Rhode Island Reds

Single-Comb Large Fowl

*** 2025 Shipping Notice: We are not shipping out-of-state in 2025. We will have chicks and hatching eggs available for pick up on our farm in Western Montana, or we can ship them anywhere within the state of Montana. Thank you. ***

Prices
- Chicks - $ 5.00 ea., Straight Run (Unsexed) - NOTE: Due to the high demand for chickens, we are currently fairly sold out of chicks, but we are keeping a waiting list to notify customers when we have chicks available. If you would like to get on the waiting list, please contact us.  Quantity discount of $ 4.75 ea. for 25-99 chicks, and $ 4.50 ea. for 100+ chicks.
Prices do not include shipping. Please contact us and provide your zip code to get a shipping quote.
Minimum Chick Order:  If you are picking up the chicks, there is no minimum order. If you need the chicks shipped, our minimum order is 25 chicks for shipments scheduled before April 15, and 15 chicks for shipments scheduled for April 15 or later. There may be a small additional fee to include shipping warmers with the chicks in colder weather or with small orders.
Shipping Chicks in 2025:  We are only shipping within the state of Montana in 2025. The USPS is the only carrier that will ship chicks. If you are in a nearby town in Montana, we can ship USPS Priority Mail; however, for most orders, we only ship via insured USPS Priority Mail Express for the safety of the chicks. Please contact us and provide your zip code to get an exact shipping quote.

- Hatching Eggs: *** Limited Availability due to high demand. *** No minimum order. Premium hatching eggs are selected and candled to ensure shell and interior quality. Eggs are shipped in foam egg shippers with well-labeled boxes.
- $ 3.00 per egg, $ 36.00 for 1 dozen, or $ 60.00 for 2 dozen.  Price does not include shipping, which generally runs $ 15-$ 25 per box (please contact us with your zip code to get a USPS Priority Mail shipping quote).
Farm Pick Up Discount for Eggs - $ 2.00 per egg, $ 24.00 for 1 dozen, or $ 40.00 for 2 dozen.
Please read our hatching egg sales policy Here (bottom of the page) before ordering hatching eggs. We do not guarantee hatching eggs in any way.

- Pullets, Hens, Cockerels, & Roosters - We often have a limited number of started and adult birds available in the summer and fall, but we do not routinely keep a waiting list for these due to the tentativeness of the timing of availability. You are welcome to contact us to check what we have available. When available, started or adult birds must be picked up on our farm. We do not ship them.

- Please read our Poultry Sales Policy before ordering chicks or hatching eggs.

About Rhode Island Reds
Rhode Island Reds are an old dual-purpose homestead standby known for their excellent production of large brown eggs. This is a hardy, vital, prolific-laying strain that reaches the true heritage Rhode Island Red size. Great start for a sustainable homestead chicken flock for egg and meat production.

Our Rhode Island Red hens lay approximately 250 large eggs a year. Egg color may be dark pink, medium brown, or dark brown and sometimes speckled. Young roosters from our flock dress out at around 5 lbs. at five to six months old. Our birds are vigorous and are excellent foragers. They are well-adapted, intelligent chickens.

Hens are very broody and make exceptional mothers. Rhodie hens are extremely friendly and make good pets, too. We breed Rhodies for good temperament and do not retain aggressive cocks.

Please see the price list above. Please contact us if you are interested in chicks or hatching eggs. Sometimes we have a limited number of adults and adolescents available as well. They will be posted on this page when they become available.

To Those Asking About Our Strain's History
This strain is reminiscent of the heritage Rhode Island Reds you'll see in old homesteading photos. The photos of our adult breeding birds on this page are good representations of what selected stock from this strain looks like.

Our Rhode Island Red strain is the result of a cross between a beautiful Standard-bred exhibition-quality Lloyd Flanagan strain of Rhode Island Reds and a purebred production strain of heritage Rhode Island Reds. We made the cross in order to develop a strain that lived up to the Rhode Island Red's reputation as an excellent dual-purpose homestead chicken, because we felt that most of the modern exhibition strains, though very correct in type, color, and size, do not achieve the egg production of heritage Rhodies from bygone days.

The resulting descendants of that cross are exactly what we're looking for in a Rhode Island Red as far as production and homestead qualities go. They are extremely vigorous and hardy, excellent layers, and a good size for a meat bird as well. Fertility and hatchability are exceptional. They readily go broody and make great mothers. Many individuals have nice type and color, though we continue to work to improve these areas, as we would like to see more consistency. We do not recommend them for APA exhibition at this time due to this, though some individuals may compete well. They will compete fine in 4-H or FFA shows where presentation is important, as they are confident, friendly chickens.

Our long-term goal is to develop a strain of exhibition-quality Rhodies that sacrifice nothing in practical production qualities. In pursuit of that, we select for:
~ Vigor and hardiness;
~ Medium-framed, long-bodied, well-fleshed birds with correct breed characteristics;
~ High egg production and laying longevity;
~ Egg size (large to extra-large);
~ Shell strength and egg quality.

If you have any further questions, please feel free to contact us.

Further Reading About Rhode Island Reds
~ The Livestock Conservancy: Rhode Island Red--Non-Industrial Chicken
~ Oklahoma State University Department of Animal Science: Poultry Breeds, Rhode Island Red
~ Rhode Island Red Club of America

2020 Breeding Flock, Cockerel and Pullets. Photo by Joshua Krebs. Do not use without permission.