Join us for Chicken Chat at Moss Mountain Farm
April 19, 2025
Are you considering adding chickens to your backyard? Whether you're a seasoned chicken farmer or a complete novice, Chicken Chat at Moss Mountain Farm is the perfect event for you. Join us to learn from P. Allen Smith about heritage breed poultry and the importance of preserving these rare breeds. Enjoy lunch, get your poultry questions answered, and even purchase chickens to take home. 4-H'ers receive free admission* (accompanied by a paying adult). Mark your calendars for an egg-cellent experience!
(*Must be accompanied by a paying adult)
We are dedicated to the preservation and support of all threatened breeds and strains of domestic poultry through encouragement of education, stewardship, and good breeding practices.
Conservation
These breeds were once very common, but as factory farms and hybrid genetics become more prevalent, these breeds have begun to vanish quickly.
stewardship
These breeds represent an irreplaceable piece of earth’s biodiversity and offer an incredible variety that may be needed for future farms - robust health, mothering instincts, foraging, and the ability to thrive in a changing climate.
education
Raising poultry is a meaningful way to get kids active in nature and connect with the outdoors. We raise money every year for kids in 4-H to show heritage poultry in state and national shows. We give awards to encourage these poultry to be raised and conserved for the future.
chicken chat
Chicken Chat is a forum for poultry enthusiasts to flock together to share, discuss, debate and enjoy all things fowl.
Slate Red Dorking
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Slate Red Dorking
Do you love rare and unusual chicken breeds? Slate Red Dorkings are an old and rare color pattern we are endeavoring to conserve at Moss Mountain Farm. The mole breed of chicken where the term ‘slate’ is used as a descriptor. Dorkings are one of the most important foundational breeds dating back many millennia. We keep four other varieties of Dorkings.
Plan to come to our Heritage Poultry gathering this spring, Saturday, April 1, 2023.
