2021 Hatching Eggs

Every year in January or February, the bird people of the world get restless. Our fingers start to itch to switch on those incubators and we long to hear chicks chirping and broody hens clucking to their clutches.

It’s almost the most wonderful time of the year for us- hatching season. As the peacocks and pheasant males finish up growing in their trains and tails and feather wardrobes as they begin practicing their displays, and all the hens begin to near laying time- it’s time we start to get down to the nitty gritty questions for the coming breeding season…

What’s on the list to add to your bird collection this year?

Sometimes you just want to build your breeding pens or add new bloodlines to the breeds you already have. Or maybe you’ve got your eyes on a new species or variety? Either way, it’s high time to put your detective hat on and start to looking for those birds you want.

Depending on the type you are looking to add to your flock, finding them could be quite easy or downright difficult. For species or breeds that are in short supply, getting on a waitlist prior to the hatch season is imperative. You must know what you want, how many you want and what age you’d like- do you want hatching eggs? Young unsexed chicks? Sexed pairs? Proven breeders?

Getting on the list for a breeder or at least contacting them at this time of year is helpful to the both of you. It gauges interest in the breeders stock so they know what demand is shaping up to be and it also gets you a higher chance of you getting exactly what you want to add to your flock.

This year we will be shipping hatching eggs from the following birds as available-

Gambels Quail

Snowflake Bobwhite Quail

Lady Amherst Pheasant

Reeves Pheasant

Silver Pheasant

Svart Hona Chickens

Bantam Black Sumatra Chickens

Serama Chickens

Moonbeam Chickens (***this waitlist will be separately organized via our online store, join our newsletter to get information coming March 2021)

If you are interested in being added to the waitlist for these hatching eggs, please use the contact form at the bottom of this post. Shipping will not begin for 2021 hatching eggs until hens begin to lay and fertility is confirmed and also until temperatures in destination as well as origin locations have warmed enough as to not damage hatchability of the eggs.

***Although we strive to provide you with the highest quality fertile hatching eggs available, we cannot guarantee hatchability. We ship the eggs in the most effective manner necessary to ensure the eggs arrive in good hatchable condition, it is important to note that the shipping and handling process can greatly reduce the hatchability of eggs and individual incubation techniques of the purchaser can also affect hatch results. Please do not purchase hatching eggs if not willing to take this risk. Thank you for understanding the handling of hatching eggs are out of our hands once turned over to the shipping facility. Please feel free to ask any questions regarding shipment or packaging of hatching eggs you may have via email.

We also plan to sell juveniles and chicks locally (pick up in Norfolk, VA & Elizabeth City, NC) for all varieties included in the above hatching egg list as well as Peafowl in black shoulder, India blue pied and white varieties.

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We hope everyone has a wonderful bird breeding season this year, may we all be up to our ears in eggs and chicks 🐣