2019 Poultry for your Backyard Flock
THIS PAGE IS KEPT FAIRLY UP TO DATE. WHILE AVAILABILITY MAY CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE AS WE SELL LIVE BIRDS THROUGHOUT THE DAY, THIS PAGE REFLECTS OUR CURRENT INVENTORY DAY-TO-DAY.
We carry quality feed and fairly priced supplies and equipment: feeders, drinkers, heaters, bedding and more. We also provide you whatever advice and guidance you need.
Many people are concerned about hardiness in cold weather. For our thoughts on that issue, please visit our Q and A page.
We generally have select geese, ducks, heritage turkeys and Red Sex Link chickens available throughout the year. Please see below for specific availability.
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PLAY VIDEOEgg Laying: good | Male | Unsexed | Duck | Available, hatched week of June 20th, 2018 | Available, hatched week of May 22nd, 2019 | Duck
May 22nd, 2019: All sexed, additional $3 premium for sexed female.
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PLAY VIDEOEgg Laying: good | Foraging: Medium Ranging | Male | Female | Duck | Available, hatched week of May 23, 2018 | Available, hatched week of May 22nd, 2019 | DuckMay 22nd, 2019: All sexed, additional $3 premium for sexed female.
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PLAY VIDEOEgg Laying: Seasonal | Egg Color: White | Foraging: Wide Ranging | Temperament: Homey | Unsexed | Goose | Available, hatched week of May 9th, 2018 | Available, hatched week of June 13th, 2018 | Goose, AllChoose between Embden and French Toulouse.
From 2018: Male (ganders) Embden
These breeds of geese are relatively calm, quiet, plump and friendly.
anticipated late May 2019: Goslings from Embden-French Toulouse-Super African matings (sorry, no guarantees about parentage).
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PLAY VIDEOEgg laying: Best in class | Foraging: Medium Ranging | Male | Female | Duck | Available, hatched week of May 2nd, 2018 | Available, hatched week of May 23, 2018 | Available, hatched week of May 22nd, 2019 | Duck
While many ducks are excellent layers and many breeds can outlay many chickens, Khaki Campbell ducks are among the most productive layers of all waterfowl.
May 22nd, 2019: All sexed, additional $3 premium for sexed female.
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PLAY VIDEOEgg Laying: good | Foraging: Medium Ranging | Unsexed | Duck | Available, hatched week of May 23, 2018 | Available, hatched week of May 22nd, 2019 | DuckThe preferred duck for meat. However, Pekins are excellent layers, hardy and large. Solid white feathering and moderately talkative.
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PLAY VIDEOEgg laying: Best in class | Egg Color: Brown | Foraging: Medium Ranging | Temperament: Homey | Female | Chicken | Available beginning July 25th, 2019, hatched April, 2019 | Red Sex LinkRed Sex Links are the best and most feed-efficient layers of the highest quality and quantity of brown eggs. RSLs are very productive and efficient, giving you the best return on your money per pound of feed purchased, when measured by weight and quality of eggs produced. They are the high octane race cars among the brown egg layer types, but they are also calm and friendly.
‘Sex Link’ is a generic term for the hybrid chicken that is the result of crossing two differently colored laying type chickens, with the sex of the offspring being easily identified by obvious differences in the color of the chicks’ downy feathering. Black Sex Links are not...
PLAY VIDEOEgg Laying: good | Foraging: Medium Ranging | Male | Female | Duck | Available, hatched week of May 22nd, 2019 | DuckMay 22nd, 2019: All sexed. Additional $3 premium for females.
PLAY VIDEOEgg Laying: good | Male | Female | Duck | Available, hatched week of June 20th, 2018 | Available, hatched week of May 22nd, 2019 | DuckRunner ducks have a marvelous, entertaining upright gait, and they lay nicely.
Breeds: Fawn-and-White, Black, Blue and Chocolate
May 23rd, 2018: Fawn-and-White Runner ducks
June 20th, 2018: Fawn-and-White and Black Runner ducks
May 22nd, 2019: Blue Runner ducks and Chocolate Runner ducks, all sexed, additional $3 premium for females.
PLAY VIDEOJuly 8th, 2019: straight run, $3 premium for all Silver Appleyards.
PLAY VIDEOEgg Laying: Seasonal | Foraging: Wide Ranging | Temperament: More Independent | Unsexed | Turkey | Available, hatched week of June 13th, 2018 | TurkeysHeritage turkeys, various breeds; check for specific breed availability.
June 13th, 2018: Unsexed Heritage turkeys.
PLAY VIDEOEgg Laying: good | Foraging: Medium Ranging | Unsexed | Duck | Available, hatched week of June 20th, 2018 | Available, hatched week of May 22nd, 2019 | DuckMay 22nd, 2019: Straight run
PLAY VIDEOEgg laying: Best in class | Egg Color: White | Foraging: Wide Ranging | Temperament: More Independent | Female | Chicken | Available beginning July 25th, 2019, hatched March, 2019 | White LeghornThe best and most feed-efficient layer of white eggs. Intelligent, nimble and bubbling with energy. Prefers not to be handled. Aggressive foragers. One of the best tick eaters.
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