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Photos from Good Shepherd Poultry Ranch
  • Aug 21, 2025
Photos from Good Shepherd Poultry Ranch

  • Aug 20, 2025
Turkeys in the Trees at Good Shepherd Poultry Ranch

Life on Good Shepherd Poultry Ranch
  • Aug 11, 2025
Life on Good Shepherd Poultry Ranch

Candling Heritage Chicken Eggs
  • Apr 9, 2024
Hatching Heritage Chickens at Chosen Farm, a member of the Good Shepherd Poultry Network

A heritage chicken lays an egg and Jed Greenberg gathers it, but he never washes it. By not washing Jed maintains the bloom on the egg, a liquid that develops when the egg is laid. The bloom dries in seconds, but it covers the entire shell thus protecting the chick from bacteria. Washing, Jed says, lowers fertility and drives dirt into the egg which contaminates the inside. Unwashed eggs can be kept in a 60-70 degree room for 7-10 days, after which fertility drops. Jed stores his eggs in plastic egg crates with the bulbous end up.

Eggs at the Good Shepherd Poultry Ranch
  • Apr 2, 2024
Eggs and Hatching!

March and April and May are when Thanksgiving starts if you are a turkey farmer. Even with all the scientific advancements made by humankind, there is still only one way to produce a turkey poult for Thanksgiving and that is through a hen laying an egg. Once the egg comes out, we have learned how to replicate what the mother would do in nature, but the beginning of the cycle has always been the same. Follow along with us, step-by-step, as we explore this fascinating process!

Frank Reese and his flock of heritage breed turkeys
  • Mar 20, 2023
Frank Reese, Savior of Biodiversity

Saviors come in many forms. For turkeys, it’s Frank Reese Jr., a poultry farmer who has had a fondness for turkeys since childhood and lived life with one focus — save heritage breeds with genetic lines that in some cases date back to the mid-1800s.

Frank Reese’s Turkeys Are Getting Hot by Derek Hawkins
  • Feb 18, 2022
Frank Reese’s Turkeys Are Getting Hot by Derek Hawkins

The heat index at Reese’s Good Shepherd Poultry Ranch in Lindsborg, Kansas, is climbing toward 105 degrees, and the August sun is beating down on the yard where the birds spend their days.

Join Frank Reese at the REGENERATE Conference
  • Oct 22, 2021
Join Frank Reese at the REGENERATE Conference

Good Shepherd Conservancy President Frank Reese and Jed Greenberg will be leading a virtual workshop at the REGENERATE Conference on Monday, October 25th from 11:00 am - 12:30 pm. The workshop will teach participants about how modern industrial poultry hybrids were created, the dramatic impact they have on today’s poultry industry, and introduce Standardbred heritage poultry production as an alternative to that system.