
Hatch The Guinea Pig is now available in Pittsburgh!
HATCH THE GUINEA PIG
Hatch The Guinea Pig offers a heartwarming, hands-on experience perfect for homes, senior care communities, schools, libraries, and more. We provide everything you need for a pregnant sow (mama guinea pig) to birth a litter of pups for a 5-week rental. It’s a fun way to experience baby pups without the long-term commitment!
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Hatch The Guinea Pig Packages

Hatch The Guinea Pig
$350
Rentals available: Winter 2026-2027, Spring 2027, Summer 2027, & Fall 2027
Five week indoor rental
Delivery, setup, and pick-up (within the parameters of the Free Delivery area outlined below)
A pregnant sow (mama guinea pig) for 5 weeks
Hatch The Guinea Pig Starter Kit - indoor enclosure, bedding, guinea pig feed, timothy hay, feed dish, water dish, cage hideout, tunnel hideout, and playpen with liner
Care guide (yours to keep)
"I Love Guinea Pigs: Read and Wonder" by Dick King-Smith, illustrated by Anita Jeram (yours to keep)
To reserve your Hatch The Guinea Pig rental, pay online or by phone at 844-310-8782.
Additional Notes
Possible Transportation Fees:
Our Rent The Guinea Pig Package includes FREE DELIVERY to the Greater Pittsburgh Area and within 50 miles of Freeport, PA 16229. If you live further than 50 miles of zip code 16229, you may incur a predetermined transportation fee. For customers outside of our FREE DELIVERY area, please call us at toll-free 844-310-8782 for a delivery quote.
Possible Additional Fees: Due to the increase of feed cost and fuel cost, closer to delivery, there may be a surcharge for these items.


Freeport, Pennsylvania - Homestead Jenn & Phil are the co-founders of Rent The Chicken. It started as a way to earn supplemental income and is now full time employment for both stretching across the United States and Canada. They are blessed to be connected with many hard working individuals that make Rent The Chicken successful. In their spare time, they enjoy motorcycling, camping, and spending time with kitties, Henry (because he's not a hen... he's a Henry!) and Raya. They've been Foster Parents previously and are very connected to their former foster kiddo, Gabriel who owns their hearts. They are very involved with their local church, being on the worship team (Homestead Phil plays the bass guitar), and being involved with the community. Homestead Jenn has a blog about all things on their homestead: Rent The Chicken's Homestead Jenn - Family. Food. Fun!. Homestead Jenn is an Intermittent Faster as of September of 2019 and a runner as of August of 2020 participating in multiple half marathons and other races since - no one is even chasing her! She added triathlon to her list of hobbies finishing her first Ironman 70.3 in 2023 and a 50k trail race in 2025! Homestead Phil enjoys chatting on his HAM Radio talking all over the world without a telephone! Seeing the smiles on their renters faces is what they look forward to when making deliveries.
To reserve your Hatch The Guinea Pig rental, pay online or by phone at 844-310-8782.

What happens to the Guinea Pigs?
Here are a number of scenarios as to what happens to the guinea pigs after our Rent The Guinea Pig program is complete:
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Many of our guinea pigs are adopted from within the program!
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Other guinea pigs are adopted to families outside of the program.
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The girls are raised to be pregnant sows for Hatch The Guinea Pig.
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The boys are raised to be studs for the Hatch The Guinea Pig and Rent The Guinea Pig programs.
We can't confirm what other organizations do with their animals but we know with our whole hearts that all of the guinea pigs involved with our Rent The Guinea Pig and Hatch The Guinea Pig programs 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.
At Rent The Chicken, our mission is to help families and communities reconnect with animals through the experience of hatching poultry, backyard hens, and now guinea pigs. Across our network of homesteads and partner farms, we’re proud to offer Rent The Chicken, Hatch The Chicken, other hatching programs, and now Rent The Guinea Pig, and Hatch The Guinea Pig. Programs that make keeping chickens and guinea pigs fun, educational, and accessible. Each of our team members brings a passion for sustainability, hands-on learning, and sharing the joy that comes from animal husbandry.
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