There are chicken breeds that practically hatch themselves.
Swedish Flower Hens? No problem.
Icelandics? Born ready.
Hedemora? Practically hatch out, stretch, and ask for fermented feed.

And then there are Olandsk Dwarfs.
Tiny white eggs. High hopes.
Tiny heartbreaks.

“Why Didn’t My Eggs Hatch?”

Short answer: Because shipped eggs are a freakin’ gamble.
Long answer? Grab a snack.

Some chickens are bred for symmetry.
These? They were bred for storms, rocky soil, and the kind of grit you can’t fake.

Meet the Feathered Misfits: six rare landrace breeds that don’t fit the showroom mold—but absolutely belong in your coop. They’re rugged, genetically diverse, and tied to centuries of natural selection. No marketing magic. Just survival on their own terms.

Let’s get real: raising chickens is always a little chaotic. But when you raise landrace birds—the kind bred for survival, not show points—you get a whole different level of “surprise.”

We’ve learned a lot over the years (sometimes by mistake). So in the spirit of honest chicken keeping, here are five things we wish someone had told us sooner.

Let’s get this out of the way: I didn’t set out to create a merch line.
I set out to raise landrace chickens. To preserve genetics. To keep birds alive through Ohio winters and broody drama and raccoons with a grudge.

But somewhere between the frozen waterers, exploding broody poop, and a certain tiny rooster with zero sense of self-preservation, the Clancy Collection just... happened.

And honestly? I’ve never been prouder.

Let’s Cut to the Chase.

We’ve paused chick shipping.
Why? Because USPS delays + baby birds = disaster. We’ve lost sleep—and birds—trying to make that system work. We’re done.

There you are—just trying to collect some eggs—and suddenly your sweetest hen turns into a puffed-up velociraptor with murder in her eyes.

Congrats. You’ve got a broody hen.

Whether she’s gently growling or straight-up lunging like she’s defending a dragon egg, we’ve got you covered. Here’s how to figure out what kind of broody you’re dealing with—and what to do next.

Let’s not sugarcoat it:
The USPS has failed us.
More importantly, they’ve failed the chicks we work so damn hard to raise.

We’re not here to play nice when lives are on the line.
After multiple weeks of brutal shipping delays, missed scans, and live chicks being stranded in warehouses — we’re done.

Let’s be real.  Every backyard chicken keeper has a vibe. Maybe you’re the spreadsheet warrior who refreshes the brooder temp every 30 minutes. Or maybe you’re the laid-back, “they’ll be fine” type who gives your chickens side-eye if they even think about drama.

The Gross but Necessary Guide to Chick Booty Care

We love baby chicks. They’re fluffy, sweet, and impossibly cute… until you notice one dragging around a crusty blob on its butt like it lost a fight with a raisin.

Welcome to pasty butt—a common but potentially dangerous condition where poop sticks to the downy feathers around a chick’s vent, sometimes blocking them from pooping entirely.

You went to grab fresh eggs and got served… scrambled drama. Instead of a full basket, you found a coop crime scene—and your prime suspect is still strutting around like nothing happened.

Ever wonder how a chicken toy makes it from concept to coop? Or how we know a feeder won’t flop the moment it meets a rowdy group of Hedemoras?

Spoiler: It’s not a focus group in a boardroom—it’s our community of real chicken keepers putting new products to the test and clucking their honest opinions.

Welcome to the inside scoop on the Peck & Tell Panel—Cluck It All Farms’ official team of product testers, chicken enthusiasts, and hilariously photogenic hens.