Windy Hill Farm - Polish Chickens

01/02/2026

Up early, excited to be getting my brooder building today! Can't wait to get it set up & stocked with the shipping supplies on one side & the brooders on the other. Babies are coming & they will have a place that's dedicated to just them! All I need to do first is install an exhaust fan in one of the windows or in the side of the building. And have my husband build a pen wall on the brooder side with a door, for when they grow, I can just move the brooder pens & give them the entire side enclosed in a walk-in pen if I choose. Later they all will go outside to the growout pen or to their new homes & I can repeat it all again. That's the plan at this time. We'll see how that pans out. I have some time, they are not due yet. And they will stay in the house for the first week of life anyway, so I can monitor them closer. That first week I like them close so I can make sure they are eating & thriving! We do not hatch & ship babies next day here & never will. Life is too precious to take chances 🐣🐥❤️

01/02/2026

Exzolt or Bravecto. Both are fluralaner. Both are excellent! You'll never be bothered with mites again EVER!!

Liquid gold has arrived!

01/01/2026

Home all week, so I'm playing calm music for the incubating babies. Does this make me more of a crazy chicken lady? ☺️

01/01/2026

Happy New Year!! Lots of new plans! But always working on producing the best Polish ever. Wishing everyone a great 2026!! 🎉

12/31/2025

Dry hatching or NOT. She explains it well. I shoot between 40 & 55. Anywhere there is fine with me. My smaller Matticoopx incubators keep it on 50, so I love that tabletop the best & recommend it to people who are new hatchers.

12/30/2025

Mine are breeding & laying like it's Springtime!!

12/30/2025

To Canada people, this transport can arrange meets, see comments in post.

☆☆☆ I HAVE NOT HAD A CHANCE TO UPDATE OUR CURRENT REQUEST FORM AS I'M ON ROUTE! ☆☆☆

But, here are a few things changing for the January/February route:

◇ We will be doing stops in advance for all of Michigan! There are SO many breeders sending animals out to other states with us from our great home state! We will be meeting them and no longer requiring drop off to us. Pick ups will still remain from our home at this time as it's difficult to run the whole state after already being out over 2 weeks on a run.

◇ IF there are enough requests (15 animals minimum) we will do a pre-trip run into Wisconsin just a couple days prior to the January/February route to help get those animals across the US. PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE message me ASAP if you're interested in us getting animals to you from Wisconsin! We need to allocate the appropriate time for such.

◇ For January/February, stops (cities) will be posted in advance! On December 26th, we will begin posting all locations based on those request forms already submitted so get yours in early! The early requests set the stops for the map! Everyone will be able to view their meeting location and additions will be added along that general route based on need until the route is closed to additions (January 20).

◇ We will be starting in Michigan, heading South towards Florida, West towards California then back to Missouri, before shooting back down to Florida and up to Michigan! It's a HUGE route.

◇ We can always meet ANYONE from Canada 🇨🇦 in Detroit at the Detroit-Windsor Tunnel if you have buyers or sellers in Canada that will meet or who need to! The same applies for Mexico. We will meet in El Paso, TX for those sending across the Mexican border and are familiar doing such.

*** PLEASE note: January/February is already 1/3 full on cage space. I will be very surprised if we don't need to close the route before January 20th due to lack of available cage space so get on route now. We only allow so many passengers for the animals health and because of the need to be able to care for each up to our standards. ***

As always, we look forwarding to meeting each of you! If you need suggestions for great breeders across the US, reach out. We've met some incredible people, undoubtedly, on this journey. ❤️🐰

12/29/2025

Just entered my first show of this season. I really didn't keep any spring pullets or grow out any in time to enter earlier shows with, but I have a very nice Silver pullet I'm going to enter, plus a Goldlace frizzle hen that looks fabulous since her molt is over & of course, I can take a Candycorn hen, but which one... All the older girls are looking great after molt. I'll decide soon, but those 3 will be going. If you got pullets from me & want to show here, I invite you to do it! Just call Angie on the post here in the pic & tell her what you're entering! I'm inviting you & I'll help you! I love competition! I'm excited to go to this show! If you happen to come check it out, please stop by & introduce yourself. Jan 10th in Morganton, NC. 😊

12/28/2025

To those getting eggs, I will ship all eggs 2nd day air & insulate them well. I can add a heat pack under the foam & insulation if it's showing temps below freezing at night. I'll just play it by ear & where you're located. We got spoiled by this nice weather in NC lately, but I knew it wouldn't last long. 😊

12/28/2025

So sweet 💖 Animals are just the best! It might be AI, but I loved the story of a mother's love.

12/27/2025

If I keep getting 20+ eggs a day, I'm going to have to open the egg list for those wanting to hatch right now! I've got 90 eggs incubating & more I'm loading today. I've got to slow down some!! No kidding. I can't hatch all of these! I didn't get that big of a building 😂 🐣 🐥 🐣 🐥🐥🐥🐥

12/26/2025

Wow, I've been working outside on chicken chores since lunch. I don't often get extra done working 40 hrs a week. Put new water cups on the buckets. Set up a thermal timer for low temps when it gets colder, dug out an area of flowers & grass where the chick house will go next week (had a lot of help there & have more to clear out), run new heavy duty cords to carry the occasional heat & also the low lights for the girls to keep up egg production, strung those lights up, helped clean the rest of the runs, cleaned the plastic coops off. (I. Be. Tired. 🥱) Got a sign for the coming chick house. It had to have a name on it of course.😋 A lot of work keeping chickens...