Our passion is agriculture - we are farmers to our foundation. We enjoy growing food as much as we enjoy eating it, and we've built a lifestyle out of providing the food we eat while we engage in intellectual studies, hobbies, and careers. We love conversations about balanced farm systems and how each of us can, must, eat and live well while regenerating our land and relationships.
Shaes farm promotes livestock diversity by raising a select few breeds of hardy, productive, and beautiful Heritage fowl. Livestock plays an integral part in promoting the vitality of our home, garden, and natural areas.
The Barred Rock was once America's favorite barnyard chicken. We love it here for all the reasons our ancestors prized it - tasty, cold hardy, large dual purpose forager that often continues to lay during the winter. more...
This small duck lays a lot of eggs and comes to harvest weight quickly. She loves hunting for her dinner and blends in perfectly with the creek or pond edge. more...
The talkative and elegant "swan goose" also goes by the nickname "weeder goose". They thrive on short grassy pasture and will protect the flock you raise them with. more...