Magnolia Run - Central VA

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Happy Hens • Beautiful Eggs • Garden-grown goodness

10/21/2026

“Don’t mind if I do” - Rose

10/20/2026

We’ve spent years turning our rental into our home, and we’ve been intentional about every bit of it.

Everything we’ve built has an exit plan. Our coops, runs, walkways, and raised garden beds were all designed with the understanding that someday, we might need to pack them up and take them with us.

But the biggest part of making this work? Our landlords.

We’ve always maintained open, honest communication and made it a priority to respect their time, their property, and their future plans. They’ve allowed us to make their house our home, and we don’t take that for granted.

Would we love to own our own land someday? Absolutely. But we’re not waiting until then to build a life we love.

Start where you are. Work with what you have. Grow something beautiful. 🤍

Are you homesteading on property you rent or own? I’d love to hear how you’ve made your space work for you!

10/20/2026

Life update, cow version!

I’m a wild thannngggg 😜 and I’m still absolutely the cutest thing that ever dilly dallied at Oak Creek Farm!

10/19/2026

Winterizing is underway! I know that everyone & everything says chickens can handle the cold…I just don’t believe it. Do you know how fast they die? Literally thriving, frolicking, loud AF, then B O O M ☠️🪦 so anyway, they’ll continue their life of luxury at Magnolia Run!

I’ll link our supplies in the comments!

What’s your fav winter chicken must-have? Mine might must have to be a new human bc I hate being cold and I didn’t think chickens + winter all the way through.

10/14/2026

We’re looking for a few HATCHING EGG TESTERS for EARLY 2027! 🐣

While I’m over here dreaming of dark chocolate eggs, gorgeous speckles, and colorful cartons, there’s another part of this adventure I want to get right.

Getting those precious little eggs safely from our coop to yours! 📦

Weather permitting, we’d like to test our packaging methods, shipping procedures, and ultimately, hatch rates before officially offering shipped hatching eggs.

And here’s where YOU come in!

📦 Shipped Testers: We’re looking for chicken enthusiasts willing to receive shipped hatching eggs, document their condition upon arrival, and share their incubation and hatch results. I’d like to test UPS, FedEx, and USPS.

🏡 Local Pickup Testers: We’d also love local chicken keepers who can pick up eggs directly from Magnolia Run in Orange, Virginia. This gives us a comparison between shipped eggs and eggs that haven’t spent quality time being jostled around in a delivery truck. 🙃

🍎 TEACHERS, WE SEE YOU TOO!

If you’re a local elementary school teacher interested in hatching chicks in your classroom, we’d LOVE to hear from you! 🐥 We’d just want to make sure there’s a responsible plan for the chicks once they’ve hatched.

What we’re hoping to learn:
🥚 How well our eggs survive shipping
📦 Which packaging methods offer the best protection
🐣 Fertility, development, and hatch rates
🌡️ How shipping conditions affect incubation success
🤎 How our shipped eggs compare with local pickups

Interested in being part of our 2027 test hatch crew?

Drop a 🥚 below and let us know whether you’re interested in SHIPPING - include your State + Zip Code, LOCAL PICKUP, or CLASSROOM HATCHING!

We’ll share more details as our birds mature, fertility is confirmed, and weather conditions allow.

Breeder Credit/Hatching Eggs pictured from the best: Hen & Horse Homestead

10/13/2026

Chris & I traveled to Tennessee yesterday to meet Frank May. We’re grateful to be adding pullets + “Frank the Tank” to our flock. They will be the foundation of our purebred Black Cooper Maran’s!

I have been culling h a r d. Removing what doesn’t fit into our plans isn’t easy, but it is necessary.

New rule, you don’t get a name until you’re a permanent resident of Magnolia Run 🫠.

I have straight run multi gen olive egger chicks for sale! ~ 2 weeks old. I’ll post their eggs & pics tmrw!

10/13/2026

I bought a cow!

…the processed kind. The goodest kind. The cut into ribeye shape kind 🤤🥩

Huge thanks to Rockfield Farm!

10/09/2026

UPS said hold my b**r 🙌🏼 praise be.

Flawless deliveries from The Mad Clucking Farm & Powers Farm & Homestead 🤏🏼🤏🏼🤏🏼🤏🏼

10/09/2026

I never considered Dwayne not being able to stick his head into the hooded feeders because of his comb. I mean honestly, why does he even need the big gross feeling thing? Anywho, he’s much happier with this comb-safe-no-doubt-he’ll-sh*t-in-it-and-waste-half option. If he fits, he sh*ts.

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Orange, VA

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https://www.magnoliarunva.com/, https://amzn.to/4rLDj4j

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