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Baby Chicks and Ducklings

We hatch baby chicks and ducklings from our flock in the spring.

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2026 Breeds

Chicken: Large Fowl: Likely all barnyard crosses, with heavy emphasis on Rhode Island Red  

Duck:  Pekin

Quail: Coturnix Quail

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We hatch baby birds to grow our own flock, to breed for 4H show birds or to produce more meat production animals. We do not typically sell live birds.​

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Chicken Chicks

Large Fowl: $8
Bantams: $6

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Quail Chicks

As Hatched - $5

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Ducklings

As Hatched - $10

2026 Hatch Schedule
There are no baby birds for sale this year
This schedule shows the hatching data for farm use, not for sale

A FEW CHICK STATISTICS

  • We hatch all our own replacement hens and ducks for all of our flocks

  • We raise a limited number of breeds so that we can hatch our own birds

  • The Rhode Island Reds are the production flock for Long Shadow Farm, all other breeds are my daughter's 4H show birds

  • In 2017, we ran 735 eggs through our incubator

  • These were 254 chicken eggs, 245 turkey eggs and 235 duck eggs

  • From those, we successfully hatched: 170 chicks, 167 ducklings and 73 poults (turkey eggs can be tough to hatch!)

  • Overall our fertility rate was 85%, and our hatch rate was 69%

  • We had 2 duck hens hatch 4 ducklings, and they co-raised them all!

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