Welcome to Cackle Hatchery®

We are a 4th generation family owned and operated hatchery offering over 230 varieties of poultry shipped directly from our facility here in Missouri. It’s our mission to enhance your life by providing you with quality poultry for showing, meat, enjoyment, eggs or pets. We specialize in hatching purebred poultry and shipping day old chicks […]

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10 Features Laying Hens Look for in a Perfect Nesting Box

Nest Box

Furnishing the type of environment your laying hens seek when they are ready to lay an egg will ensure they lay in the location of your choice. With proper nest boxes, eggs will be laid where you can easily find them, and where they will remain clean and unbroken. Here are ten features hens look […]

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Weekly Special Female Jubilee Orpingtons

Jubilee Orpington

Weekly Special Female Jubilee Orpingtons –  Sold as Baby Chicks Only

Any other orders other than weekly specials needs to be a separate order. These specials can end at any time and are constantly changing throughout the season.

Minimum of 3.

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When is Chick Season®?

Chick Season baby chicken

Chick season® for most birds is in the spring. Poultry, like other birds, gear up for laying eggs and hatching them as the days start growing longer in spring. Also like other birds, most poultry are seasonal breeders.   The length of the breeding season depends largely on the type of poultry. Chickens and other […]

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Ayam Cemani Hatching Eggs

Ayam Cemani Eggs

Ayam Cemani Hatching Eggs

FREE SHIPPING!

No Pick up orders

Eggs need to be placed on a separate order and not with other birds. The egg orders are manually scheduled and you will receive your notice of your ship date within 24 to 48 hours.

 

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Differences Between Heritage Turkeys and Broad Breasted Turkeys

Differences Between Heritage Turkeys and Broad Breasted Turkeys

In comparison to other poultry species, little is known about how turkeys were originally domesticated. What is known is that wild turkeys are indigenous to the Americas and were kept by Native Americans centuries before the arrival of Europeans. Various tribes ate turkey eggs, as well as enjoying turkey meat, both cooked fresh and dried […]

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