We have the chickens we do for eggs and as compost helpers. They are great at scratching things up, and it's an awesome way to use natural methods to help create the compost. For chickens, we are selecting for a landrace breed that thrives here in Wyoming, lays well (in the winter as well), forages for most, if not all, of their food, is cold and heat hardy, and has a long laying life. We have a mix of a bunch of breeds, and are using natural selection, teamed with conformation and laying knowledge, to help build the breed.

We have the geese as gully grazers and flock protectors. At the moment, they are grazing down around the house and barn, but the hope is to use them to graze in the gullies where the number of young trees makes it impossible to effectively use the larger animals.

We have ducks as an alternative source of eggs, and a way to help the orchards thrive without bug infestations.