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Rare & heritage poultry • Small-batch hatching eggs
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Me and Danny Boy, sitting on the front porch swing. 💚🍀I’ve got 1 million and 5 chores to do, and sitting here with Danny...
09/13/2026

Me and Danny Boy, sitting on the front porch swing. 💚🍀

I’ve got 1 million and 5 chores to do, and sitting here with Danny is definitely not getting any of them done. 😂 But here we are…

Danny Boy is truly the perfect cat — sweet, handsome, and a hunter extraordinaire. 🐈🧡

Tim and I both loved Danny. He was Tim’s boy, but he’s always been so special to both of us. Sitting here with him today brings back a lot of memories of Tim. ❤️

And yes, he’s a ginger. Hence the name Danny Boy. IYKYK. 💚🍀🎶

The chores still aren’t getting done. 😂




09/13/2026

A little peaceful moment from yesterday. ❤️

There’s something about watching Sunny and his friends quietly eating together that makes me slow down for a minute and remember that God takes care of His creation, and He takes care of all of us too. ❤️

“The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want. He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters. He restoreth my soul.”
Psalm 23:1–3 KJV

Happy Sunday from Hoop’s Coop Eggs & Totes. 🐴🐐❤️

Today, I feel like I’m sitting on the floor surrounded by the broken pieces of my life, trying to make sense of all thes...
09/10/2026

Today, I feel like I’m sitting on the floor surrounded by the broken pieces of my life, trying to make sense of all these little broken pieces of mirror.

I pick them up one at a time and look at them. I can see parts of my reflection in them, but not all of me.

Some of the pieces are beautiful. Some are reflecting different colors, and some are different shapes. Some have sharp edges, and I have to be careful how I pick them up so I don’t get cut.

But there are pieces I want to set aside and keep. The good pieces. The beautiful pieces. The memories and parts of my life that I don’t ever want to lose.

I can’t put the old mirror back together exactly as it was. That life has changed.

So maybe now I take the pieces that are still good and beautiful, along with some of the broken and painful ones that have shaped me, and allow God, through me, to make something new out of them.

A mosaic.

I don’t know what it’s going to look like. Right now, I still see a lot of broken pieces.

But maybe someday I’ll be able to stand back and see that God took all those different pieces of my life—the beautiful ones, the painful ones, even the ones with sharp edges—and made something absolutely gorgeous out of them.

“Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before,
I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.”
Philippians 3:13–14 KJV





🇺🇸 Happy Labor Day! 🇺🇸As the long Labor Day weekend winds down and many of you are getting ready to head home, stop by t...
09/07/2026

🇺🇸 Happy Labor Day! 🇺🇸

As the long Labor Day weekend winds down and many of you are getting ready to head home, stop by the roadside stand and purchase some of our beautiful, delicious, farm-fresh eggs to take home with you! 🥚❤️

The stand is FULLY STOCKED today!

🌈 Rainbow Eggs — $5/dozen
🤎 Shades of Brown Eggs — $5/dozen
🥚 Small Rainbow Eggs — 18 for $5
🦆 Duck Eggs — $5/half dozen
🦃 Turkey Eggs — $5/half dozen

Fresh, beautiful and delicious — straight from our hens, ducks and turkeys to your table. ❤️

Whether this is your last trip up for the summer or you’ll be back again soon, stop by and purchase some farm-fresh eggs and take a little taste of the country home with you. 🌾🥚





09/04/2026

Two mamas and their babies in the front yard tonight. ❤️ I believe the little ones still have some of their spots.

Every year, I’m blessed to watch a couple of mama deer raise their babies around our property. I see them when the babies are little in the spring and then watch them grow throughout the summer. It’s one of those simple things that I never get tired of.

Tim always loved seeing the deer. He would call me to the window or outside whenever he spotted them. There were so many things about this property and this little farm that we were so grateful for together.

And I’m still grateful. I’m still blessed.

Life looks very different now, and I don’t know exactly what the road ahead looks like. But by the grace of God, I’ll keep moving forward and building a life from where I am now, trusting Him to lead me in whatever direction He has for me.

And tonight, these mamas and their babies were another little reminder of how much beauty and blessing still surrounds me. ❤️



One of my Backcross Olive Egger pullets laid her very first egg! 💚I’ve been waiting to see what these girls would produc...
09/03/2026

One of my Backcross Olive Egger pullets laid her very first egg! 💚

I’ve been waiting to see what these girls would produce, and I’m pretty happy with this beautiful olive color and all those dark brown speckles. She’s one of the girls I’m growing out for next year’s breeding program, so I’m excited to see how her egg color develops as she continues laying.

Not bad for egg number one! 🥚🫒💚




A little peek at some of my newer breeds! 🐣 🐓 These grow-outs are five to six months old now, and I’m already looking fo...
09/02/2026

A little peek at some of my newer breeds! 🐣 🐓

These grow-outs are five to six months old now, and I’m already looking forward to seeing what some of these beauties produce next spring. 💛

There’s Lucy, my Lemon Deathlayer (official breed name — Westfälischer Totleger — Germany),
my Silver, Gold and Lemon Spangled Appenzeller Spitzhaubens (APP-en-zell-er SHPITZ-how-ben — Switzerland),
and my beautiful Pavlovskayas (pav-LOV-sky-uhs — Russia).

I have to give a special mention to the Pavlovskayas. Of all the breeds I raise, their temperament is second to none. They are absolute sweethearts. ❤️

And then there’s Floyd, my handsome Red Bronze tom. He will help create some really pretty colors in next spring’s poults. 🦃

These are some of the newer additions around here, I still have my other eight breeds along with my colorful egg laying hens!

Lots of beautiful birds and lots to look forward to next spring at Hoop’s Coop Eggs & Totes. ❤️



08/29/2026

Motown took his very first ride in the Mule today! ❤️

He wasn’t too sure about that noisy dump bed rattling behind us at first, especially going down that bumpy gravel road. 😂 But he did really good, and I think he actually liked it!

I may have myself a new partner for my Mule rides. ❤️🐾

And for those who haven’t seen Motown in a while, yep, my boy is starting to get gray. He’s definitely not a puppy anymore.

It’s been quite a while since Tim rescued Motown from the side of the road with a badly injured leg. At first, it looked like he might lose that leg, but thankfully the vets were able to save it with surgery. It was a very costly surgery, and so many people who followed Motown’s story helped us through the GoFundMe. I will always be grateful for everyone who helped us give him that chance.

And look at him now. All four legs, a little gray around the face, and riding around the farm in the Mule with me. ❤️ I know Tim would love seeing this.




Today brought me something I have desperately needed lately—hope.Ned from Michigan AgrAbility, an MSU Extension program,...
08/28/2026

Today brought me something I have desperately needed lately—hope.

Ned from Michigan AgrAbility, an MSU Extension program, came out to the farm today, and we talked about some of the challenges I’ve been facing trying to keep everything going alone.

During our visit, I learned that Ned is a fellow Christian, and he is going to reach out to the Fellowship of Christian Farmers International to see if there may be people willing to come alongside me and help get some things around this place repaired and back in order.

Before he left, Ned asked my permission to pray with me, and we ended our visit in prayer. That meant more to me than he probably realizes.

Nothing is certain yet, but for the first time in a while, I feel like maybe a door is beginning to open.

For those of you who pray, I would appreciate your prayers that God would order Ned’s steps, guide every conversation, and put the right people in his path.

I’ve been praying for God to make a way where I haven’t been able to see one.

Today, I have a little more hope that maybe He is.





The last three-plus months have been an incredible struggle. Truthfully, the last two years have been terribly hard.From...
08/27/2026

The last three-plus months have been an incredible struggle. Truthfully, the last two years have been terribly hard.

From the time Tim’s health began declining, right up until now, I’ve been working, caring, problem-solving, and carrying the responsibility for the farm, the house, the property, the animals, and everything in between. And it’s wearing on me.

It’s been suggested to me that maybe I should sell everything, move somewhere where life would be easier, and spend my days enjoying retirement. But that’s never been the life I’ve dreamed about. I’m not someone who longs to sit on a beach all day. I love my home. I love my farm. I love my animals.

But this farm and this life were built around two people. And now there is only one.

Lately I’ve found myself wondering what God is trying to show me through all of this. Between Tim’s declining health, losing him, and everything that has happened since, I don’t know if God is telling me this chapter of my life is over, or if He is asking me to hang on and trust Him to make a way where I cannot see one.

I know that all things are possible with God and that there is nothing too hard for Him.

I can’t imagine my life without my animals. Honestly, every single day they have given me a reason to get out of bed, get dressed, and keep moving. They need to be fed. They need water. They need me. Caring for them has kept me moving forward, one day at a time.

This has been the hardest and darkest place of my life. Some days I feel like I’m hanging onto my faith like an anchor in a storm. There have been blessings in the middle of it, too, and I am thankful for every one of them.

I’m sharing this because I think sometimes we only share the parts of life where we can already see what God has done or is doing. Right now, I’m in the middle of it. I don’t have the answer yet. I’m still praying, still trusting, and still asking God to show me the way forward.

And maybe someone else needs to know today that it’s okay to trust God even when you can’t yet see where He is leading you.

“Teach me thy way, O LORD, and lead me in a plain path…” — Psalm 27:11 KJV





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