Welcome to Dragon's Hollow Farm.
We are a tiny humble hobby-farm that raises many species of poultry
in Bloomington Indiana, United States.
Our philosophy is to raise happy animals with little human
interference. While not strictly organic in practices, we avoid the use
of chemicals on our land and avoid medications, antibiotics, and
hormones in our livestock.
We keep the following birds:
Turkeys - These are my favorite. They have wonderful personalities
and a whole range of fascinating behavior. We raise Royal Palm,
Narraganasett and Dark Gray Turkeys. We always seem to have mutts about
if you are interested in heritage crosses or pets.
Muscovy Ducks - the most productive animals on our farm, these
little ducks will raise multiple droves of babies in a year. They gain
mass on almost anything and the meat is almost like steak. They have
ugly faces but will win your heart.
Geese - I keep Sebastopol, Toulouse and crosses of these. I adore
the Sebs moppy appearance and friendly personality. Geese can be
annoying with their constant trumpetting and their bullying of other
waterfowl, whom they deem their sovereign subjects by birthright.
However, they are great little lawnmowers and are quite beautiful
birds.
Chickens - what farm would be right without chickens? Ours are a
collection from different breeders and whatever I see at Rural King that
I can't live wihtout. We have ameracauna, black australorp, turkens,
jersy giants, and wheatons.
Guinea fowl - I love these birds. They make a sound like someone
violently erasing a piece of paper next to an amp when they are startled
or upset. I was worried at first that I wouldn't be able to handle the
noise, but to be honest, most of the time they are quiet and busily go
about their business. Their ugly faces are sure to charm!
Quail - we keep coturnix quail for their eggs. They are very easy to
house and while they eat a lot for their size, they lay a lot of
delicious eggs.
Pheasants - new this year, we have a young pair of silver pheasants
I love their suspicious faces and they make some very pretty sounds.
They are fairly calm and friendly since we kept them in the house at
first.
Peafowl - we have one surviving peafowl out of the 7 babies we tried
to raise this year. It seems extremely hard to keep them from getting
sick and wasting away. The one that survives now looked very much like
it was going to die and weighed nothing, but it somehow pulled through.
We will probably try to get some more older birds to keep it
company.
I love to talk about birds. If you have questions you can contact me on
Google at cganote.
