Americana/Easter Egger
Size: 4.5 - 5 lbs
Egg: Medium, Light blue, green, or pinkish-brown, approx. 240/year
Cost: $8.50
Lavender Orpington
Size: 7-8 lbs.
Egg: Medium, Brown, approx. 220/year
Cost: $14.00
Welsummer
Size: 5-6 lbs
Egg: Large, Speckled Brown, appox. 250/year
Cost: $8.50
Light Brahma
Size: 7-8 lbs
Egg: Medium, Brown, approx. 200/year
Cost: $8.50
Sex-link. A breed whose exact genetic makeup is a closely guarded secret, these chickens are almost certainly guaranteed to be hens which makes them one of our most popular breeds! Well-known for being friendly and easy to care for as well as extremely productive with beautiful copper colored feathers.
Excellent brown egg layers with unique blue-gray plumage, these hens are great foragers and are very alert when out in the yard. They have a friendly, calm temperament and are quiet. They are cold and heat hardy, and will keep laying eggs even into the winter months.
Rhode Island Red
Size: 6 - 7 lbs
Egg: Large, Brown, approx. 265/year
Cost: $7.50
A very large, fluffy chicken with a pea comb and fancy feathered feet and legs that keep them warm in winter. Their docile, gentle, and quiet temperament makes them one of the best breeds around children. This breed stands quite tall, up to 30". Hens sometimes go broody and are attentive mothers.
A unique breed of chicken with a huge bouffant crest of head feathers and v-shaped comb. Feathers are black on the body with a crest of white feathers on the head. A gentle and active chicken. Heat hardy and slightly cold sensitive.
Wyandottes are one of the most strikingly beautiful chickens to grace a backyard flock. Developed in New York, they are quiet, easy to manage, and one of the most winter-hardy of all breeds. Feathers are red with blue lacing around the edge.
Sapphire Gem
Size: 6 - 7 lbs
Egg: Extra-large, Brown, approx. 290/year
Cost: $9.50
Sex-link. Derived from the ISA genetic line. All-around good layers (even in the winter) with an excellent temperament, cold-hardy and heat tolerant, as well as great foragers. Feathers are mainly white with bits of red or amber. A docile and mellow chicken.
Beautiful black and deep brown plumage, typically with feathered feet. A calm, friendly chicken known to perform well in any climate. They lay the darkest brown egg of any of the breeds we carry!
Sapphire Olive Egger - New for 2025!
Size: 6-7 lbs
Egg: Extra Large, Olive, approx. 290/year
Cost: $14.00
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Similar to the Buff Orpington, this dual-purpose breed is loved for their productivity and friendly nature. A great choice for first time chicken owners and families with young children. Their light pearl-gray fluffy feathers keep them toasty warm even in frigid winters.
The Sapphire Olive Egger is both easy on the eyes and the olive eggs are sure to be a great addition to your egg carton! This hybrid is a wonderful egg layer, and you cannot resist that tuft on their heads! Heat and cold hardy. *This hybrid is not perfect, about 5% of the hens may lay brown eggs.*
Heritage breed. The “Australian Orpington” is a large and docile bird that was originally bred for egg production. Today's Australorps are dual-purpose and well suited to back yard environments. Plumage is pure black with an intense beetle-green sheen that is breathtaking in the sunlight. Cold and heat hardy, docile, energetic.
Salmon Faverolles
Size: 4-5 lbs
Egg: Medium, Light brown, approx. 180/year
Cost: $9.50
Heritage breed. Named after the English town where they were developed, this classic dual-purpose breed is loved for their productivity and friendly, "golden retriever-like" nature. A great choice for first time chicken owners and families with young children. Quiet birds with fluffy feathers, sometimes broody, cold hardy.
White Crested Black Polish
Size: 4 - 5 lbs
Egg: Small, White, approx. 100/year
Cost: $11.00
Barred Rock
Size: 5-6 lbs
Egg: Large, Brown, approx. 250/year
Cost: $7.50
Typically gold and brown patterned feathers, but can be shades of gray, white or black. An active bird with a small pea comb, these birds are a very popular choice for the color of their eggs which can range from turquoise to olive to light pink. Docile, friendly chicken.
breeds available 2024
Heritage breed. The Rhode Island Red’s amazing ability to lay about 265 eggs a year made it famous worldwide and it is the parent of several modern hybrid egg layers. These glossy mahogany-colored hens with black tail feathers are as beautiful as they are gentle and productive.
ISA Brown/Gold Star
Size: 5 lbs
Egg: Large, Brown, approx. 320/year
Cost: $7.50
Heritage breed. This friendly, intelligent chicken is a rustic brown, orange, and gold. They are athletic and take to free ranging and foraging well but are adaptable enough to be kept in confinement as well. Heat and cold hardy.
*All of the chicks we receive are sexed female at the hatchery with 90% accuracy.
*All of the chicks we receive are vaccinated for Marek's disease.
*Chick orders are closed for 2024. We will start taking orders for 2025 on January 20th.
From late February until mid-July, we have day-old female chicks for sale. We offer a variety of winter hardy breeds so that our customers can choose the right hens for their needs, whether they're looking for fresh eggs, a fun mix of breeds, a rainbow of egg colors, or all three! We'd love to help you get started with your own backyard flock!
- Here is a Chick Care Sheet to help start your planning.
- See the Baby Chick Supplies page for a list of what you need for raising chicks.
- Check out our Chicken FAQ for general chick raising questions.
- Have additional questions? Call us at 651-645-0818 or email us at order@eggplantsupply.com.
Cream Legbar
Size: 5 - 7 lbs
Egg: Medium, Blue, approx. 280/year
Cost: $14.00
Auto-sexing. The most popular auto-sexing chicken in the world! Plumage is a mix of cream shades overlaid with faint black barring and they have a small crest behind the comb. Prolific layer of medium eggs that range from light blue to a light turquoise. Active and hardy chicken.
Buff Orpington
Size: 6 - 8 lbs
Egg: Medium, Brown, approx. 220/year
Cost: $7.50
Black Australorp
Size: 5-6 lbs
Egg: Large, Brown, approx. 250/year
Cost: $7.50
People own Salmon Faverolles for their silliness and steady egg production. These beauties have a beard, feathered legs, and an extra toe! They are known to be docile and friendly. Heat and cold hardy.
Heritage breed. An all-American breed first introduced in Massachusetts in the mid 19th century, these dual-purpose birds are well-known for their hardiness, calm nature, egg production, and beautiful black and white plumage.
Midnight Majesty Marans
Size: 6 lbs
Egg: Large, Dark brown, approx. 250/year
Cost: $9.50
How to order:
- Select your chicks from the breeds below.
- Select a pick-up date (any Thursday from February 29th to July 18th.) We recommend placing your order at least two weeks in advance of your pick-up date. Plan for the chicks to be inside, under a brooder lamp, for about six to eight weeks before they will be ready to live outside.
- Send us an e-mail at order@eggplantsupply.com with your name, phone number, home address, preferred pick-up date, and chick choices.
- The Department of Animal Health now requires us to keep a record of where the chicks are going in order to track any potential outbreaks of influenza or other illness, but we won't share your address or other information with anyone else. At this time we are unable to sell chicks to South Dakota residents.
- We will email you an invoice that includes a link to complete payment online. We require all chick orders to be prepaid.
- Mark your calendar! Collect your chicks between 10am and 8pm on your designated Thursday pick up day.
Blue Laced Red Wyandotte
Size: 6-7 lbs
Egg: Medium, Cream, approx. 200/year
Cost: $14.00
Heritage breed. One of the oldest known chicken breeds, mahogony feathers with black, blue, and white speckles which become more pronounced with age. A beautiful, docile, friendly, and gentle chicken. Heat and cold hardy.
Amberlink
Size: 5 - 6 lbs
Egg: Large, brown, approx. 300/yr
Cost: $7.50
Speckled Sussex
Size: 7 - 8 lbs
Egg: Medium, Cream, approx. 240/year
Cost: $8.50