Build your flock on your terms! Eggs are priced per egg so you can pick and choose how many of each breed you need to complete your basket full of color.
Breed: Blue/Black/Splash Orpington
APA: Recognized varieties – Black, Buff and White.
Egg Color: Light Brown
Egg Production: 3/week
Breed Facts: Known as gentle, sweet, durable birds they are one of the best choices for first time chicken owners. The blue plumage is a deep blue. Splash is a light body color with black and blue speckles throughout.
Blue chickens do not breed true and our pairing produces approximately 25% black chicks, 50% blue chicks and 25% splash chicks. We sell these as a black/blue/splash mix lot.
We feed our animals only the best chemical free certified organic feed.
Blue/Black/Splash Orpington Hatching Eggs
Shipping on Hatching Eggs
We ship hatching eggs Monday through Wednesday, depending on when the hens lay and the weather. We strive to ship within 24 hours of the egg being laid. Eggs that are older than 48 hours go in the incubator, to the farmers market or the food bank. We don’t have the ability to store and keep eggs.
Hatching Eggs are shipped via UPS unless directed otherwise. The option is available for expedited at an additional charge. UPS does not have x-ray equipment so there is no possibility your eggs will be exposed during transit.
It is highly advised that west coast customers take the optional upgrade to UPS 2-Day Shipping, especially during the high heat summer months.
They have arrived!
Once your eggs arrive let them “rest” inside in a carton with the pointy end down largest end up. Do not put cold eggs into an incubator they will crack.Eggs ship from Alabama, where it is extremely humid, eggs are collected throughout the day and transfered to a climate controlled room (with 40% relative humidity) where they are either packed and shipped or set to hatch. Even with this limited time before leaving it is possible your eggs will have a smaller air cell than eggs produced in more arid climates. You should adjust your incubating settings accordingly for your method of incubation. We utilize the dry hatching method.