We have an unexpected opening for next week's RAC program. For this program you will get 4-6 chicks depending on how they hatch on Sunday. You get to take them home and love them and care for them. And then bring them back to the farm after 4 weeks. You will get all the equipment to take care of them during this time. Pickup is Thursday!![]()
There are several other slots available for both programs.
Rent-a-Chick & Rent-a-Chick Hatch Programs (2024) - Happy Wife Acres
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If you are dropping off or picking up hatch kits or chicks for Rent A Chick programs please check your emails. I will start calling Saturday for those who haven’t chosen times.
This cute little boy was dropped off here this morning and needs to find a forever home. He is very sweet and was lost in a forest in Beavercreek. I will make sure that he goes to a loving home. He need special loving and needs to be a pet. Please come get him today.
Brought our 3 smallest bunnies to see the kids and adults. They are loving the grass.
Would you like to know more about all the animals here on our farm? Would you like to know about cages and how to build them? More about gardening? Fill out this form and we would love to help you learn more. What we do here is education. www.happywifeacres.com/apprentices/
Due to circumstances beyond our control we will not be processing on Sunday. Andrea got bit by a dog on her left hand and it getting stitches. We have rescheduled for Wednesday this coming week. I will be sending out emails to those with meat orders. Sorry again. 
Please go out and support this local bakery. She has cakes and breads and so so much more. And it is all the bomb! She has lasagna on Friday!!!! All her stuff is gluten free. Stop by and you will not be disappointed.
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21 days ago these 2 started sitting together and being broody in the same trash can filled with straw in our big barn. Other girls laid eggs in there but after a few days these 2 wouldn't allow that. Since they tolerated each other that long, they got babies last night together, each got 2.. By this morning when I went to move them to the mama cage out front the lighter one as usual had taken all the babies( she had been doing so with the"eggs"). Now they are back to co parenting by noon. They decided they didn't need the larger crate. And the 1 1/2 week chicks have accepted them as parents. They aren't named yet. And moms always get names. SO???? Help me come up with their names.
We will be processing chickens on Sunday, 21 April in the processing barn.![]()
1. If you would like to purchase processed chicken, please fill out this Meat Order Form: www.happywifeacres.com/chicken-meat-order-form/. We will have young roosters and old hens. ![]()
2. If you have unwanted roosters or old hens that you would like to donate, please contact us to arrange for drop off before Friday evening. You can message us or call/text at 937-361-5798.![]()
We will not be having observation for this processing as it slows us down and we need to be faster this time.
This is not the first time that we have said this. This is another farm that has said the same thing. If you are looking for a full sized ready to lay hen, be on the look out for what I call a lemon. Just like buying a car, buyer beware. www.happywifeacres.com/reasons-to-not-buy-laying-hens/I am seeing a LOT of "looking for a laying hen" but here's some things you, as a buyer, need to realize.![]()
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This is OUR season. We raised these hens. We hatched them, fed them, kept them alive, doctored them when they didn't feel good, and housed them for 6-12 months to get that first egg. ![]()
An AVERAGE hatchery stock bird costs $5 anymore. A NON hatchery is easily $7-12. At birth. ![]()
Feed is $25/50lbs on the medium grade quality stuff. A chick should be free fed until nearly 4 months old. That feed bag doesn't last as long as you think. Nor does the bedding at $8/bale.![]()
Lice/mite treatment, worming, viatims/stress meds, none of those are free. Housing, not free. Upkeep and repairs, not free. ![]()
Layer pellets of medium quality, $22/40lbs![]()
Supplemental lighting to get optimal egg laying, not free. ![]()
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So no- we aren't being greedy when a LAYING HEN of known bloodline/breeding and known health is $35++ we are probably not breaking even on her. ![]()
We can't sell you that hen for $10 that's not realistic. It wasn't realistic 5 years ago and it's certainly not now. ![]()
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We are a SMALL operation. We don't cut corners. If you want $10/hens go to an auction and pick up sick birds and then do the work yourself. Or raise them yourself instead of cutting corners and then whining about crazy farmers pricing. ![]()
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No, I'm not talking to the people looking for eggs. You're not my target audience here. You are willing to pay what they're worth after it's explained. I'm talking to the old man that just wants a cheap pretty hen to flip at swap next weekend. The one in bib overalls scoffing about "in MY DAY". That's fine. This is MY DAY now. Hens aren't $10 anymore. If they are, you get what you paid for. ![]()
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Rant over.
Chicken Health Day is an annual spring event at Happy Wife Acres. Within a few hours, we physically hold, inspect, treat, and count every hen and rooster in our flock. ![]()
This year's Chicken Health Day is on Saturday, 18 May, starting at 7am. To make it successful, we need about 10 volunteers. Volunteers catch and shuttle chickens to 2 people for inspection, while other volunteers record the numbers. ![]()
By participating, you will learn about the signs of a healthy chicken, what we look for when we inspect them, how to treat for parasites, how to remove rooster spurs, and how to spot older hens that will be processed in the coming months. We usually finish before noon. Stick around afterwards and we will feed you!![]()
Please use the form at the link to register. www.happywifeacres.com/chicken-health-day-interest-form/
Update: The daughters are both gone as of today. That leaves Allison trying to find a home. Any takers?![]()
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When we retire a breeder rabbit, we offer them up as a free pet instead of culling them. We have 3 girl rabbits available. We would prefer they go to someone familiar with raising rabbits or serious about learning how to properly care for a rabbit. Please do not contact us until you have all the supplies necessary to care for a rabbit (adequate cage, feeder, waterer, bedding, food). They can go together to one family or separate as they can't be housed together anyway. Yes they all look similar because one is the mom of the other 2.
Eclipse has started. When it is at the total I will do a live video so you can see how the animals are behaving.
We have lots of eggs. Chicken, duck, call duck and quail. Tell us what you want and we will have it ready for you. Seriously LOTS OF EGGS!!! Text 937-361-5798. If they are unwashed like quail and chicken I will have in the egg box by the road. Duck is located in the garage so you will have to make sure I'm home to pickup. As always our eggs are fresh meaning they aren't old like the eggs in the stores that are already 2 months old when you get them. All eggs are put in box by your ordering them. So reserve yours today.
Please be aware that the train tracks are currently being worked on if coming to the farm. You will have to use this link to go the other way on Spangler then to Haddix. I do not know how long it is not going to be open.
Bath Township to 8600 Haddix Rd
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These baby bunnies were born in February. They were sold by Rural King a week before Easter. They were dropped off at my farm on April 1st. The woman dropping them off says she does this every year with ducks, chicks or bunnies. EVERY YEAR!! I couldn’t control the anger I felt. I told her to get stuffed animals. She said I always find homes for them. Grr They are such sweet little bun buns. I will find them a forever home. To get them though I will make sure you will love them and make them part of your family.
We have a new product that you are going to love. It's creamy and delicious and can be ordered by going to our website. Quantities are limited and you don't want to miss this opportunity to try rabbit milk. Watch the video then go to the website to order. youtu.be/yKKn428LwRU![]()
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www.happywifeacres.com/rabbitmilk/
04-1-24 New product: Rabbit milk!
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This little half silkie has stole my heart. He barely weighs a pound. I put him into the truck to eat and help clean up. He is so sweet.
We have extra eggs this week. Call/text me to get unwashed and unrefrigerated eggs. They are good on your counter for a month. And so much better than those store eggs.
How Organic Eggs are "Washed" (and best brands to buy)
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Shocking process of how organic eggs are washed with the potential for chemical residues in the egg itself.
Girls trying to go lay their eggs on the back patio. Jemmy a new mom has decided this is where she wants to have her babies. Good luck girls. LOL
We are offering a class on the 30th at 10am on Raising Quail for Food. You will learn that quail are a very sustainable food source of eggs and meat and easy to keep. You will be able to tour the quail area of the farm and ask any questions. And taste both eggs and quail at the end of class. Sign up at the link below.![]()
www.happywifeacres.com/course-raising-quail-for-food/
Where is your favorite place to get farm grown food? Vegetables or fruits? Milk, eggs or meats? Other farm goods?
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