Hatch Baby Chicks in the Greater Portland Area

HATCH THE CHICKEN

Serving the Greater Portland Area, Homestead David & Fay deliver a complete, all-inclusive hatching program directly to your home, senior care homes, schools, libraries, and more. We provide fertilized eggs, an incubator, a brooder, starter feed, and full support—making it easy for families to enjoy the miracle of new life without any farm or prior experience needed.

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Greater Portland Area Hatch The Chicken

Hatch The Chicken Rental Package

$210

Five week rental
We offer rentals from February through October based on availability.
Delivery and pick-up (predetermined meetup location in Wilsonville, OR - see below for delivery details)
Mini incubator
Seven high quality hatching eggs
High powered "candling light" to examine the eggs during incubation
Rent The Chicken Chick Starter Kit - brooder box, wood shavings, chick feed, chick waterer, chick feeder, and deluxe heat source
Quick guide on caring for the incubator, hatching eggs, and chicks
A copy of the book "Where Do Chicks Come From?" by Amy E. Sklansky for you to keep

To schedule your Hatch The Chicken delivery, pay via Credit Card online by clicking here or over the phone toll free at 844-310-8782

Additional Notes

Possible Transportation Fees: Our Hatch The Chicken rentals include FREE DELIVERY and free pick up to our predetermined meetup location in Wilsonville, OR on a predetermined day with a time to be determined closer to the meeting date. Through the pandemic, we learned that with an amazing tutorial video, our renters can watch the video, and "setup" the incubator in minutes! Otherwise, delivery can be provided to the Portland / Vancouver area for $60-$140 for total transportation costs depending on your location.

Possible Additional Fees: Due to the increase of feed cost and fuel cost, closer to delivery, there may be a slight surcharge for one or both of these items.

Hatch The Chicken renters who are participating in Rent The Chicken with coordinated delivery or pick-up of both Rent The Chicken and Hatch The Chicken receive a $25 discount.

What happens to the chicks?

Here are a number of scenarios as to what happens to the baby chicks after our Hatch The Chicken program is complete:

The girls are raised to be hens for Rent The Chicken
The girls are raised as breeding stock for Hatch The Chicken
The boys are raised to be roosters to fertilize eggs for Hatch The Chicken
The girls are raised to lay eggs for our families
The boys are raised to protect our flocks to help keep them safe
The chicks are sold to families looking to expand their flocks
The roosters are sold to families looking to protect their flock

Jefferson, Oregon - Homestead David and Fay provide Rent The Chicken and Hatch The Chicken between Portland and Springfield, Oregon as well as Vancouver, Washington. They left the city with their dog, Jade, to enjoy the country and live a more self-sustaining lifestyle. With the purchase of their farm in Jefferson, the couple inherited ~30 chickens of varying breeds and a pair of peafowl. Homestead David has experience caring for chickens; during his childhood he often helped his parents and grandparents tend to their flocks. For Homestead Fay, raising chickens has been a completely new and delightful experience. As a life-long dog-lover, she quickly learned that chickens also bring much joy to the farm with their amusing antics and unique personalities. Their flock has quickly grown as they both enjoy hatching and raising chicks. Homestead Fay works remotely in the information technology industry. In their spare time they enjoy gardening, wine tasting and spending time with their family and farm animals. They look forward to providing Hatch The Chicken to Portland / Vancouver and Eugene / Salem / Springfield as well as Rent The Chicken to Portland / Vancouver and Eugene / Salem / Springfield!

We can't confirm what other organizations do with their baby chicks after a hatching program but we know with our whole hearts that all of the chicks hatched with our Hatch The Chicken program provide a purpose following the rental. We value their lives and value what they bring to our business and those who participate in our programs.

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