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We are now accepting reservations for all of 2026!

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Fresh Eggs & Backyard Chickens in Long Island

RENT THE CHICKEN

Bring the charm of the countryside to your Long Island backyard with Rent The Chicken! Whether you're in the suburbs or along the shore, Homestead Ida & Farmer Joe make it easy to enjoy fresh eggs daily—no farming experience required. We deliver hens, a secure coop, feed, and ongoing support right to your door.

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Long Island

Rent The Chicken Packages

2026 Long Island Rental Package

$1195

  • Rentals available: June through August

  • 100 pounds of Chicken Feed (optional organic feed available for $90 more)

  • Delivery, setup, and pick-up of the contents

  • 4 Rent The Chicken Egg-Laying Hens

  • 16-28 eggs per week

  • 1 Deluxe Chicken Coop that can be easily moved

  • 1 Food dish

  • 1 Water dish

  • Quick guide for taking care of your Rent The Chickens

  • A copy of "Fresh Eggs Daily" by Lisa Steele

Reserve your Rent The Chicken Package now!  We are now accepting $100 non-refundable deposits ohttps://www.rentthechicken.com/product-page/long-island-rent-the-chicken-depositnline or by phone at 844-310-8782.

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Love The Discount?

We will credit $50 off of your Rent The Chicken or adoption for every friend referred who Rents The Chicken. Credits can never be refunded as cash and can never be used for more than one Rental Season at a time.

Additional Notes
Our Rental Packages include DELIVERY to Long Island. Rentals to Long Island are being delivered from New Jersey and Connecticut. Rentals will be grouped then delivered and picked up together. If an early pick-up is needed or an alternate delivery is requested, a predetermined fee will be charged. This helps us combined our trips. Due to the distance, if a rental chicken is not healthy or worse during the rental, they can meet with a replacement chicken at a Connecticut port or at the Farm Stand in Wallingford, CT without a transportation fee. If you prefer for them to bring a replacement chicken, a transportation fee will be determined if schedule permits. For an early pickup requiring a dedicated trip, an additional fee will be assesssed.

Pine Shavings
We provide enough nesting materials to start the rental. Nesting materials can be pine shavings, grass clippings, and more. It's a personal choice as many of our renters compost so they want to decide what is going into their compost. Rentals provided from Connecticut offer pine shavings as nesting materials and want to avoid trying to finding them throughout the rental period, a bag of pine shavings can be purchased with the rental for $12.


Possible additional fees: Ferry fees may be added in addition to the rental fee. 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.

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Homestead Ida & Farmer Joe with their family serve from the heart of Connecticut with Rent The Chicken and Hatch The Chicken throughout Connecticut, Westchester CountyManhattan, and Long Island, New York. Farmer Joe and Homestead Ida dedicated fourth-generation farmers who have brought farm-fresh goodness to tables for decades from their farm stand, Farmer Joe's Gardens. They're not just about growing food but want to encourage nurturing a lifestyle—a yard-to-table experience that embodies health, flavor, and community spirit. They've even taken their farm to the national level—in 2016, they were awarded the National Outstanding Young Farmers of the Year! And now, they are so excited to be part of Rent The Chicken and Hatch The Chicken! What an eggs-traordinary journey they have been on!

Reserve your Rent The Chicken Package now!  We are now accepting $100 non-refundable deposits ohttps://www.rentthechicken.com/product-page/long-island-rent-the-chicken-depositnline or by phone at 844-310-8782.

At Rent The Chicken, our mission is to help families and communities reconnect with their food through the experience of backyard chickens. Across our network of homesteads and partner farms, we’re proud to offer Rent The Chicken and Hatch The Chicken programs that make keeping chickens fun, educational, and accessible. Each of our team members brings a passion for sustainability, hands-on learning, and sharing the joy that comes from fresh eggs and happy hens.

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Contact Us

Toll Free: 844-310-8782

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Rent The Chicken's sister company is The Chicken Network! 

You can find Amish built chicken play set items:
- Chicken Swing Sets
- Chicken Monkey Bars
- Chicken Teeter Totters
& our own Amish Built ChickNic Table 

Visit TheChickenNetwork.com now!

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