Chick season is HERE for 2026

Welcome back Chickstomers! 2026 is going to be a fun and exciting year. We have some new breeds added, so please scroll down and check out what we have ordered.

Below you will find information on what to expect getting chicks with us in 2026. Our chick season usually begins in March so please check back here for updates before that month. We will post the sales dates and what breeds to expect as soon as the orders are placed early in the year. We look forward to seeing you!

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!

• UPDATE: WE ARE NO LONGER DOING A SIGN-UP SHEET - FIRST COME, FIRST SERVE. 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.

• Chick orders will begin at opening (9am) on the day of sale.

• 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. 

• 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 and want to add more later: new chicks can be added in with your previous/current flock. Usually new chicks can be introduced to older chicks up to 2 weeks apart in age without an issue.

• 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 opening sale date 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 flyer in our store to rehome them.

Chick schedule 2026:

• 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 on quantity will be determined on a given year

June 13th -

Black Australorp $8

Buff Plymouth Rock $9

Calico Princess $9

Midnight Majesty Maran $10

Olive Egger $10

Sapphire Splash $10

White Leghorn $8

Buff Orpington $8 WILL NOT NOT ARRIVE

Chocolate Orpington $10 WILL NOT ARRIVE

Lavender Orpington $14 WILL NOT ARRIVE

California White $8 WILL NOT ARRIVE

French Blue Cuckoo Maran $14 WILL NOT ARRIVE

Production Red $8 WILL NOT ARRIVE

Silver Leghorn $9 WILL NOT ARRIVE

June 20th 

Americana $9

Blue Laced Red Wyandotte $14

Calico Princess $9

Cream Legbar $14

Mystic Onyx $10

Pearl Onyx $10

French Wheaten Maran $14 WILL NOT ARRIVE

Blue Jersey Giant $10 WILL NOT ARRIVE

Amberlink $8 WILL NOT ARRIVE

Silver Laced Wyandotte $8 WILL NOT ARRIVE

June 27th

Barnevelder $10

Black Australorp $8

Cinnamon Queen $8

Cream Legbar $14

Sapphire Gem $9

Buff Rock $9 WILL NOT ARRIVE

Blue Andalusian $10 WILL NOT ARRIVE

Speckled Sussex $9 WILL NOT ARRIVE

July 4th  -WE WILL BE CLOSED NO CHICKS - HAPPY 4th OF JULY!!   

July 11th 

Buff Orpington $8

Gold Laced Wyandotte $8

Golden Comet $8

Lavender Orpington $14

Midnight Majesty Maran $10

Mottled Java $14

Salmon Faverolles $10

Welsummer $9

July 18th 

California Grey $9

Dominique $9

Easter Egger $9

French Black Copper Maran $14

Partridge Rock $9

Prairie Bluebell Egger $14

Rhode Island Red $8

Starlight Green Egger $10

July 25th 

Bielefelder $14

Black Jersey Giant $9

Blue Laced Gold Wyandotte $10

Brown Leghorn $8

White Leghorn $8

Columbian Wyandotte $9

French Blue Copper Maran $14

Golden Comet $8

Olive Egger $10

Aug 1st 

Barred Rock $8

Black Sex Link $8

Buff Brahma $9

Calico Princess $9

Dark Brahma $9

Delaware $8

Light Brahma $9

Salmon Faverolles $10

Sapphire Splash $10

Welbar $14

August 8th 

Black Australorp $8

California White $8

Cinnamon Queen $8

Cream Legbar $14

Sapphire Gem $9 Will Not Arrive

Sapphire Olive Egger $14

Starlight Green Egger $10

Welsummer $9

Golden Polish $12

Silver Polish $12

White Crested Black Polish $12

August 15th 

Amberlink $8

Blue Laced Gold Wyandotte $8

Buff Orpington $8

Easter Egger $9

French Black Copper Maran $14

New Hampshire Red $8

Production Blue $9

Sapphire Splash $10

August 22nd 

Barnevelder $10

Blue Laced Red Wyandotte $14

Buff Rock $9

California Grey $9

Chocolate Orpington $10

Cuckoo Maran $9

Lavender Orpington $14

Rhode Island Red $8

Silver Laced Wyandotte $8

August 29th 

Americana $9

Black Sex Link $8

Blue Andalusian $10

Dominique $9

Golden Comet $8

Midnight Majesty Maran $10

Sapphire Olive Egger $14

Welsummer $9