Buckeyes, our favorite large fowl...

    At this point in our lives, Buckeyes have become our favorite breed of
    large fowl. So much so in fact, that we've decided to focus on them
    exclusively for our large fowl needs. And we recently were able to obtain
    some bantams, and will likely be offering them for sale in the late spring
    of 2010.

    LARGE FOWL SALES:
    We sell large fowl Buckeyes as hatching eggs, chicks, and started birds.
    Our prices are as follows:

    Hatching eggs (contact us for delivery dates):

    12+ extras including shipping by Priority Mail for $48.00


    24+ extras, including shipping by Priority Mail, $96.00



    Chicks: 25 straight run chicks are $135, which includes shipping by
    Priority Mail. (Shipments to Alaska are $150 via Express Mail.) Contact us
    to get on our waiting list for chicks.

    Started birds: $25 each, plus a box/shipping fee of $50. I can fit a pair of
    young birds in one box. Contact us to get on our waiting list.

    Adult birds: can be delivered to shows we attend in KY, OH, and IN.
    Contact us for pricing (we are sold out at this time.)


    BANTAM SALES:
    At this time we are working to build up our flock of bantam Buckeyes, so
    have none for sale. Contact us in late spring of '10, when we may begin to
    offer started birds for sale.

    ABOUT BUCKEYES:
    Buckeyes are a nice dual purpose bird; they lay a good amount of medium
    sized brown eggs, and the extra males, with their wide breasts, dress out
    nicely. They forage very well (even hunt mice!), get along with each other
    and humans (not flighty, almost too friendly, underfoot a lot!),

    They are the only breed of American chicken created by a woman, Mrs.
    Nettie Metcalf of Ohio, and the only American breed with a pea comb,
    which means no frostbite in winter (unless you live in Saskatoon or
    someplace like that.) They tolerate heat and cold well, some will go
    broody (if you prefer them to raise their own babies) but are not
    excessively so, and we think they are just an all around perfect homestead
    chicken.

    We got our first Buckeyes in 2006 from our friend Matt John, of Shady
    Lane Poultry Farm and Poultryman Supply. Matt obtained his original
    stock from John Brown of Ohio. Matt only had a few at that time, so we
    started with just four birds. But we fell in love with them immediately, and
    the following year got more from both Matt as well as the American
    Livestock Breeds Conservancy, thanks to the generous help of Don
    Schrider.

    By the end of 2007 we had done so well showing our Buckeyes that our
    older daughter asked me to start a breed club for them, since none existed
    at that time. In 2008 I started a Yahoo Group for these wonderful birds,
    and at this point we have over 250 members! You can join it here:









    In 2009 we and other breeders started a proper breed club for Buckeyes,
    the American Buckeye Poultry Club. It is a registered non-profit, and an
    Associate Member of the American Poultry Association and the American
    Bantam Association. You can see the website here:

     American Buckeye Poultry Club

    Currently membership rates for the club are as follows:

    Individuals                $15
    Youth                        $5
    Family/Farms             $25

    If you are interested in joining, you can pay using PayPal (please send
    payment to this email address: info@americanbuckeyepoultryclub.com) or
    send a check, made out to "The American Buckeye Poultry Club" to:

     American Buckeye Poultry Club
     c/o P.O. Box 35
     Williamstown, KY 41097

    And for a ton of great info on these and other heritage birds, including
    productivity studies, see the American Livestock Breeds Conservancy
    website HERE.

    SHOWING:
    We show our birds in ABA/APA sanctioned shows, and have done very
    well with them. On October 3, 2009, one of our pullets (seen above) won
    Reserve Champion American in the Open show at The Southern Ohio
    Poultry Breeders Association show at Lucasville, OH, and RB at the Ohio
    National in November of '09 (right behind our friend Chris McCary's
    gorgeous cockerel.) One of our cockerels took BB at the Northeastern
    Congress show in MA on January 16th, 2010.

    In the fall of '07 my daughter won CH American and RCH of the Junior
    Show with her cock bird at the Bluegrass Poultry Association show, and
    she won RCH Large Fowl there in '09. The judge in '07 said he was one
    of the nicest Buckeyes he had ever seen. When I show these birds in
    Open sanctioned shows as an adult I routinely win BB and/or RB.

    We strive to breed birds to the APA Standard of Perfection, and while we
    can offer no guarantees as to how you will do at shows, the eggs or
    chicks you purchase from us come from birds we actually show
    ourselves and do well with. The pictures on this page are our actual birds,
    taken on 6/27/09 (where the cock bird won Best of Breed at the Top of
    Ohio show), 6/09, 9/09, and 1/10 (on the farm), and 10/4/09 (where the
    pullet won RCH American at Lucasville), and 1/10 at the Northeastern
    Poultry Congress where the cockerel won Best of Breed.
Buckeyes
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