Live Poultry - All of our hens for sale range in age from 3 to 6 months old and will soon be coming into peak production laying brown, white or "easter egg" colored eggs. Our breed selection includes Rhode Island Reds, Black Stars, Araucanas, Red Stars, and White Leghorns. Live poultry orders are shipped via USPS express mail within 5 business days.

Chicken Coops - We have detailed chicken coop plans with pictures including an easy to build fence post plan and a greenhouse coop combo design. We also have an extensive picture gallery of nest boxes, roosts, brooders, and coops. Take a tour and maybe you will get some ideas for building or improving your own coop.

Farming Supplies - Browse through our online poultry supply store, select your items and checkout through our secure server. Our diverse product line includes large and small range feeders, automatic waterers, egg incubatos, bird leg bands, chick brooders, and many specialty items that can make your work much easier.

Poultry Farming - raising chickens can be very entertaining and laying hens can be a great asset to the backyard gardner. From insect control to nitrogen rich manure, harvesting eggs to fresh meat, chickens serve many purposes. We have information about free ranging, egg and meat farming, incubating eggs, brooding chicks, disease troubleshooting, and more.

Shows & Contests - Shows are generally open to three types of fowl recognized by the American Poultry Association. Turkeys and waterfowl are shown at most shows, but we will focus on chickens here as they are by far the most common at most shows. We have information about showing your birds from contest rules and regulations to finding a show near you.

Books & Video - We have the most informational poultry books available online at discounted prices including STOREY'S GUIDE TO RAISING POULTRY by Leonard Mercia, and the AMERICAN STANDARD OF PERFECTION Hard Cover: 2001 edition by the American Poultry Association with descriptions of all APA recognized breeds with over 400 color pictures.

Gallus Facts - The latin name for chicken is Gallus Domesticus and there are over 150 varieties of domestic chickens. Chickens were domesticated about 8000 years ago and all domestic chickens can be genetically traced to Gallus Gallus, The Red Jungle Fowl. Americans consume 8 billion chickens a year and the chickens we buy at the grocery store are only 5-8 weeks old.

Reference Links - We have lots of useful links related to the poultry industry including a vast breed index, disease trouble shooting charts, incubation troubleshooting charts, solving breeding and genetic problems, factory farming abuse, and discussion forums.

Poultry Farming Tips

Cleaning is probably the easiest way to avoid sick chickens. Over-cleaning is not necessary because the birds need to have access to droppings to maintain natural "gut flora". I know it sounds awful, but it's absolutely necessary for their health. Excessive dust in their coop can cause respiratory problems for them, so I hose the coops down entirely on a regular basis (once a month) to keep them as dust-free as possible.

In the summer, various algae and organisms will breed in your birds waterers at a phenomenal rate. None of these are good for them and will cause chronic diarrhea which saps strength, dehydrates the birds, slows growth, and lowers their disease resistance.

This is probably the single most important aspect to keeping birds, especially in the summer, when their water intake is so much greater. Wet moldy feed will do the same to your birds' health. learn more