Talking Points Of The Breed:

• Origin: Opry Hill Farms, LLC
• Broodiness: Moderate
• Meat production: Moderate
• Cold tolerance: Excellent. About 75% will have pea combs.
• Heat tolerance: Excellent
• Predator evasion: Exceptional ~ Roosters will gallantly protect their flock but are docile with their human counterparts
• Foraging ability: Exceptional ~ If given the opportunity to forage in the spring though fall, they will seek out most of their food sources
• Noise level: Low-Moderate
• Hen Size: 4-6 Pounds
• Rooster Size: 7-9 Pounds
• Egg color: Rustic moss colored eggs.  We have been breeding for speckles and camouflage variations. About 1/3 of eggs laid have this propensity.
• Egg size: Medium
• Age of lay: 5-6 months
• Egg laying ability: Excellent
• Eggs/year: 200+
• Temperment: These birds will naturally be friendly and docile with the roosters being alert and protective but respecting their humans. Additionally we breed only birds that are the friendliest of the flock, hen and rooster combined. They do well in confinement or in a free range situation.

This is the story of how we all grow together in this colored egg community. A few generations into breeding our Opry Hill Moss Eggers, I noticed a handful of female offspring lay on with an affinity for camouflage coatings. This was beyond exciting for me to see but I had to know for sure it could be duplicated in later generations. I didn’t have the time or space to grow-out birds to test this theory so I utilized customers to help me with this endeavor. I sold these original chicks as a “project pen” at a fraction of the cost of our other breeds. They sold and I patiently waited for them to share their eggs with me. I knew I was onto to something when at the end of that first year the egg photos came in with more camouflage than I could have ever hoped for! I knew I needed to dedicate a pen for this project and continue to hone it in. 2025 was the year I saw it all come together with about 1/3 of all female offspring producing camp eggs. I feel confident sharing them with you all now and sharing the newest colored egg in the Opry Hill lineup: paying respect to tthe Mossy Oak Eggers