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Best Chicken Breeds for Free Range
When chickens are allowed to free range, certain breeds fare far better than others, especially in terms of avoiding predators. Ideal characteristics for free ranging chickens include wariness, inconspicuous plumage, acute vision, and foraging ability. Predator Wariness Chicken breeds that are best able to evade predators are the wary, high strung, excitable, so-called […]
Continue ReadingBlack Minorcas Chicken
- Black Minorcas – Sold as Baby Chicks Only
Minimums –
Not Sexed = 3
Total of 3 birds to ship
We are no longer offering this breed.
Continue ReadingCalifornia White Chicken
- California White – Sold as Baby Chicks Only
Minimums –
Not Sexed = 3
Total of 3 birds to ship
Out of Stock for this hatching season
Continue ReadingFree Range/Predator Resistant Chicken Special
- Free Range/Predator Resistant Chicken Special – Sold as Baby Chicks Only – No Sexing Available
- Wednesday ship dates only.
Seasonal/Shipped Early March thru Late August.
Continue ReadingRhode Island Red Bantam
- Rhode Island Red Bantam – Sold as Baby Chicks Only
Seasonal/Shipped Feb thru mid August
Limit of 5 on Sexed Bantams.
Continue ReadingRhode Island Red Chicken
- Rhode Island Red – Sold as Baby Chicks Only
Minimums –
Not Sexed = 3
Female = 3
Male = 1
Total of 3 birds to ship
Seasonal/Shipped Feb thru October
Continue ReadingHow to Pick the Perfect Name for Your Chicken
The more chickens you have, the more difficult it might be to come up with a name for each one. Some chicken names are simply traditional human names. Others are puns of various sorts. Most flock keepers prefer female names for hens and male names for roosters. Many, however, mix and match or choose gender-neutral […]
Continue ReadingRooster-to-Hen Ratio — Why It Matters
Chicken keepers who overlook the importance of the rooster-to-hen ratio may wonder why their flocks experience problems. Too many roosters lead to fighting, stressed and over-mated hens, lower egg production, and poor fertility. Surprisingly, too few roosters create some of the same issues. Let’s look at why getting this balance right matters so much. The […]
Continue ReadingSex Link or Autosex Chickens — What’s the Difference?
The terms “sex link” and “autosex” both refer to chicks whose gender is obvious as soon as they hatch. But the two terms are not synonymous. Sex link chickens, or sex links, result from mating a hen and a rooster of two different breeds. Autosex chickens are the offspring of a hen and a rooster […]
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