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Tamsin Cooper
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Pilgrim Goose Breed Profile
The Pilgrim goose is a hardy, auto-sexing breed with excellent foraging and mothering skills that makes an excellent dual-purpose breed for homestead produce and pasture maintenance.
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Breed Profile: Royal Palm Turkey
The Royal Palm turkey is a beautiful heritage variety that’s ideal for homesteaders due to its hardiness, thriftiness, and self-sufficiency.
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Breed Profile: Bourbon Red Turkey
The Bourbon Red is a naturally breeding turkey adapted to free-range systems and sustainable farming. Its smaller size suits families keen on heritage breeds and natural breeding.
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Breed Profile: Java Chicken
The Java chicken has origins in Southeast Asia and became the foundation of American poultry in the 1800s. This heritage breed is worthy of conservation for its hardy, dual-purpose qualities.
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Breed Profile: Appenzeller Spitzhauben Chicken
What Are Appenzeller Spitzhauben Chickens? Not only are they unique and endangered heritage breed Swiss poultry, with striking colors and crest, they are adapted to tough, cold mountain conditions.
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Breed Profile: Campine Chicken
The Campine chicken is a beautiful and thrifty egg layer, descended from an ancient line of heritage chickens from Belgium.
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Breed Profile: Sicilian Buttercup Chickens
Sicilian Buttercup chickens are a rare heritage breed with unique comb shape and coloring, and excellent foraging skills for free-range homesteads.
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Breed Profile: Magpie Duck
The Magpie duck has a distinctive, if variable, pied coloring and is a hardy dual-purpose forager, laying large eggs.
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Breed Profile: Ancona Chicken
The Ancona chicken is an endangered heritage breed from Italy. Once a popular layer, the Ancona hen continues to be hardy and productive.
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Breed Profile: Welsummer Chicken
The Welsummer chicken is known for egg color, reliably laying dark brown speckled eggs. This Dutch chicken makes an attractive and pleasant member of the homestead.
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