FAMILIES HELPING FAMILIES
Fresh Eggs & Backyard Chickens in Red Deer, Alberta
RENT THE CHICKEN
Now serving Red Deer and surrounding areas, Homestead Nikki brings the joy of backyard chickens straight to your home. With a portable coop, egg-laying hens, feed, supplies, and full support included, you can enjoy fresh eggs and hands-on fun—without the long-term responsibility of owning chickens.
Red Deer, Alberta
Rent The Chicken Packages
2027 Standard Rental Package
$495
Rentals available: April - September or May - October
40kg of Standard Chicken Feed (optional organic feed available for $100 CDN)
Delivery, setup, and pick-up of the contents
2 Rent The Chicken Egg-Laying Hens
8-14 eggs per week total
1 Standard Chicken Coop on wheels that can be easily moved through your yard
1 Food dish
1 Water dish
Quick guide for taking care of your Rent The Chickens
A copy of "Happy Hens Fresh Eggs" by Signe Langford
2027 Standard Upgrade Rental Package
$595
Rentals available: April - September or May - October
40kg of Standard Chicken Feed (optional organic feed available for $100 CDN)
Delivery, setup, and pick-up of the contents
2 Rent The Chicken Egg-Laying Hens
8-14 eggs per week total
1 Deluxe Chicken Coop on wheels that can be easily moved through your yard - made for four chickens but comes with two!
1 Food dish
1 Water dish
Quick guide for taking care of your Rent The Chickens
A copy of "Happy Hens Fresh Eggs" by Signe Langford
2027 Deluxe Rental Package
$695
Rentals available: April - September or May - October
80kg of Standard Chicken Feed (optional organic feed available for $200 CDN)
Delivery, setup, and pick-up of the contents
4 Rent The Chicken Egg-Laying Hens
16-28 eggs per week total
1 Deluxe Chicken Coop on wheels that can be easily moved through your yard
1 Food dish
1 Water dish
Quick guide for taking care of your Rent The Chickens
A copy of "Happy Hens Fresh Eggs" by Signe Langford
We are sold out in your area for 2026! To join our wait list, click here.
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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.
Possible Transportation Fees
Our Rental Packages include FREE DELIVERY to Red Deer, Alberta. For customers outside of our FREE DELIVERY area, please call us at toll-free at 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 slight surcharge for one or both of these items.
Homestead Nikki proudly provides Rent The Chicken and Hatch The Chicken to families, classrooms, and communities in Calgary, Edmonton, and Red Deer. A fifth-generation farmer and rancher from Central Alberta, Homestead Nikki runs a grain and cattle farm with her husband, Homestead Tyler, while raising their two daughters. Alongside her work on the farm, Homestead Nikki is an agricultural project manager and co-owner of Willow & Wheat, a children’s clothing and accessories brand inspired by rural living. Her passion for agricultural education and her lifelong love of **livestock—especially chickens—**led her to join Rent The Chicken. Nikki and her family are egg-cited to share the joy of chickens, farm-fresh eggs, and hands-on agricultural learning with families and schools across Alberta!
We are sold out in your area for 2026! To join our wait list, click here.
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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Toll Free: 844-310-8782
