- Slate Red Dorking Chicken – Sold as Baby Chicks Only –
Male=1
Total of 3 birds to ship
Seasonal/Shipped Early Feb thru Mid August.
Limit of 10 Females and Males.
Limit of 20 Straight Run.
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Not Sexed Red Shoulder Yokohama Chicken
- Red Shoulder Yokohama – Sold as Baby Chicks Only – No Sexing Available
Red Dorking Chicken
- Red Dorking Chicken – Sold as Baby Chicks Only
Minimums – Not Sexed = 3
Female= 3
Male=1
Total of 3 birds to ship
Seasonal/Shipped Early Feb thru Mid August.
Limit of 10 Females and Males.
Limit of 20 Straight Run.
Professional Hardboiled Egg Eating Contest at Cackle Hatchery’s Chicken Festival
🥚 2025 Hard-Boiled Egg Eating Contest – Official Rules Location & Check-In All contestants must check in at Big Tent in Parking Lot of Building B Address: 411 W Commercial St, Lebanon, MO Date/Time: Saturday, October 4, 2025 — by 1:30 p.m. sharp Eligibility & Registration All participants must be 18 years of age or […]
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- Light Sussex – Sold as Baby Chicks Only
Minimums –
Not Sexed = 3
Female = 3
Male = 1
Total of 3 birds to ship
Seasonal/Shipped Feb thru October
Limit of 10 on Not Sexed
Limit of 5 on Male and Females
Continue ReadingVent Prolapse in Chickens
One of the most common health conditions of laying hens is vent prolapse. Other names for the condition are blowout, cloacal prolapse, and prolapsed oviduct. What Is Prolapse? Prolapse is actually the natural process by which a hen lays eggs. When a hen is ready to lay an egg, her vagina tightly grips the completed […]
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Chicken keepers in the United States are a diverse bunch in such things as where they live, how many chickens they keep, and what they feed their flock. A paper published in Poultry Science offers some interesting insights about who, exactly, chicken keepers are. Urban or Rural Backyard chicken keepers in the United States are […]
Continue ReadingAn Easy and Inexpensive Boot Bath Sanitizer for Your Chicken Coop
Using a boot bath before and after you visit your chickens keeps your footwear clean. More important, it enhances your biosecurity measures to ensure that your flock stays healthy. The procedure for maintaining a boot bath and sanitizer is easy and inexpensive. Make a Boot Bath To make a boot bath and sanitizer, you need […]
Continue ReadingFree-Range Chickens, Good Idea or Not?
What, exactly, are free-range chickens? According to USDA, free-range chickens must be “allowed access to the outside.” That doesn’t mean they actually have to go outside. They just have to have outdoor access. On the other hand, to many rural chicken keepers, free range means letting the chickens go wherever they wish. That’s a non-starter […]
Continue ReadingDoes Your Homeowners Association Allow Chickens?
Some 75.5 million Americans — or about 30% of the entire population — live in a community governed by a Homeowners Association (HOA), according to the Foundation for Community Association Research. Further, the 365,000 different HOAs each enforce their own set of rules. And not all Homeowners Association rules allow chickens. Chickens and HOAs An […]
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