Black Cat Genetic Testing

10/11/2026

Hey folks, there are some farms we know that have been hit and had devastating losses due to the hurricane that’s blown through (headed up north now). If anyone wants to donate something for the raffle, holler at Jess. It’s for a really good cause.

❤️ Calling on our farm & homestead community! ❤️

Update this may include one more farm waiting to touch base. I will have this post updated with their damages and the donation prizes that have come in later or tomorrow morning!

Two farms took a direct hit from the hurricane last night, and we want to do what we can to help them through this. Shady Magnolia Homestead Chunn Farms

We’re putting together a benefit and looking for prize donations from fellow farms, small businesses, makers, and anyone willing to contribute. Hatching eggs, products you make, anything you can direct ship off Amazon, gift cards etc like we do for every fundraiser

Our farming community has a way of showing up when one of our own needs a hand, and right now, these two farms could use that support more than ever. 🫶

If you’d be willing to donate a prize or know someone who might, please send me a message! Every contribution is appreciated, and every share helps us reach more people.

*DISCLAIMER WE WILL MAKE IT KNOWN THAT EGGS MAY BE SPRING DELIVERY*

Let’s show these farms they aren’t in this alone. ❤️🐓🌾

10/10/2026

I have wanted a real deal pumpkin patch for as long as I’ve been gardening. Squash vine borers always ruin my good time. EVERY. SINGLE. YEAR.

This yeah I planted black cat pumpkins (because they’re small and black and grow quickly). But another large pumpkin vine started up from a seed I just have dropped beside the garden bed. It turned into a humongous, healthy vine and I have no idea what we did but I grew an actual pumpkin. It’s one of the yellow ones and I am puuuumped. It’s just one but I don’t care. I love it completely.

10/08/2026

Round 9: seven female eggs and eight male eggs (one quitter beforehand).

Now I’ll cull the males eggs before they have even developed pain receptors and only hatch the females.

Ended up with four F1OE and three blue layers. Not too bad since I started out with only seven OE (having four male it through in ovo is nice). Let’s see how they continue to do.

Come on baby girls! 10-11 days to go.

Also, some of the brown ones look weird because I scrubbed them a bunch on the outside so I could see through them easier.

If you make it down this far and see this: if you are so inclined, I would appreciate it a lot if you shared my post. No biggie if you don’t want to but if you don’t mind, I’d really appreciate it. Thanks for being here, yall. I really appreciate all of you.

10/07/2026

Folks with humongous dogs: do you have a suggestion for where to get a winter coat for one? Small horse blanket?

10/07/2026

It’s Round 9 in ovo time. All my eggs this time. Yall, wish me luck.

10/05/2026

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Hi, I have three blue layer guaranteed female chicks that are Ameraucana or Ameraucana hybrids.

Chicks are about 3-5 days old and doing great in the brooder.

They have to go together. $45 for the trio. They are DNA tested females and should be homozygous for blue egg gene.

I’m reasonably certain that the white one will be an ermine as she’s white with a couple of black spots (likely to grow into black and white feathers and will get more black as she gets real feathers after chick down).

Another is likely a black Ameraucana. She’s two days younger than the other two but doing great.

The females in this coop are:
Whiting true blue
Cream Legbar
Opal Legbar
Dominant white Ameraucana
Black Ameraucana
Splash Ameraucana

Males are two Ameraucanas, one dominant white and one black.

Pick up in the Ivoryton/Deep River area.

10/05/2026

We found black cat moisturizing masks. I may have straight up cackled when I saw them because I knew it would be hilarious to do this at home with kids and hubs.

10/05/2026

Round 8 had six eggs at lockdown. Three silkies from Black Cat Silkie Farms LLC and three from my eggs (one F1 OE and two blue egg layers). All the silkies hatched and two of my eggs (not the OE unfortunately) hatched. That’s not bad though!

10/05/2026

Round 7 had 13 eggs left at lockdown. I knew three looked super iffy and were probably dead. Nine of them hatched: 8 from The Loved Hen Farm and one from my eggs (blue layer). That’s not too bad.

Alana from The Loved Hen Farm has near 100% fertility on all her eggs. It’s amazing. Even though it’s fall and my fertility is sh*tty and a lot of my other friends’ chickens have sh*tty fertility…not Alana. Nope. Hers is oddly fully fertile. Kudos to her!

10/05/2026

As many of you know, I watch a loooottt of Friends. I need a new show to watch. Recommendations? I love spooky stuff or comedies.