Duyck’s Peachy Pig Farm

My family started coming here for u-​pick walnuts about two or three years ago, and we now make regular trips here for walnuts every fall. The prices are pretty fair, and the experience of picking your own food is, of course, pretty fun. My only issue with this farm is that one of the farm stand tenders (I say «tender» because I’m not sure if this person is an owner or just an employee) in particular has a pretty sour attitude, and was rather rude to my family on our last trip here.

First visit there was today! We just went bc my girls wanted to see animals, and we ended up picking some plums and peaches! We we’re looking for strawberries but after a walk we decided not keep looking. Nice place to enjoy a few hours. But they should definitely have more signs on we’re specific fruits are so ppl don’t have to be wandering around for what they want. Animals look in good condition.

Do not make a trip to this place. It is not like the website says it is! I don’t know where they got the pictures on the website, but it looks nothing like it. I called ahead of time to see if they had peaches and they said yes. I made the trip out and was there at 9am when they said they open and there was no one there. I waited and a girl showed up. Very unfriendly and I asked if they had peaches and she said no! Very sketchy place. I will not ever go back.

I am wondering if the people who are saying the animals were well treated went into the barns. Trish did you go into any barns? The animals outside looked fine but the ones inside the barns were close to death! There was green slime where there should be fresh water, the mom pigs were in gestation crates, the bunnies cages looked like they had never been cleaned (ever!) and there were dead bird legs in with birds in cages. I’ll try and upload the pictures i took. If someone goes more recently please let us know how the conditions of the barns are.

What a horrible experience. The people were rude, place was dirty and cluttered, very little fruit, a huge hike to get fruit with no way to carry your u-​pick. Very disappointing.

We are here for the first time and I am so pleased that I had to take a break to write this review. We are here for berry picking and it is amazing. Very fresh, lots of ripe berries, perfect for families. Animals are everywhere, and CLEARLY well treated. Roosters, goats, chickens, ducks… They are all very healthy, happy and obviously well loved as they are all very gentle, non-​aggressive towards humans and curious. What a nice mid-​day adventure! My friend has her two children, and as we wander thru the fields picking raspberries, we get treated to a curious duck or rooster walking by. Thanks for such a lovely experience, Duyck’s! (Now, back to the berries!)

So, I haven’t been to the farm or the farm store to comment. That sounds ominous, per the other reviews. Gave me pause.
Nope, still gonna write this.
Every summer this farm puts a truck trailer loaded with corn on the highway between Hillsboro and Cornelius. It’s only there a couple of weeks, then GONE till next summer.
People call this, «the good corn». I hear about it all the time. From clients, coworkers, gas station attendants… it’s a curious weird Hillsboro thing.
There are a lot of those, trust me. Ahem.
For seven years I’ve driven right by it. I usually don’t have cash or I am in a hurry.
Plus, the crowd sometimes looks sketchy.
Today though, I had my family in tow and a few bucks, we were having a somewhat boring errand day, so we stopped.
Braved the sketchy crowd.
$ 1 for 4 ears.
We bought eight.
Now, I know how to roast, grill, barbecue, cook in milk, cook in it’s husk in the oven a la Tyler Florence, etc. etc. But sheesh, our a/​c is out. I ain’t doing none of that heat up our house crap.
I shucked the suckers, microwaved them, wrapped in wet paper towels, eight minutes for four ears on a plate.
Buttered it like my grampa, you slather the piece of bread with unsalted butter (Tillamook today), and then wrap it around the corn. Works great. Salt, pepper, done.
Seriously, the best corn I have ever eaten.
Sweet, juicy, goodness.
Hurry up, go get some.
It’s gone in a flash. All those sketchy people (like me) snap it all up!

Produce was fresh, but there wasn’t a lot of it. I was expecting large bins to pick from (since I went in the middle of the season), but was met with a small lean-​to with a fridge containing a few small containers of fruits and some veggies.
Purchased 10lbs of tilton apriots which were of good quality and quite ripe (perfect for canning) and picked up a pint jar of honey.
Overall the produce was good, yet the drive and lack of abundance would keep me from returning.