Rare Heritage Breeds for your Homestead

A small, family-owned chicken hatchery nestled in the countryside of New Hampshire.

Shipping available within the U.S.

Shop Eggs & Chicks

Now offering Gold Deathlayers, Lavender Orpingtons, and hardy White Egg Layer crosses. Available as chickens or hatching eggs.

The homegrown difference

We started raising chickens because we love it. There's something special about seeing chicks hatch 🐣, collecting fresh eggs in the morning 🥚🥚, and knowing exactly what goes into your food. 🍳

The breeds we offer are ones we believe in. Gold Deathlayers for their looks and rarity. Lavender Orpingtons for their calm nature. And our white egg layers for reliable production.

Whether you're new to chickens 🐥 or already knee-deep in coop life 👩🏻‍🌾, we're here to help with healthy birds and honest answers. We're NPIP-certified (12-228) and take care to raise strong, dependable stock you can trust. 🐔

Chick Reservations Now Open!

Now Taking Reservations

We’ve added a simple reservation system to help match our hatch cycles with your needs. This helps keep things fair and first come, first served, especially for popular breeds like Gold Deathlayers and Lavender Orpingtons.

How it works:
• Submit your reservation form
• We’ll contact you in the order we receive requests as chicks become available
• Pickup is local to Barrington, New Hampshire only

Every hatch is different, and quantities are always limited. Reserving early gives you the best chance of getting what you’re looking for.

Request a Reservation

FAQs

A minimum of 10 chicks per order is required, whether you're picking up in New Hampshire or having your order shipped.
Chicks are social animals and need the comfort and warmth of a group, especially in their first few days. At this stage, they can't regulate their body temperature, so they depend on each other for heat and a sense of security.
For pickup orders, fewer than 10 can lead to higher stress, lower activity, and weaker beginnings. A small group just isn’t enough to help them settle in and thrive once you get them home.
For shipped orders, 10 is the minimum needed to maintain warmth and stability in the box. Anything less raises the risk of chilling, injury, or loss during transit.
You're welcome to mix and match breeds to meet the minimum. they’ll still huddle together for warmth and bond like a single flock!
You'll want to have a brooder ready before your chicks arrive. A brooder is a warm, draft-free space where they can eat, sleep, and stay safe. It can be something as simple as a large cardboard box, a storage bin, or a kiddie pool lined with bedding — anything that holds warmth and keeps them contained.
You'll also need a heat source like a heat plate or lamp, chick starter feed, bedding, a waterer, and a feeder. The setup should stay clean, dry, and away from pets or young kids.
If you're not sure what to use, please don’t hesitate to contact us for assistance!
Straight run means the chicks have not been sexed—we don’t know if they’ll grow up to be hens or roosters.
Because we hatch chicks naturally and don’t use industrial sexing methods, there’s no way to guarantee the ratio of males to females in your order. Most backyard farmers and homesteaders raise straight run chicks with this in mind.
Unsexed chicks are too young to tell if they’re male or female when they ship out. We don’t sort them, so they could grow up to be hens or roosters. Most customers end up with a mix. It’s part of the process when raising chicks!
Yes, most of our customers pick up their eggs and chicks in Barrington, NH. The exact pickup address is shared after your order is confirmed.
We also offer shipping within the United States. Chicks are sent as day-olds through USPS and packed to stay warm and safe in transit. Depending on the time of year and your location, we may suggest scheduling around weather to give them the best chance of arriving healthy.
If you're not sure whether shipping is a good fit for your order, just reach out and we’ll talk it through.

Meet the farmer

I’m AB. Growing up, I was always surrounded by animals, crops, and farming. My grandfather, who humorously called himself a "gentleman farmer" despite not always living up to the title, had a large garden, cows for milk and pleasure, and chickens roaming for eggs. He even had tractors just for fun.

At our house, we had a similar setup. We maintained a large garden, kept chickens (when they weren't taken by neighbors' dogs or coyotes), and hatched eggs in an old Styrofoam incubator each spring. We also had horses to ride, a large barn, and occasionally housed geese or pigs.

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