Hatching Egg Orders

Hatching Egg orders:

Eggs can be ordered from here or on ebay, the like for ebay is:

https://www.ebay.com/usr/KrisofRedRoofHens

Like ebay we only use Paypal for our payment portal.

Local pick up:

Local pickup is an option and I'm happy to work with anyone on that. Local pick up is cash only since a few bad apples ruined that for others. 

 

We consider all our hatching egg orders to be pre-orders, we do not collect eggs then post to sell. All eggs are collected fresh just for your order. Orders are sent in the order they are received. All orders are dependent on the hens, naturally. We strive to make every order successful. We have had wonderful hatch rates with our shipped eggs, our ebay feedback reflects that and can be found in the ebay shop profile. All prices on this site include the shipping and handling cost for hatching eggs.

Feel free to email: support@redroofhens.org and ask any questions. We do not always have the same products on both platforms, so it is safe to say check both for changes in inventory. Available chicks and Adult birds are often posted on our social media account on Facebook and here on the website. 

Chicks and growouts: 

I almost never sell baby chicks. Bantams are hard to hatch and grow out compared to large fowl chicks. They have more specific needs, In particular breeds like silkies. With silkies, there is no way to tell gender until they are 4 to 6 months old at the youngest. ( Unless you have a sex linked gene pen set up) And some roosters can be very female looking in type and not crow until much later, that makes it even more difficult to sex them. Taking all that into account I prefer to sell birds as older babies/ started birds, depending on breed. 

Prices start at 10 dollars per bird and go up depending on breed, quality ( pet quality, breeder quailty, show potential) and age. 

Silkies of course are more expensive, but avaerage for a sexed pullet will be $15 dollars for a 4 month to 6 month age bird. Shipping etc is of course not included. 

Project birds are discounted, since they are projects and there is no way to guarantee what the outcome will be if you breed them. It takes some research and understanding of poultry genetics and even then the genes don't always behave the way predicted. For this reason, I believe projects should be cheaper. 

All birds are gone over together with you before you leave, this way we can both see the health of the bird when you pick it up and so you can learn the Standard of Perfection that we breed towards and what we are looking for as we breed. All breeders should have goals they are working toward in their lines. 

Live chick orders:

Currently available Adult birds

When we have adult birds to sell, they will be listed here. You can also check our Facebook page. At this time I do not have any adult birds for sale. That is the number one most asked question. We will always list them when we do, but keep in mind they go fast. Especially now with Chickens and quail being in high demand. 

 

About Pre-Orders: Please read all

Payments: There is a pay at pick up option for local pickups, when you checkout. We will leave that option up for now. If we start having a problem with no shows then we will have to take it down. All payments on this site go thru PayPal for product protection. We do pick ups here, for our own protection as our property is camera protected. People saying they didn't get birds that were picked up in person and getting refunded on PayPal have caused us to make that decision. 

Hatching eggs orders: your order may be ready today or 6 weeks from now, it depends on how many orders are in front of you. Once we receive your order we will contact you and let you know what number you are in line. As of 3/3 we are caught up on duccle hatching egg orders. 

Live Chick pre-Orders: we hatch monthly and most chick orders go out the first 2 weeks of the next month. As with hatching egg orders we will contact you after your purchase and let you know what number you are in the chick pre-order line. Hatching chicks orders go fast and are in limited quantities. By pre-ordering we know how many eggs to put in the incubator to fill orders and guarantee you your feather babies. 

All chicks are pre-orders, there is such a high demand for chicks and hatching eggs this year, even us small scale people have wailists into the summer. Pre-ordering allows you to purchase ahead of a hatch. 

We are currently test hatching to check fertility which is looking great. You can also reach out to us to at freerangeeggz@gmail.com to check on availability or to ask questions.  

Our hatching plans this year: 

Large fowl Ameraucanas: all hatching will be toward our project lines of cuckoo and ermine. Cuckoo in buff, Self Blue, Black and Chocolate. Keep in mind these are project lines so you will occasionally get recessive colors like white. 

Large fowl Hatching eggs will be available in limited quantities. 

Price is $65 for 12 eggs ( extras if any available at the time of purchase) plus shipping. We wrap each egg individually and double box all orders, we do not use foam shippers. 

 

Bantams: all bantam hatching will be monthly and focusing on seeing what the current parents are producing and offering some chicks as we hatch. We will be growing out birds all year. You can pre order pullets to secure your all girls batch. Pullets are more expensive as they have to be grown out in order to tell what sex they are. 

Bantam hatching eggs: price is for 12 hatching eggs ( plus extras if available at the time of purchase.) Waitlist has selections for bantam breeds available. 

All hatching egg orders are pre-orders. If you would like more than 1 set they will be sent separately as only 1 order fits at a time. We also can not produce more than 1 order at a time.