HIGH GROUND FARM

I started keeping chickens over 40 years ago, But in 1999 my focus became the Java Chicken. Fueled by a article in Mother Earth about being endangered Java, I waited over a year for the first Chicks. They were hatched as a collaboration project between Garfield farm in the Midwest and the museum of science in industry in Chicago. Somehow, through thick and thin, Ihave a managed to keep a closed flock of Black Java Chickens Since.  Grazing on pasture, foraging for food With their vigorous scratching and pecking, they Are at home amongst the 150 year-old oaks. Java Chickens are part of Sustainability. As a steward of Java Chickens, the land, Historic architecture, wildlife, And foliage, I have delighted and keeping them at the center.  Excellent mothers, the hens become broody many times a year. They hatch and raise their chicks,  teaching them As early as two weeks, to get on a roof pole! Grazing on Pasture,  forging for food with their vigorous scratching and pecking...