Baby Chicks For Sale
2025 Spring Pre-Orders are Here!
Chick & Hatching Egg Orders Currently placed online will be shipping out in Spring of 2025. Orders start to ship out in January-March dependent on weather conditions and when your order was placed in the line of Spring Pre-Orders.
From March till May orders have a shipping minimum of 8 chicks to ensure that chicks stay warm enough during transit. During the warmer months from June-August we drop the minimum to 4 chicks. For Local Pickup the minimum is 2 chicks per order.
Please add in the Note Section of your order when you would prefer to have your order shipped if there is a preference. Please reach out to us before placing your order to see estimated wait times if you are wanting chicks as soon as possible as orders are filled in the order of which they were placed with wait times ranging from 3-9 months. We DO NOT guarantee your ship week. We are not able to bump your order up on the waitlist and skip other orders. Please reach out to us shortly after placing your order if there are any dates that you will NOT be available to accept your order in case a delay is needed. If you do not leave notes or let us know of any dates you are not available on we will assume any shipping week is available for them to ship out on. We set eggs specifically for for pre orders. We do NOT have chicks readily available to ship out daily.
Mockingbird Homestead has an official policy that we DO NOT issue refunds or cancellations on orders placed unless we are unable to complete an order within the selected 2025 shipping year. You agree to these terms and conditions at checkout when placing an order through us. Be prepared for a wait of anywhere between 3-10 months from your ordering date. We are dealing with live animals.
You are notified via a tracking email of your chicks shipping 1-3 days before they ship out. Chicks are then sent the day of hatch. Chicks are packed with Gro-gel and 90 hour heat packs to ensure they stay hydrated and warm during their trip and in case of any delays. Chicks are sent Express only through USPS and typically take 1-2 days to arrive. Once chicks arrive to your local post office you will be receiving a call via the phone number you provide with your order to come pickup your chicks. It is your responsibility to keep track of your live animal tracking and shipping.
Shipping is a flat rate of $65 per box. This includes the cost of shipment, shipping box, Gro-gel and heat packs for the chicks. 1 box holds up to 25 chicks. Any order over 25 chicks will require a second shipping box.
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