I have posted this site on several of the poultry sites over the past few years. This is one of the smallest privately owned hatcheries that I
am familiar with and it has a small offering of breeds. However I trust the owners and you can't find people who are more concerned with personal integrity. As far as prices go they are also concerned that the customer gets the best quality for their dollar.
I helped to evaluate the flocks owned by this family and culled out some of the more objectionable breeders. Let me say that their junk is few in number and are better than many of the show bred and commercially bred birds in the country. Their personal motto is production first and window dressing second.
Their breeders are weather hardened to withstand the 110 degree heat waves as well as the severe cold spells we have here in Missouri. Two weeks ago it was a comfortable 60 degrees and dry and now it is in the teens at night and the ground is covered in 15 inches of wet snow. This is hard for any living thing to handle. Their breeders are living in coops and outside runs that are no doubt covered in snow and the birds are no doubt scratching around in the snow for exercise as I write this.
They sell free range eggs to local customers year round and during the hatching season it is these same eggs that get rerouted to their incubators to fill other orders. Their hens lay big eggs and lots of them.
If you are tired of owning wimpy chickens or live in an area where you have had problems raising chicks or getting your pullets to lay decently then these might be what you are looking for. Dean
Paul and Kelly Hartner Farm and Hatchery
http://www.backtothefarmmo.com/breeds.html
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