Cackle’s Annual Chicken Festival

Tours Magic Show Silent Auction Face Painting Egg Eating Contest Duck Races Horse Drawn Wagon Rides Costume Contest

Welcome to Cackle Hatchery's Annual Chicken Festival

If you've never been to the Cackle Hatchery Annual Chicken Festival, it's a free, family-friendly event that we've been putting on for more than a decade now. And we always make sure there's a little something for everyone. Perhaps you want to try some family activities like our hatchery tours, crowing contest, duck races, horse-drawn rides, costume contest, and poultry showcase. If you like what you see, you can even take an animal home with you through our grown fowl silent auction. We'll also have vendors on site. You'll find all this and more at the Annual Chicken Festival at Cackle Hatchery!

October 2nd & 3rd 2026

2025 Chicken Festival Itinerary

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Smiling girl in a black feathered costume holds a large barred chicken in an indoor market or fair setting.

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FESTIVAL EVENTS

Hard Boiled Egg Eating Contest

Current Record:

125 Eggs | Molly Schuyler | 2025

Amateur Division

- 1st Place: $500 + trophy
- 2nd Place: $300
- 3rd Place: $200

Professional Division

1st Place: $4000 check + trophy
2nd Place: $2000 check
3rd Place: $1000 check

Costume Contest

Come dress in your cluckin’ best to take part in our costume contest.

Annual Silent Auction

We auction off chickens with proceeds going to organized youth poultry groups. This is a traditional silent auction with bid sheets.

Clucking, Cackling or Crowing Contest

Cock-A-Doodle your way into winning with a crow.

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Wagon Ride

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