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Born and raised in Petaluma, Dawn Russell owns Ranch Hag Hens and runs the business from her home ranch, with the help of her husband, family and the other pleasantly addicted chicken fans.

Dawn is from a family of Petaluma chicken and egg farmers with a long history of raising poultry in the area.

She really loves raising and enjoying chickens and hopes to share that traditional passion with a new generation.


The Outlaws

Petaluma History

A Few Places We've Been

Historic Family Photos

BELOW: My grandmother, Gloria
(more affectionately referred to as Granny)
is the little girl shown in these photos.

BELOW: Photo of old chicken colony house.
Colony houses were moved from location to location
(on the property) by Clydesdale horses from 1923 to 1963.

BELOW: Nesting boxes inside colony houses.

BELOW: These old metal feeders were also used on the farm
and were easily moved from location to location.

BELOW: The outhouse! Every farm should have one.

BELOW: A very old chicken pen that was constructed
using roosts from the colony houses.


BELOW: This big wood feeder was used
on the family chicken ranch from 1923 to 1963.

BELOW: Egg washing machine. Eggs were carefully washed
on the washer by a crew of women.

BELOW: The women would then fill the egg trays,
and then package the eggs for shipment.

BELOW: Fertile egg boxes that we found
in the old egg washing colony house.

BELOW: This egg candler was used to ensure that eggs hatched on the property were in fact fertile, if they were being shipped or sent out to hatcheries. It's meant to be laid on its side,
the metal sides keep the candler from rolling over.

BELOW: Super cool egg scale used to measure
differences between eggs to be sold at market.

BELOW: The coveted plastic-covered egg basket! The wire baskets needed to be coated with plastic. The delicate and porous eggshells could be marked with metal during handling and potentially rust,
and would therefore not be acceptable for market.