We strongly recommend against purchasing chickens advertised on Craigslist since there are many unscrupulous sellers - you could be purchasing a diseased chicken a rooster or even a senior hen that is past her egg laying prime. If our business model does not suit your needs - we suggest alternative sources for chicks or pullets can be found at your local feed store. For us to continue as a business - we have created this business mode l. We are a small family business operating in one of the most expensive areas of the country and - competing against Amazon. Please do not ask us to waive our policy. We understand you may already have some of these items so you can substitute/swap out for other items (adult hen feed, scratch, treats, etc) in our store. The baby chick package is an amazing price of $99.99 (1) 50 lbs organic feed ( 2) 2.5 lbs baby chick scratch ( 3) heat lamp with a fire rated ceramic base (4) 250 watt red infrared bulb (to minimize pecking), (5) chick bedding (6) baby waterer and (7) baby chick feeder. BOTH The concierge service and drop ins include a baby chick package of: We offer a concierge service that allows customers to reserve up to 4 chicks prior to hatching for $10. It is extremely frustrating raising a chick and then seeing it develop into a rooster - we understand.Īll chicks are available to take home 48 hours after their hatching dates. For bio-security reasons once chickens leaves our premises we can not accept them back nor do we give refunds on chicks that were sexed incorrectly. ![]() We regret when a chicken is sexed incorrectly and will try to help you re-home that chicken. It is possible you may end up with a rooster. Baby chicks can only be sexed internally via their vent - and gender is identified based on an internal "necklace" pattern. All our chickens have been vaccinated at birth for Marek's Disease and have been professionally sexed at the hatchery with 90% accuracy. Hygiene and biosecurity is extremely important when raising chickens - since unclean conditions can lead to stress which can create long term health problems. Our brooder boxes are cleaned 2x per day. Our chicken have NOT been exposed to other chickens that may carry mites, Marek's Disease, worms, and other parasites. ![]() It is also fine mixing chicks from different hatch dates - though you will always need to use the hatch date of the youngest chick for important milestones. Also, mix up your flock - all the breeds get along well together and it is more fun to have a colorful flock. Purchasing young chicks and young pullets allows you to make them true pets. Our humane and strict practices also guarantee that your chick comes to you disease and stress free and most importantly - healthy.Įach chicken has received lots of love and attention It is advantageous to play with the chickens - since it encourages them to bond with humans, and become "pet like and lose their natural fear of humans. We believe it is important to treat the birds with dignity and respect. It would be unusual for a feed store to start their chicks on organic feed since the cheaper medicated feed gives the chicks protection while living in dirty very crowded spaces. Feed stores sell chicks inexpensively since they don't share our belief in raising chicks humanely. We also raise our chicks on ORGANIC feed we do not use medicated feed with anti-biotics. ![]() As they become older (starting at 3 weeks) they spend the day outdoors and have access to sunlight, fresh air, and garden greens are introduced into their diet.Īll this is labor intensive for us - and increases our costs. Our chicks are raised in a room with fresh ventilation, natural lighting, windows and even a skylight. We believe it is important for the chicks to be exposed to natural light and to be able to see outside their brooder box instead of being crammed in metal boxes with wire floors that are stacked up to 8' off the ground with no access to natural sunlight or fresh air. We also don't believe in raising huge numbers of chicks in a single brooder box stacked on top of each other - it is not right, it is not humane. We do not use wire flooring in our cages since it is stressful and unnatural for any chicken to walk on a metal flooring since we don't use wire floors - we need to clean the brooder boxes 2x per day. A ll of our chicks have been sourced from top hatcheries and have been raised in strictly clean cages and hygienic conditions.
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