Hawthorn Hill Poultry

More about availability and pricing...

My number one objective is to continually breed better birds that come as close to meeting breed standards as possible.  I hatch and raise the number of chicks I feel I will need to replenish my own flocks and keep the overall quality moving forward.  I enjoy sharing birds with others when I am able to, but this is not the case every year, or with each of my breeds.

• The first young birds available in late spring will be healthy pullets, but they might have colour faults or fall short of my expectations for breeding, so are considered layer-quality.  Ave price: $40 for Large Breeds, $20 for Bantams. 
  * Show quality pullets will start to become available later in the summer and fall.  These young adults have no apparent physical faults or disqualifying features. Show/Breeding Quality Large fowl breeds start at $50 each, Bantams start at $40.

• I am very selective when it comes to selling cockerels, and I don't always have extras available. Breeding quality cockerels average $75 each.  

• All birds will be healthy and sound when they leave my farm, however I am not able to provide additional guarantees past that.  I place a high priority on achieving a balance of correct phenotype, along with vigor, good temperament and productivity, but cannot make guarantees on these or other traits that are not outwardly apparent such as fertility, behavior or life span.   

• I do not accept deposits or payment in advance.  As birds become available I will contact everyone who has asked to be on a waitlist via email. The birds will then be offered to those who are first to respond.  I am able to hold individual birds for up to two weeks while pick up is being arranged.  Unfortunately space is at a premium, so I'm not able to hold birds longer than that.  If pick-up can't be arranged, the birds will be offered for sale again. 
  
  *Please keep in mind there are no perfect birds.  The ones I sell for breeding are guaranteed free of DQs (faults that would disqualify them in an APA sanctioned show) and are meant to be a starting point for beginning a new flock or adding to an existing one.  There will always be a need for continuous selection and careful breeding choices to maintain a quality flock.

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