In 1997, we bought our first house on one acre to give farming a try. We were city kids, we thought we would be farming on one acre! It turns out you can do a lot on an acre and we quickly filled it up with an assortment of animals. We loved it and realized we needed a bit more room. In 2002, we bought our present home on five acres in Roy and this is where we hope to stay. Five acres gives us room to move around, but is manageable for a hobby farm. We have rabbits, chickens, turkeys, ducks, goats, a zebu (miniature cow) and a couple of horses. We are very interested in natural and organic farming methods and try to use organic feed whenever possible. We have not been able to find quality organic alfalfa or hay, but the grain we use is certified organic. We use kelp as our mineral supplement and have been thrilled with the health results in our animals. Click here to visit our Healthy Tidbits page and learn more about it.

Our chickens and ducks are free range providing healthy, nutritious eggs in an assortment of colors. We have white and light blue duck eggs and white, brown and green/blue chicken eggs. Don't worry, only the shell is colored, the egg is still normal! You can use duck eggs in baking for a richer, fuller taste or for those who are egg connoisseurs, use them whenever you would use chicken eggs for enhanced flavor. We raise turkeys for holiday dinners and an occasional special meal. Farm raised turkey is amazing! Once you have one, be prepared, you won't want to buy a 69¢/pound turkey ever again. They are moist and flavorful and will be the dinner you talk about long after the decorations are down. Of course, you do have to cook it right, it's not a self baking turkey! If you need a recipe, just ask, we love to share. Click here to visit our Poultry/Fowl page.

We chose the Nubian breed of goat for the high butterfat content in the milk, making it taste sweet. Their goat milk is the best we have ever tasted. If you like cow milk, Nubians are for you. If you want the exotic goat flavor in milk, choose a different breed. Goats aren't just for milk, though. You can train a goat to carry a pack and take it hiking or camping. You can also train them to pull carts. Goats are not grazers (grass eaters), but browsers and they are excellent at clearing brush. If you are considering goats, we highly recommend Nubians and would love to talk to you about them. Click here to visit our Goats page.

We have two meat/fur breeds of rabbit. If you are politically correct, you should probably leave our site now. If you are politically incorrect, read on! The Rex rabbits have the softest fur, making you feel like you're floating when you pet them. You instantly think of a fire in the fireplace and a warm cozy rabbit fur blanket. Oooh!! The meat is good, too! The American Chinchilla has unique fur, soft also, but it is the color pattern that is amazing. They are larger than the Rex, so you get more meat. Click here to visit our Rabbits page.

The farm doesn't keep us busy enough, so we homeschool our two children to keep life interesting! If you're in the area and homeschool, we'd love to hear from you. We enjoy having visitors, so add us to your field trip list and let us know when you'd like to come out. You don't homeschool and you still want to come out? Well, we'd love to have you also! We don't have regular store hours, so give us a call before heading out to make sure we'll be here. Thank you for stopping by the Grace Acres Farm web site! Questions and comments are always welcome and please come again! Click here to get contact information.