Fertile Hatching Eggs

We provide fertile eggs for people to hatch at home, either under a broody hen or in an incubator. Eggs are available all year round, although the best fertility rates occur between February and October. Hatching eggs at home is a fantastic experience and lots of people and Schools buy their fertile eggs from us. Ideally you will come and collect the eggs from us here in Essex, but we do post eggs all around the Country - and as far afield as USA, Portugal, France etc. Although we carefully wrap the eggs, we cannot be held responsible (or send replacements) for those that are damaged n the post (though our experience is that most eggs do arrive safely).

A note about broody hens…
Hens will often go 'broody' around Spring/Summer. This is when they feel the strong desire to hatch eggs and produce chicks. Some breeds go broody more than others and you can often encourage hens to go broody by placing 6-8 golf balls in a straw nest for a week. A broody hen will sit tight in the nest box and stick its feathers up like an angry cat if you try to move it. You should separate a broody hen to hatch away from other hens, a rabbit hutch works well.

Eggs for Sale: Please note all eggs subject to availability
Delivery up to 50 miles radius of SS3 Postcode available at 75p per mile available, plus any congestion or toll charge.

Pekin Duck eggs £1.20 each (£7.20 for x 6)
From day-old ducklings these are ready for the table in 10/12 weeks or kept longer for larger weights. Alternatively the girls (ducks) can be kept for their eggs, laying 200+ very large eggs per year.

White or Black Silkies (small breed) £2.00 each (£12.00 for x 6)
Everyone loves Silkies, especially children - fluffy with big hairdo's they are great mums. People often have at least one Silkie to hatch eggs as they go broody a lot! Not great as egg-layers, they lay a small egg and only around 150 eggs a year.

Polish (small breed) £1.75 each (£10.50 for x 6)
The Polish is a European bred hen known for its unique 'crest' of thick feathers covering the head. Normally easy to tame hens, who become very friendly. Now bred more as a show bird, they were originally bred as fine regular egg-layers.

Black Araucana £2.00 each (£12.00 for x 6)
They are black all over and when the light hits them their feathers show purple in the sunlight. As all the Araucana breeds, that lay blue/green eggs, these birds lay the most beautiful olive green egg.

Leghorns - Lavender or Exchequer varieties £1.35 each (£8.10 for x 6)
White Leghorns are a long established breed. At one time most eggs bought were white eggs from Leghorns. These are unusual as they have stunning colouring.

Blue Eggs £1.00 each (£6.00 for x 6)
From an original flock of Cotswold Legbars, we have taken the best looking blue and green eggs to hatch over a number of generations. Now a very mixed parentage, but more often than not we find the coloured-egg gene passes to the offspring. The resulting hens/cockerels are very attractive and all different.

Mixed Eggs 90p each (£5.40 for x 6)
We keep a large number of hens with various cockerels such as Brahmas, Light Sussex etc. The eggs which are laid are very attractive, from light cream, to very dark brown and speckled. We select an assortment of attractive eggs for the mixed packages. Again the resulting hens/cockerels are often unique as they are stunning in appearance. Schools often choose the mixed eggs.

UK Postage and Packing Rates: (All eggs sent first class recorded)
Up to 6 Eggs £6.95 6 to 12 Eggs £9.95 12 to 18 Eggs £15.75

Europe Postage and Packing Rates:
Up to 6 Eggs £9.50 6 to 12 Eggs £16.75 12 to 18 Eggs £23.75

Worldwide Postage and Packing Rates - please enquire

If you are local, we will always take back any unwanted cockerels