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HATCHING EGGS
Generally available, for pick up or local delivery. Eggs are gathered several times a day, held in moderate temperatures to prevent freezing in cold weather, and candled (within the limits of colored eggs) before sale to be sure of no cracks, etc. Marked with collection date and hen if known. Accumulated for a week or less in cartons that are turned twice a day. I have had hatch rates around 70% with indifferently calibrated incubators and poor humidity control. No guarantees.
Free hatching eggs (up to 1 dozen) for classroom (or homeschool) hatching. Hatch-and-return is an option if we plan ahead.
ChocoMint $15/dozen (limited availability, will include a mix of hens unless otherwise agreed)
ChocoLink $10/dozen
CHICKS AND CHICKENS
Baby chicks are usually hatched weekly in small batches. They are color sexed at hatch, to the extent possible, and marked with sex and breed color codes. I hope to begin wing tagging soon to keep better track of individuals both on the farm and in case of customer questions after sale.
All birds are fed non-GMO or organic feed, usually from local growers/millers, plus fresh greens when available. Heavy predator pressure prevents free ranging, but we use portable enclosed pens when weather allows.
ChocoMint
I'll be keeping some for the breeding program, but will be hatching as many as possible from my best birds, so some will be available. If you hatch your own eggs, breeding your non-chocolate hens with a ChocoMint rooster will give you sex-link chicks (males are black or have black markings; females are chocolate or have chocolate markings...some breeds are easier to tell than others).
Hatch to 7 days: $7 each, straight run only, no sex guarantee.
8 days to 16 weeks: $7 + $1.00 per week of age, up to $25
Pullets laying brown, or untested: $25
Pullets laying green: $30
Hens retired from breeding program $25 - $30
Proven sires of hens laying green eggs: $35
ChocoLink WTG
The variable coloring of the Whitings True Green hens results in a wide range of chick colors in the ChocoLink WTGs, making some of them harder to sex than hybrids with more standardized breeds. Both sexed and unsexed chicks will be available. Over time, my ability to interpret chick color will improve. Meanwhile, chicks sold as pullets only are guaranteed...if they crow, I will buy them back for your original purchase price.
I will be changing roosters from time to time. Some hatches may include chicks from two different roosters.
ChocoLinks will not breed true in all traits, but the chocolate gene will be expressed when a ChocoLink hen is bred to a rooster that carries the chocolate gene.
While the hens for the ChocoLink hybrids are lighter-weight laying breeds, the ChocoMints are a heavy breed with English Orpington and Barred Rock ancestry.
Straight run:
Hatch to 7 days: $4 each
8 days to 16 weeks: $4 + $1.00 per week of age, up to $20
Hatch to 7 days: $7 each,
8 days to 16 weeks: $7 + $1.00 per week of age, up to $25
Cockerels only (will consider quantity discount):
Hatch to 7 days: $ each,
8 days to 16 weeks: $2 + $1.00 per week of age, up to $15
ChocoLink PWL
These should be available in February or March, when the Pearl White Leghorns start laying. No idea what they will look like or what egg colors.
PAYMENT OPTIONS
I accept cash, credit cards, PayPal. and Venmo. Checks if I know you.
PICKUP OR DELIVERY
Pickup at the farm in North Lawrence, by appointment only. Contact me via Messenger (Natalya Pinwheel Lowther), phone (785-979-6786...when I find it, and mailbox never works), or email (natalyalowther@hotmail.com). Please wear clean clothes and shoes. Supervised children are welcome; dogs will need to stay in vehicle except brief on-leash potty breaks.
Delivery can sometimes be arranged locally or along the I70 or Highway 24 corridors between Lawrence and Manhattan.
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