Swiftroost Homestead

Follow our adventures on an itty bitty farm tucked into the woods in Oregon's Willamette Valley


How many chickens is too many chickens? We aren’t sure yet…

We are a two mom family with one amazing kid, a piece of hillside and field and creek to call our own, and an ever-increasing number of chickens. After years of dreaming, we packed up our life in the ‘burbs and escaped to the country. This is our story.

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Natural beauty

Most of our property is relatively wild, and we want to keep it that way.

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Some of our flock:

Silver Dorkings, an ancient and adorable breed

Borage, one of the few hens who gets a name. She’s a lavender Americana and lays blue eggs.

A rainbow of deliciousness!

This spring we had our first batch of babies born on the farm