Description
Hatching some Rhode Island Red (Production Type) Hatching Eggs will give you some great egg laying hens and/or protective roosters. An essential tool for incubation is a Egg Candler. It allows you to shine light into an egg and in a dark room, check whether it is fertile as well as monitoring the progress of the air sac to make adjustments in humidity. Check out our Egg Candler that we have available. (see FAQ)
We also have available to order 1 day old chicks of the Rhode Island Red
We generally do not ship mid June through the first of Aug due to the heat of the summer causing a higher risk of eggs not hatching because of the heat”
NO Guarantees on hatchability – NO refunds – Order at your own risk
More Details
We offer day old Rhode Island Red (Production Type) chicks. Many people who like this breed of chicken also like the miniature version of the breed (bantam) the Rhode Island Red Bantam Chicken.
We also have the Rhode Island Red Started Pullet (Production Type) available to order and at limited times of the year offer Rhode Island Red Fertile Hatching Eggs (Exhibition Type). To learn more about the difference between production type and exhibition type click here.
gastongracie641 –
I had previously ordered 24 hatching eggs from this company. This is day 23 in the incubator and out of the 24 eggs that were purchased only 1 hatched. I was extremely detail-oriented when being sure the temperature and humidity was at an accurate and precise degree and percentage. 12 eggs were in 1 incubator and the other 12 were in a second incubator. Both incubators contained a automatic egg turned that was consistently ran until day 18 when it was taken out and the humidity was raised. All directions that were sent with they hatching eggs were followed. This is extremely disappointing to be paying this amount of money to only have 1 egg hatch. I have read other reviews for this company that seemed to state the same outcome. I still went ahead and supported this company regardless of the reviews because as a business owner I know things are out of our control sometimes (outside factors), but to have this many low quality reviews and personally ordering 24 eggs and only 1 hatching seems there is a larger issue. As the website states they have a 70% to 80% hatchery rate not sure how this proves to be accurate when out of 24 eggs there was a 1% hatching rate. My co-workers along with myself have been hatching eggs for years and have never had this low of a hatch rate. The week before we had hatching chicks that were shipped from Washington to Ohio and had a 80% hatching rate with no issues. If you want live chicks I would do your research before ordering them from this hatchery.
Cackle Hatchery (store manager) –
So sorry for your experience. There are so many variables that go into the process of shipping hatching eggs. There is no way of knowing how well the postal service will do in handling them. Varying temperatures they are exposed to. This is why we make sure people understand there is no guarantee with shipments of hatching eggs.
Karla Tripp (verified owner) –
We ordered 12 eggs, 1 hatched with a deformity, growth outside the body at the tail end, and then it died. So, 12 eggs and no chicks. Not a good return on our investment, and we will be looking elsewhere for our fertilized eggs. I have not heard from customer service, I reported our chickless situation yesterday…
Gail Damerow (store manager) –
We ship nationwide which is very helpful for those that want a specific breed that their local feed store doesn’t offer. We are happy to supply the demands of our customers.
OkieChickenFarmer –
Too expensive
You do realize people can go to Atwood’s and buy live chicks for less than what they’re paying for one egg right? What’s the incentive to pay way extra and buy from your company?