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Hatchery Choice Egg Layer
Starting at: $2.10First avail: Sep 27, 2017
An Assortment of breeds {{b}} based on availability {{/b}} overall at the time of your chosen hatch. This is a great value pack.
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Assorted Brown Egg Layer
Starting at: $2.20First avail: Sep 27, 2017
Hatchery choice of brown egg layers. No broilers, no red rangers, no white egg layers. {{b}} You will receive a good mix and variety. {{/b}}
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ISA Brown
Starting at: $2.50First avail: Sep 27, 2017
The ISA Brown has a mature body weight of 4.10 to 4.19 lbs. Hens lay a very large brown egg with excellent shell quality. Eggs per hen housed are approximately 264 to 285. A docile bird, extremely easy to work with. When baby chicks are hatched, the pullets are brownish-red and the cockerels are white. Sometimes referred to as Golden Comet, Red Star, Red Sex Link. Available all year.
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Black Australorp
Starting at: $2.35First avail: Sep 27, 2017
Dual purpose bird - hens lay brown eggs, roosters are a good meat bird. Mature body weight 5 to 6.5 lbs. Glossy black plumage with greenish-purple sheen.
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Barred Rock
Starting at: $2.35First avail: Sep 27, 2017
The hens lay a medium brown egg. Mature body weight of 5 to 5.5 lbs. Excellent layer, medium brown shell color. Available mid-February through June.
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Rhode Island Red
Starting at: $2.35First avail: Sep 27, 2017
The Rhode Island Red is one of the most famous and all time popular breeds in America. Mature body weight is 5 to 5.5 lbs. Female color is lustrous, rich, dark red with a black tail and they lay an amazing amount of eggs for a heavy breed.
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Cinnamon Queen
Starting at: $2.35First avail: Sep 27, 2017
Cinnamon Queen chickens are a hardy breed that can be raised as a meat bird. The Cockerel s weight is approximately 7.5 lbs, and the Pullets will reach 5.5 lbs. The hens lay large brown eggs and will lay 250 – 300 eggs annually.
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Silver Laced Wyandotte
Starting at: $2.50First avail: Sep 27, 2017
Silver Laced Wyandottes are a silver white, edged with black. They lay a large brown egg and are a very good setter. Their mature weight is approximately 5 lbs.
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Golden Comet
Starting at: $2.35First avail: Sep 27, 2017
The Golden Comet is referred to as a sex link breed. This breed is created by a mating between a White Rock hen and a New Hampshire rooster. The resulting chicken is what has been named the Golden Comet. The hens are a very good brown egg layers. The hens average 3.5 to 4 lbs. and the males will reach 6 lbs
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Buff Orpington
Starting at: $2.35First avail: Sep 27, 2017
The Buff Orpington pullet lays a rich golden brown egg. Mature body weight for females is 8 lbs and 10 lbs for the males. These birds are often dressed because of their white skin and plump breast. Their heavy build and large plumage make them an excellent winter bird. They are a quiet bird and a good setter.
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Golden Laced Wyandotte
Starting at: $2.65First avail: Oct 3, 2017
The Golden Laced Wyandotte is a wonderful addition to any backyard coop. This breed is firmly established as a good egg producer as well as having delicious meat. The Golden Laced Wyandotte has a sturdy body and a small rose comb making them very adaptable to colder climates.
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Delaware
Starting at: $2.65First avail: Sep 27, 2017
The Delaware chicken is a classic breed that can be raised for dual purpose, meat and egg production. The breed has well-developed meat and egg qualities. The breed tends to be calm and docile. The Delaware is a faster growing breed and the onset of adult feathers tends to be more rapid than other breeds. Cockerels will mature at around 8 lbs. while pullets will mature at about 6 lbs.
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Amberlink
Currently UnavailableA hybrid breed that is part of the Isa Brown family, Amberlink is a very well balanced, all round performance bird. A champion egg layer with very strong and very brown eggs. The ideal bird for nice, medium size table eggs. The Amberlink is also a great forager.
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Asian Black
Starting at: $2.35First avail: Nov 21, 2017
It is a slower growing bird where the males can reach market weight in 10 to 12 weeks (4 – 4.5 lbs. live weight) and the females taking 15 weeks. The Asian Blue can be used as a dual purpose bird. It’s striking colors with a blue/green hue on the black and red feather pattern makes it a beautiful flock. The females are good layers of medium to large brown eggs. It is a hardy bird that can adapt to many growing conditions.
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Assorted Polish
Currently UnavailableThe Polish breeds features an unruly mass of feathers on their heads and are fun to watch. Assorted polish can include our Silver Laced Polish, Buff Laced Polish, and White Crested Polish birds. This assortment is based on availability for the hatch day you choose.
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Barnevelder
Currently UnavailableBarnevelders are a medium heavy dual-purpose bird laying light brown eggs year round, also raised as meat birds weighing in at 6-7 lbs. They are hardy birds and good foragers.
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Black Sex Link
Currently UnavailableExcellent Layer with a mature body weight of 5 to 5.5 lbs. The hens lay a large brown egg with a medium brown shell color. Available mid-February through June.
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Blue Lace Red Wyandotte
Currently UnavailableThe Blue Laced Red Wyandotte is a beautiful large bird that lays a light pink egg. They are very docile, curious and make great pets for children. It takes a Blue Laced Red Wyandotte approximately 18 months to fully color out. They work well in confinement or free range and make great back yard chickens.
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Buff Laced Polish
Currently UnavailableThe Buff Laced Polish is a breed featuring an unruly mass of feathers on its head and has a brilliant buff color. The pullets lay small brown eggs. This bird is ideal for show.
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Dominique
Currently UnavailableThe Dominique is considered a “heritage” bird because it is considered America's oldest breed of chicken. Dominique hens tend to be calm and personable. Their calm, steady demeanor makes them successful as show birds or family pets. At first glance, Dominiques and Barred Rocks appear strikingly similar. The strongest difference is the Dominiques possess a rose comb while Barred Rocks possess a single comb.
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French Cuckoo Maran
Currently UnavailableThe French Cuckoo Marans is one of the most attractive of Maran chickens with feathered legs and striking speckled plumage. This bird is great for outdoor free-range flocks in all climates as well as quality show flocks. The hens produce a dark brown or speckled egg. They are a fast growing bird that can be a great addition to egg-laying, meat-production or dual-purpose flocks.
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French Wheaten Maran
Currently UnavailableThe French Wheaten has amber eyes and light wheaten colored feathers. These birds are friendly, sociable and active. The Roosters are very calm and co-habitat nicely with each other. French Wheaten Marans are bred to lay dark chocolate eggs and are considered gourmet eggs.
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Hoover's Red
Currently UnavailableThe Red Star is a sex link chicken. The hens are one of the better egg layers and will lay in all climates. They are both heat and cold tolerant. Males and females are different colors so very easy to identify. They make good foragers and love being able to free range.
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Jersey Giant
Currently UnavailableJersey Giants are dual purpose chickens, but they outrival many other breeds as a meat bird. They are an excellent roasting bird when fully mature. The hens tend to lay more eggs than those of other heavy breeds. Their eggs are extra-large in size with color varying from dark brown to light cream. The black plumage has a beautiful green sheen, the eyes are dark brown and shanks and toes black.
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Lavender Orpington
Currently UnavailableThe Lavender Orpington is a large, loosely-feathered bird with an upright stance and a medium-sized single comb. Orpingtons are admired for their good nature and docile temperament. The hens will lay three to four, light brown eggs a week.
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Light Brahma
Starting at: $2.65First avail: Oct 24, 2017
Light Brahma chickens are very quiet and gentle. Their massive size and heavy plumage make them an excellent bird for cold weather. The hens lay a medium brown egg and make exceptional brood mothers. The Light Brahma is mostly white in color but have black tail feathers. These chickens are easy to handle and make outstanding pets for children.
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New Hampshire Red
Currently UnavailableA dual purpose chicken, selected more for meat production than egg production. Medium heavy in weight, it is used as either a broiler or a roaster. Hens lay a large brown egg.
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Production Red
Currently UnavailableProduction Reds have a mature body weight of 5 to 5.5 lbs. Brown shell color, good egg size, strong shells. Females and Males are dark brownish-red in color.
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Silver Laced Polish
Currently UnavailableSilver Laced Polish chickens are stunning and friendly. Probably the most spectacular of all the polish, their feathers glow shimmering white with tips of black. The pullets lay small white eggs, but are not considered a "good" egg layer.
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Spitzhauben
Currently UnavailableThe Spithauben is black and white speckled, with a V-shaped comb. These birds are excellent climbers and love to roost in trees. They do not do well in confinement; they are very much a free range bird. The hens are very good medium to large white egg layers.
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Tetra Brown
Currently UnavailableThe Tetra Brown is the bird of choice for today’s egg farmers. It is a hybrid type of Sex Link originally the result of crossing Rhode Island Reds and Rhode Island Whites, but now contains genetics from a wide range of breeds. They are a very docile bird, laying approximately 300 eggs per year.
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Turkens
Currently UnavailableThe Turken is a dual-purpose chicken. The hens lay a respectable number of light brown eggs and the males make good meat birds. They are very good foragers and are immune to most diseases. The breed is also reasonably cold hardy despite its lack of feathers.
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White Rock
Currently UnavailableWhite Plymouth Rocks or "White Rocks" are a popular dual-purpose breed. They are very friendly, great large brown egg layers and are both heat and cold tolerant. The hens lay up to 200 eggs per year, and lay year round. Though they endure confinement, they're most happy when they get to range freely.
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