Delaware Chicken Hatching Eggs for Sale - Big jumbo in the middle, to the right the first egg a chicken (pullet) lays, then after awhile they start laying the nice large to x-large eggs to the left. We are now offering hatching eggs from our unrelated lines of heritage rare Delaware chickens - Pick up from farm is available now - or we will ship USPS Priority mail. NPIP certified
Delaware hen on a sunny fall day-
The sheep and chickens get along very well...
We are interested in preserving a heirloom American breed of chicken, plus one that is a good dual purpose bird.
Delaware Chickens were developed in 1940 from select New Hampshire and Rhode Island Red varieties. They are very good egg layers - and a fast growing meat bird as well.
We accept US postal money orders and Pay-Pal. Contact us at 503-537-9210 or Annie@Dolcefarm.com for more information.
HATCHING EGGS - We are NPIP certified
Our hatching eggs are weighed individually, only size large or larger eggs are mailed out for hatching. Our roosters are chosen for fastest maturing, conformation and size. We do not wash hatching or refrigerate hatching eggs, which removes the protective bloom from the eggs. Eggs are gathered several times a day - only fresh, clean eggs are sent. As we do everything to insure quality hatching eggs on our end, once eggs are sent out we cannot guarantee hatch rates. We label shipping boxes well - but if the post office shakes the box or lets it sit outside in heat or cold, that could decrease the hatch rate.
We ship eggs out USPS Priority mail on Monday, Tuesday or Wednesday depending on distance -$32 doz- includes priority shipping USPS and delivery confirmation. Eggs may be picked up here at the farm for hatching, contact us for price.
Looking for goodies outside
EGGS FOR CULINARY USES
We have begun to use a locally milled soy and corn free feed. Our former feed was shipped in from the midwest. Trying to reduce our carbon footprint is very important to us - the grains that our chickens are eating are almost all locally grown. Soy is also considered by some to be a hormone disrupter and increases the number of eggs that chickens lay - even organically grown soy. Corn (also organically grown) uses vast amounts of a disappearing resource - well water. The aquifer in the midwest is being used up by irrigation. Most of the other grains are more easily dry farmed. Almost all of the corn and soy in this country is genetically engineered (GMO).
Our natually fed chickens are truly free range and have access to several acres of pasture. They eat vast quantities of grass and weeds which increases the amount of Vitamin D and Omega 3s in their eggs. According to Mother Earth News, pastured eggs tested at a Portland, Oregon lab contained the following-
• 1/3 less cholesterol • 1/4 less saturated fat • 2/3 more vitamin A • 2 times more omega-3 fatty acids • 3 times more vitamin E • 7 times more beta carotene
Since we do not cage our chickens on pasture, they are very happy and free to choose the choicest grasses and weeds, even during the hot summer months. They also are able to enjoy dust baths if they so choose, which contributes to their overall well being. And they relish sun bathing - either on a warm, wooden step of the chicken coop or on straw in the barn.
Our hens are not given antibiotics or hormones, give eggs so full of flavor that you cannot compare them to a store bought egg.
Pastured/Free range - Soy and Corn free eggs for sale
Delaware Chicken Hatching Eggs for Sale - Big jumbo in the middle, to the right the first egg a chicken (pullet) lays, then after awhile they start laying the nice large to x-large eggs to the left. We are now offering hatching eggs from our unrelated lines of heritage rare Delaware chickens - Pick up from farm is available now - or we will ship USPS Priority mail. NPIP certified
Delaware hen on a sunny fall day-
The sheep and chickens get along very well...
Looking for goodies outside
Handsome boy... 
Young Delaware Cockerel
Rooster and hen out and about