In order to accommodate need and interest, we offer pre-ordered hatches year-round (based on laying availability, of course).

Here’s how they work:

💰 Prior to setting eggs, we always require a $50 deposit that is good toward the final total price of your birds. 2025 chicks (1-3 days old) are $9/each. Please contact us with any questions, to check availability or make any special requests prior to making your deposit.

🥚 Minimum amount of eggs to set is 12. We usually suggest double your final goal (especially for ducks), as long as you can accept the unusual possibility of 100% hatch rate. In other words: if we set 20 eggs and 20 birds hatch, you are responsible to take all 20.

🐣 Mark your calendar! Chicks will hatch out in 21 days, ducklings in about 28.

🚗 We will contact you once all birds are ready. You come pick up and pay for however many total we got!

🖤 We never ship live birds and *you must pick up all birds within 2 days of hatching. Failure to do so may result in an incremental increase in the final price of your birds.

This has been a fantastic and fun way to share more of our birds without our customers accepting the risk of shipping fertilized eggs or the expense and learning curve of incubating. It’s also a great way to get your flock established any time of year whenever you’re ready.