🥚 America's Favorite Backyard Hen - Eggs Starting THIS WEEK
Why wait 5-8 months when you can have 4-5 large brown eggs per week from America's most beloved heritage breed starting immediately?
Barred Plymouth Rock Hens are the classic American backyard chicken - friendly, beautiful, and incredibly productive. Our ready-to-lay adults are already delivering those gorgeous brown eggs. No brooding, no waiting, no guesswork - just reliable egg production from hens with proven laying patterns.
✅ The Ready-to-Lay Advantage:
- Eggs Immediately - These hens are laying NOW, 4-5 large brown eggs weekly
- No Brooding Hassles - Skip the heat lamps, starter feed, and 6 months of chick care
- Proven Layers - Heritage breed with established, reliable laying patterns
- Arizona Desert-Tested - Pasture-raised in Arizona, already acclimated to extreme heat and cold
- Family-Friendly - Calm, curious, great with children and beginners
🌵 Why Barred Rocks Excel in Arizona:
These aren't just any Barred Rocks - they're Arizona-proven survivors. Raised in our desert climate, they handle scorching summers and cool winters while maintaining consistent year-round production.
- Heat Tolerance: Excellent - handles Arizona summers like a champ
- Cold Tolerance: Excellent - thrives through winter nights
- Egg Production: 4-5 large brown eggs per week (200-280 per year)
- Temperament: Friendly, curious, docile - perfect for families
- Dual Purpose: Great layers AND quality meat birds (6-8 lbs)
- Foraging: Excellent - love free-ranging in Arizona yards
💰 The Real Cost Comparison:
Baby Chick Route:
- Chick: $5-8
- 6 months of feed: $15-20
- Heat lamp & brooding supplies: $30-50
- Time investment: 6+ months of daily care
- Total: $50-78 + 6 months wait + mortality risk
Ready-to-Lay Barred Rock Hen:
- Mature, proven layer: $99.99
- Eggs start: THIS WEEK (4-5 per week!)
- Risk: Minimal - heritage breed, established layer
- Total: $99.99 + immediate reliable production
🇺🇸 America's Heritage Breed:
Barred Plymouth Rocks have been America's favorite backyard chicken since the 1800s for good reason. They're reliable, beautiful, and versatile - the perfect all-around homestead bird.
Their distinctive black-and-white barred feathers aren't just stunning - they're practical in Arizona, providing excellent camouflage and heat management. These hens are the definition of "low-maintenance, high-reward."
🏜️ Perfect For:
- First-time chicken keepers - forgiving, easy to manage, friendly
- Families with children - gentle, curious, love human interaction
- Arizona homesteaders - proven desert survivors with year-round production
- Heritage breed enthusiasts - classic American breed with 150+ year history
- Anyone who missed spring chick season but still wants a productive, beautiful flock
📍 Arizona Local Pickup Available
Pick up your new hens stress-free - no shipping anxiety, no mailbox waiting. These girls adapt quickly to new coops and typically resume laying within days of settling in.
🌟 What Makes Our Barred Rocks Special:
Pasture-raised in Arizona means these hens are already eating the diet and living the lifestyle that produces rich, nutritious eggs. They're acclimated to our climate extremes, our vegetation, and our seasonal changes - no adjustment period needed.
Their calm, curious nature makes them perfect for backyard flocks. They'll follow you around the yard, investigate everything, and become genuine pets while still delivering consistent egg production.
💡 Pair with Premium Nutrition:
Check out our Arizona Standard Layer Package or Minimum Arizona Success Package - complete nutrition systems with Mile Four organic corn-free/soy-free feed designed to support these heritage layers in Arizona's climate.
Ready for 4-5 large brown eggs every week from America's favorite heritage breed? Add these beautiful Barred Rock hens to your flock today.
Our commitment ensures that your hen is correctly sexed, with a money-back guarantee if that hen is not. This breed will be 6-10 weeks old when you bring it home, unless the available options state differently. At this age, they're already fully feathered and accustomed to being outside, embracing the adventure of being outside while they eagerly await their new coop. The selected date indicates the week the hens will be ready to come home to their new coop.
We strive to provide a thriving and well cared for chickens to you. We provide Non-GMO feed, yogurt, raw milk, and tested regularly by state and veterinarians for healthy birds. We go the extra miles for your peace of mind!
What do hens grow in their garden?
Egg-plants
Aids for A Healthy Flock
View allFAQs - Juveniles & Adults
Our website is up to date. You may find some hens available to come home now and others may be pre-ordered for a specific month or timeframe. If you need help let us know. We're glad to help!
The timeframes listed are 98% of the time up to date. Juvenile and adult orders are generally pre-ordered. We grow all our juvenile/adult orders from the month and raise all of them at one time. This reduces our costs and in turn your costs for them. If you need a specific timeframe for your birds to ship, reach out to us and we can often arrange that with you.
Our juveniles and adults ship free via express shipping by USPS. The fastest way we can get your birds to you. On average we spend $75-120 per bird to ship to you. We enjoy sharing them with you!
We gladly offer local pick up for your order. We have strict biosecurity measures for both our flocks safety. Once your order has been placed and notified your order is ready to come home, we pre-arrange a pick up time and date with you to come to our pick up drive-thru. Very simple, we have your order boxed and ready to travel home for you. You will not need to bring any boxes, cartons or crates. Local pick up orders are considered sale is final.
No, we do not vaccinate our flock or baby chicks. We constantly monitor this with our poultry vet to ensure our birds are healthy and robust. We are tested yearly for disease as NPIP participants and customers can be confident that they are receiving healthy, happy chicks from our farms.