Are you concerned that when you buy chicks some might turn out to be roosters? Very disappointing, and in most cases the seller is not going to help you with your problem. You can buy from us with confidence because we breed several different breeds that are easily sexable as chicks, and I will stand behind that by replacing (if I have a suitable replacement pullet) or refunding your money.
We can do this because we use the genetics of chick down color to show the sex of each chick as it hatches. With the autosexing breeds, the difference is substantial, making them sexable as soon as they are hatched.
There are details about each breed we raise in the links on the left. This is a current list of what is available.
| Breed | Eggs | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Cream Legbar | Blue | Our most popular breed for backyard chickens |
| Welbar (autosexing Welsummer) | Dark Brown | Very rare autosexing dark egg layer, created by adding the gene for sexlinked barring to normal Welsummers |
| Olive Egger | Dark Green | Autosexing cross of the above 2 breeds |
(males of all these may be available - inquire if interested)
| Breed | Eggs | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Black Copper Maran | Dark Brown | Lay very dark eggs |
| Black Ameraucana | Blue | Most are split for Lavender and silkied |
| Lavender Ameraucana | Blue | All are split for silkied |
| Silkied Lavender Ameraucana | Blue | These are more delicate than the non-silkied |
| Bantam Lavender Cochin | Light Brown | |
| Bantam Black Cochin | Light Brown | These are split for lavender |
| Bantam Black Frizzle Cochin | Light Brown | split for lavender, breed these with the non-frizle |
| Bantam Lavender Frizzle Cochin | Light Brown | split for lavender, breed these with the non-frizle |
| Bantam Lavender Ameraucana | Blue | Special order, not hatching regularly |
| Breda Fowl | White | Very rare, kept mostly for breed preservation |
| Welsh Harlequin Duck | White | Selling probable females, accuracy is about 90% based on bill color |
| Australian Spotted Duck (bantam) | Blue-green or White | Similar to Call ducks, but easier to keep |
| Golden Buff Cascade ducks | White | Excellent layers. Created by Dave Holderread, maintained by Sand Hill Preservation Center |
| White Campbell ducks | White | Similar to Khaki Campbells in laying prowess, but not as nervous. Maintained by Sand Hill Preservation Center |
| Genetic Hackle (Fly Tie chickens) | Light Brown | Very hard to find, used to tie dry flies |
| Breed | Eggs | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Blue Copper Maran | Dark Brown | Lay very dark eggs |
| Lavender Maran | Dark Brown | Lay very dark eggs |
| Black Mottled Ameraucana | Blue | Eggs are good color but they seem more nervous than the blacks and lavenders |
| Opal (Isabel Cream Legbar) | Blue | Very new and rare, Legbars with the lavender gene. |
| Mini Appleyard Duck (bantam) | sBlue-green or White | Similar to Call ducks, but easier to keep. These are not a bantam version of a Silver Appleyard, their coloration is more like a bantam Abicott Ranger |