Meet our Gwendolyn’s! They produce the lovely farm fresh, organic eggs found in all our markets. Of Novogen breed originating in France, they’re real beauties with glossy auburn feathers, plucky personalities, and a reputation as excellent layers.  Hatched, raised and laying right here in the Willamette Valley, they feast on a vegetarian diet and have plenty of access to pasture.

Hobbies: nesting, jumping, flying,
preening, and clucking

Favorite snack: grubs

Back Story: There actually was a Gwendolyn. Years ago, our founder Chuck Eggert’s family adopted an older hen to provide a safe place to roost after it was discovered she’d quit laying. Promptly after settling into the backyard flock, she started laying again, and continued to do so for many years. She affectionately earned the name Gwendolyn after their great-grandmother, a woman of pluck and fortitude whose family had raised chickens for generations.