it will protect yours.

Questions about our standards? Send us a note — we're always happy to talk flock health.