Chick Schedule
Chick season Calendar 2025
Hello “Chickstomers!” We expect a busy chick season, so please come excited and patient. We appreciate all of you and will work as quickly as we can to deliver your new feathered companions healthy, safe and happy! See you soon!
First time getting chicks? Please read our guide to Raising Healthy Chicks and Chicken Breeds Information page for details like egg laying rates and egg colors.
HAPPY CHICK DAYS!
Chick Buying Instructions
PLEASE CHECK THIS PAGE AFTER 5PM THE DAY PRIOR TO THE SALE DATE TO SEE WHAT ARRIVED!
Chick orders will begin at opening (9am) on the day of sale. Customers may show up as early as they like to get in line for purchasing chicks but we will not start serving you until 9AM.
You will receive an order form to fill out for chick supplies, desired breeds, and quantities of chicks. Once at the front of the line, we will confirm your order and let you know if the breeds you want are still available.
LIMIT 10 CHICKS PER CUSTOMER PER DAY. There is no limit on how many chicks you may purchase. Due to exceptional interest and limited supply this season we have decided to limit sales to 10 chicks per customer per day. We feel this limit is necessary to help the most number of people experience raising baby chicks and to avoid selling out early on chick days. All sales are first come first served and we do not reserve chicks.
Due to our limited space we do not allow customers to hold or pick out chicks prior to sale. We will pick out happy and healthy birds and deliver them to you in a box with nesting material for the ride to their new home.
Chick season typically runs from March through August. We usually get an order each week.
If we sell out of the breeds you want: new chicks can be added in with your previous/current flock. New chicks can be introduced to older chicks up to 2 weeks apart, so you can always add more breeds in.
Special Orders: We will only do special orders on meat birds, unsexed breeds (not bantams), cockerels (roosters), ducks and turkeys.
Refunds: Baby chicks are extremely delicate creatures. Unfortunately you can do EVERYTHING correctly and still lose them for unknown reasons. If this happens to you within the first 24 hours after sale please let us know and we will refund the price of the chick or replace it with a chick from that weeks shipment if our stock allows.
What if I get a Rooster?
Our standard sized chicks are sexed by the hatchery to be female, but because sexing is challenging on these little ones there is a 10% chance you will get a rooster. Bantam sized chicks are not sexed and have a much higher percentage of roosters. Exceptions to this are sex-linked chicks which are more than 99% accurate. These usually say “sex-linked” in their description.
We do not take back roosters. If you get a rooster we are happy to have you place a flier in our store to rehome them.
Chick schedule 2025:
*Chick Sales happen March-August each year!
** Breeds are subject to change due to hatching rates at hatchery.
***Please check this page Friday after 5pm (the day before sales) to make sure we have what you WANT.
****LIMIT 10 CHICKS PER CUSTOMER AT CURRENT TIME
APRIL 26TH - SOLD OUT!!
NOTICE: Due to increased costs from the hatchery we have been forced to temporarily raise prices on select breeds. We expect to be able to lower prices again later in the year when we receive chicks from a different hatchery. Thank you for your understanding.
BARRED ROCK- $8
BLUE LACED BARNEVELDER- $9
BUFF BRAHMA- $9
CALIFORNIA WHITE- $8
FRENCH BLUE CUCKOO MARAN- $14
OLIVE EGGER- $9
RHODE ISLAND RED- $8
Speckled sussex- $9
WELSUMMER- $9
May 3rd
NOTICE: Due to increased costs from the hatchery we have been forced to temporarily raise prices on select breeds. We expect to be able to lower prices again later in the year when we receive chicks from a different hatchery. Thank you for your understanding.
Black Jersey Giant- $8
Blue Plymouth- $11
easter egger- $9
golden comet- $8
new hampshire red- $8
sicilian buttercup- $14
silver laced wyandotte- $8
MAY 10TH
NOTICE: Due to increased costs from the hatchery we have been forced to temporarily raise prices on select breeds. We expect to be able to lower prices again later in the year when we receive chicks from a different hatchery. Thank you for your understanding.
BLACK AUSTRALORP- $12
BLUE JERSEY GIANT- $9
BUFF ORPINGTON- $8
CREAM LEGBAR- $12
EASTER EGGER- $9
LAVENDER ORPINGTON- $12
MOTTLED JAVA- $12
RED STAR- $8
BANTAMS:
bLACK sILKIES- $8
gOLDEN sEBRIGHT- $9
MILLE FLEUR- $9
POLISH- $8
MAY 17TH
NOTICE: Due to increased costs from the hatchery we have been forced to temporarily raise prices on select breeds. We expect to be able to lower prices again later in the year when we receive chicks from a different hatchery. Thank you for your understanding.
BLUE ANDALUSIAN- $9
BUFF ORPINGTON- $8
DELAWARE- $8
FRENCH BLACK COPPER MARAN- $12
GOLD LACED WYANDOTTE- $8
OLIVE EGGER- $9
SALMON FAVEROLLE- $9
SPECKLED SUSSEX- $9
MAY 24TH
NOTICE: Due to increased costs from the hatchery we have been forced to temporarily raise prices on select breeds. We expect to be able to lower prices again later in the year when we receive chicks from a different hatchery. Thank you for your understanding.
BLACK SEX LINK- $8
EASTER EGGER- $9
FRENCH BLUE COPPER MARAN- $14
LIGHT BRAHMA- $9
PARTRIDGE ROCK- $9
RHODE ISLAND RED- $8
SICILIAN BUTTERCUP- $14
WELSUMMER- $9
MAY 31ST
NOTICE: Due to increased costs from the hatchery we have been forced to temporarily raise prices on select breeds. We expect to be able to lower prices again later in the year when we receive chicks from a different hatchery. Thank you for your understanding.