Hatching Eggs
We are now offering hatching eggs during the warm months! We can't hatch or eat as many as we're getting, so when weather is warm enough to make sure they aren't cold-damaged, and the birds are laying regularly, we are offering them as hatching eggs for whoever might want to try their hand at hatching their own eggs. We do not ship eggs, they must be picked up in person.
All eggs are fresh within the last seven days. They are not washed or sanitized to keep the natural bloom on them. We do not refrigerate our hatching eggs, they are at room temperature.
Mixed Chicken Hatching Eggs - $6 / dozen
Mixed Duck Hatching Eggs - $3 each ($18 per half dozen)
Mixed Goose Hatching Eggs - $10 each (very limited supply)
All eggs are fresh within the last seven days. They are not washed or sanitized to keep the natural bloom on them. We do not refrigerate our hatching eggs, they are at room temperature.
Mixed Chicken Hatching Eggs - $6 / dozen
Mixed Duck Hatching Eggs - $3 each ($18 per half dozen)
Mixed Goose Hatching Eggs - $10 each (very limited supply)
BARNYARD MIX CHICKEN HATCHING EGGS - $6 per dozen
Our flock includes roughly 25 hens and three roosters.
Our laying hens include:
Speckled Sussex
Brown Leghorn
French Black Copper Marans
French Cuckoo Marans
Black Cochin
Blue Cochin
Partridge Cochin
Buff Cochin
Black Jersey Giant
Columbian Wyandotte
Rhode Island Red
New Hampshire
Black Australorp
two Easter Egger cross
one Polish cross
Our roosters include:
Easter Egger / Silver Laced Wyandotte cross
Golden Spangled Appenzeller Spitzhauben
Silver Spangled Appenzeller Spitzhauben
Here are some examples of the eggs we've sold to other hatching enthusiasts! We try to make sure all cartons contain a nice mix of colors. We also try to include the cleaner eggs, since we do not sanitize them before we sell them. If you do choose to sanitize them before setting them in your incubator (we sanitize the dirtier ones before placing them in our incubator), a quick dip in hydrogen peroxide and then air drying is our preferred method. The bottom line is that we will never sell you eggs that we wouldn't put into our own incubator. Heavily soiled eggs are discarded.
Our flock includes roughly 25 hens and three roosters.
Our laying hens include:
Speckled Sussex
Brown Leghorn
French Black Copper Marans
French Cuckoo Marans
Black Cochin
Blue Cochin
Partridge Cochin
Buff Cochin
Black Jersey Giant
Columbian Wyandotte
Rhode Island Red
New Hampshire
Black Australorp
two Easter Egger cross
one Polish cross
Our roosters include:
Easter Egger / Silver Laced Wyandotte cross
Golden Spangled Appenzeller Spitzhauben
Silver Spangled Appenzeller Spitzhauben
Here are some examples of the eggs we've sold to other hatching enthusiasts! We try to make sure all cartons contain a nice mix of colors. We also try to include the cleaner eggs, since we do not sanitize them before we sell them. If you do choose to sanitize them before setting them in your incubator (we sanitize the dirtier ones before placing them in our incubator), a quick dip in hydrogen peroxide and then air drying is our preferred method. The bottom line is that we will never sell you eggs that we wouldn't put into our own incubator. Heavily soiled eggs are discarded.
BARNYARD MIX DUCK HATCHING EGGS - $3 each (or $18 for half a dozen)
We have a small flock of ten ducks, which includes three drakes and seven hens. Breeds include
Rouen
Rouen cross
Khaki Campbell cross
Runner cross
Black Swedish cross
White Pekin
Eggs will all be mixed breed.
We only average a few eggs per day from the ducks, so we sell them individually or by the half dozen. Once the ladies go broody, we stop taking the eggs, so these are limited to what we have available and when we have them available (we are at the mercy of the ducks).
Please note that while we do try to keep their nesting area clean and provide fresh bedding regularly, ducks are messy. They sometimes decide to nest in places that we wouldn't expect. Duck eggs are not as clean as chicken eggs. We do not sanitize the eggs before we sell them, but we do encourage people to sanitize them before setting them in their incubators. We do a quick dip in hydrogen peroxide and let them air dry before we put them into our incubator. We will not sell eggs that we wouldn't put in our own incubator.
We have a small flock of ten ducks, which includes three drakes and seven hens. Breeds include
Rouen
Rouen cross
Khaki Campbell cross
Runner cross
Black Swedish cross
White Pekin
Eggs will all be mixed breed.
We only average a few eggs per day from the ducks, so we sell them individually or by the half dozen. Once the ladies go broody, we stop taking the eggs, so these are limited to what we have available and when we have them available (we are at the mercy of the ducks).
Please note that while we do try to keep their nesting area clean and provide fresh bedding regularly, ducks are messy. They sometimes decide to nest in places that we wouldn't expect. Duck eggs are not as clean as chicken eggs. We do not sanitize the eggs before we sell them, but we do encourage people to sanitize them before setting them in their incubators. We do a quick dip in hydrogen peroxide and let them air dry before we put them into our incubator. We will not sell eggs that we wouldn't put in our own incubator.
MIXED GOOSE HATCHING EGGS - $10 each
Starting in 2020 we will have a very limited amount of goose hatching eggs available. These eggs will be mixed breed with the possibility of a purebred embden. We have two white embden girls, one white embden gander, and one African gander.
These eggs will be $10 each and will only be available as the girls are laying in the early spring. As always, we do our best to provide clean nesting areas, but our geese sometimes decide not to use the designated areas. We do not sanitize our eggs, but encourage you to sanitize before setting them in your incubator. We will not sell eggs that we would not put in our own incubator.
Starting in 2020 we will have a very limited amount of goose hatching eggs available. These eggs will be mixed breed with the possibility of a purebred embden. We have two white embden girls, one white embden gander, and one African gander.
These eggs will be $10 each and will only be available as the girls are laying in the early spring. As always, we do our best to provide clean nesting areas, but our geese sometimes decide not to use the designated areas. We do not sanitize our eggs, but encourage you to sanitize before setting them in your incubator. We will not sell eggs that we would not put in our own incubator.
We are located near Staples, Minnesota. We can meet in Wadena, Staples, Motley, Pillager, Brainerd, or Baxter, but we will not ship our eggs. Shipping can cause damage due to rough handling (which is beyond our control), that can effect the hatch rate.
Some people prefer to sanitize their eggs before incubating them. This can reduce the risk of contamination getting through the egg pores and causing early death in chicks before hatching. We get a small dish with about 1/4" of hydrogen peroxide in the bottom. We dip eggs one at a time and roll them around in the peroxide until all parts of the shell have been in the cleaner. Then they air dry before being placed in the incubator. In 2018 we sanitized 100% of the eggs that went into the incubator. In 2019 we're only sanitizing the dirtier eggs.
We use Farm Innovators Digital Circulated Air Incubator with egg turner (model 4250 Pro Series), which runs about $100 at our local feed store. We have a second incubator (same, but with the egg turner removed) to transfer the eggs on day 18 for hatching. This way one incubator is running constantly with incubating eggs (we add more every Sunday), and one can be sanitized between hatching (which is a messy experience). If you are only hatching one batch at a time, one incubator will do, as long as you can take it apart and sanitize it between hatches.
We keep out incubators at 100 degrees with 50-60% humidity for the first part of incubation, and 60-70% humidity for the last three days until hatch. Chicken eggs incubate for 21 days, while duck eggs incubate for 28 days. You can hatch them out together by placing duck eggs one week before you place chicken eggs in the incubator. They should not be brooded together though, because ducks are very messy and will make it hard to keep the area clean and dry for your chicks.
We realize that some people may have restrictions on being able to house roosters. While we have no way to tell gender when selling eggs, we do offer to take back any roosters or unwanted chicks if you hatch too many or cannot keep them. If you want to buy a dozen hatching eggs to hatch in your classroom or for your home-school curriculum, but cannot keep the chicks or ducklings, we will happily take them back once they've hatched. We do not offer refunds for returned birds.
Want to trade? We are looking for Bourbon Red turkeys, Magpie and Ancona ducklings, and Toulouse and Pomeranian geese. We'd be happy to trade our hatching eggs for some of these.
Looking for chicks and ducklings? We set eggs every Sunday and hatch out new birds every Sunday/Monday through the spring and summer. Feel free to contact us to see what we have available! Baby birds are sold as straight run only, we do not know genders.
Some people prefer to sanitize their eggs before incubating them. This can reduce the risk of contamination getting through the egg pores and causing early death in chicks before hatching. We get a small dish with about 1/4" of hydrogen peroxide in the bottom. We dip eggs one at a time and roll them around in the peroxide until all parts of the shell have been in the cleaner. Then they air dry before being placed in the incubator. In 2018 we sanitized 100% of the eggs that went into the incubator. In 2019 we're only sanitizing the dirtier eggs.
We use Farm Innovators Digital Circulated Air Incubator with egg turner (model 4250 Pro Series), which runs about $100 at our local feed store. We have a second incubator (same, but with the egg turner removed) to transfer the eggs on day 18 for hatching. This way one incubator is running constantly with incubating eggs (we add more every Sunday), and one can be sanitized between hatching (which is a messy experience). If you are only hatching one batch at a time, one incubator will do, as long as you can take it apart and sanitize it between hatches.
We keep out incubators at 100 degrees with 50-60% humidity for the first part of incubation, and 60-70% humidity for the last three days until hatch. Chicken eggs incubate for 21 days, while duck eggs incubate for 28 days. You can hatch them out together by placing duck eggs one week before you place chicken eggs in the incubator. They should not be brooded together though, because ducks are very messy and will make it hard to keep the area clean and dry for your chicks.
We realize that some people may have restrictions on being able to house roosters. While we have no way to tell gender when selling eggs, we do offer to take back any roosters or unwanted chicks if you hatch too many or cannot keep them. If you want to buy a dozen hatching eggs to hatch in your classroom or for your home-school curriculum, but cannot keep the chicks or ducklings, we will happily take them back once they've hatched. We do not offer refunds for returned birds.
Want to trade? We are looking for Bourbon Red turkeys, Magpie and Ancona ducklings, and Toulouse and Pomeranian geese. We'd be happy to trade our hatching eggs for some of these.
Looking for chicks and ducklings? We set eggs every Sunday and hatch out new birds every Sunday/Monday through the spring and summer. Feel free to contact us to see what we have available! Baby birds are sold as straight run only, we do not know genders.