Our History

Around here, caring is a way of life. We still try to operate the way Max and Verda once did, showing the same care Verda showed when she set a timer every few hours through the night so she could get up and gently turn the eggs in the hatchery to keep them warm.

It was 1939 and the couple borrowed $1,000 against a life insurance policy in order to purchase a few hundred chicks for their small farm in Modesto, California. Their hard work—Verda tending the chicks and Max working out of his “office” at the back of the barn—steadily grew their little business. First, they became popular with the neighbors. And then throughout Northern California. We’re pretty proud of how the rest turned out.

Max and Verda Foster