Each quantity is an order of a dozen fresh chicken hatching eggs. We raise over 20 breeds. So, you are sure to get a great variety of feather and egg colors. Need an Incubator, click here. Just getting started, click here.
Bring home a dozen surprise chicken hatching eggs and turn incubation into a hands-on breed detective adventure! Each dozen is randomly filled from the fresh hatching eggs our hens gift us, based on what is available within 24 hours of pickup. Eggs are unmarked, so you will not know exactly which breeds you have until the chicks begin to hatch and grow. Part of the fun is watching their features develop and becoming a little chicken breed detective along the way!
Our flock includes a wide variety of breeds and eggs may include: Isbars, Olive Eggers, Marans, Rhode Islands, Ameraucanas, Barnevelders, Polish, Lavender Orpingtons, Wyandottes, Cream Legbars, Sussex, Plymouth Rocks, Orpingtons, Easter Eggers, Silkies, Brahmas, Faverolles, and a few others along with 1st generation cross. We also raise multiple colors within several breeds, so even when you have an idea of the breed, there can still be plenty of surprises. Most of our chickens are standard-size breeds, although we also raise some bantam breeds, so the size and appearance of your chicks can vary.
Make It a Learning Adventure
One of the most enjoyable parts of hatching surprise eggs is paying attention to which chick hatches from which colored egg. As the chicks grow, you can compare their developing feather patterns, leg color, combs, body shape, and other characteristics to make your best breed guesses.
For families who want to turn the experience into an educational activity, our Hatching Curriculum provides age-appropriate guidance for exploring the incubation and chick-growing process.
The curriculum includes a Parent Guide and an age group of your choice and is available as a digital download. If you select this option we will provide you with details on how to digitally download. To view more information about the curriculum click here.
Please note: Because these are randomly selected, unmarked hatching eggs, specific breeds, colors, egg colors, and chick outcomes cannot be guaranteed. The surprise and breed-detective experience are part of the fun!
Safe home for unwanted hatched chicks: If you need a home for the chicks once the learning event is over, we can give a home to any unwanted chicks including roosters. We provide options to secure a safe home for any hatched chicks educators and families are not able to keep such as roosters. This decision needs to be determined at the time of purchasing and is not able to be added on later.
Select the safe homing option that best fits your need. Nature is impossible to predict. Professional incubators typically yield a 95% hatch rate, 80% hatch rate for small auto turning incubators when eggs are left alone, and about a 50% hatch rate if using a broody hen, opening the incubator for candling, or manually turning the eggs. Of the hatched chicks plan for 50% to be roosters. There are no guarantees but with this sample estimate, the average home hatch is 8 chicks. Of these chicks, nature averages 50% males and 50% females. Thus, 4 roosters is the average, but could be higher or lower.
(+$40) Rehome all chicks less than 3 weeks old: This option covers any chicks you want to surrender at 3 weeks or younger to have a reserved home with us. At this age, most families will not be able to identify the sex of the chicks. Great option for those that do not want to keep any of the chicks, have a limit on the amount of chicks they want to keep, or are able to sex and bring unwanted back in time. We are not able to accept any chicks after 6.5 weeks from the date of egg purchase.
(+$80) Rehome up to (4) Roosters once Identified: We understand that most people are not able to determine the difference between male and females as chicks. Thus, we do not place time limit on the length of time it takes you to identify you have a rooster. Most signs are apparent around 5-6 weeks of age. However, you are welcome to keep until the boys start crowing. This option covers (4) roosters with no time limit on when you decide to bring the boys out. It can be at early identification or once crowing. If you end up needing a home for more than (4) roosters, the extras can be placed with us using our rooster intake program.
No Rehoming Needed: This option means you are making the commitment that you will provide ethical care and responsibility for the lives for all the chicks that hatch. If you later decide a rooster needs a home, you may place a rooster intake order at the normal intake fee providing we are not at intake capacity, they are 3+ months old, in perfect health, and meet friendliness requirements.