Hatching Eggs

2025 Spring Pre-Orders are Here! 
Chick & Hatching Egg Orders Currently placed online will be shipping out in Spring of 2025. 

Pre-orders open in November, with shipping beginning in January and continuing through September. The exact timing depends on the breed, the quantity ordered, your place in line of other pre orders, and weather conditions. Delays may occur due to severe weather or natural laying patterns, as we do not use supplemental lighting and prioritize a natural approach for our hens. Because we are working with live animals, we ask for your patience and understanding throughout the process.

This is a pre-order, meaning eggs do not ship immediately after your purchase. If your question is already answered on this page, I will not respond to your email. Excessive inquiries slow down order processing and impact fulfillment for all customers. This is a one woman show. If you have read through this page and still need assistance, feel free to reach out, but please understand that we are a working farm with a high volume of messages, and response times may vary. 

Thank you for your support and for choosing to order from Mockingbird Homestead. 

Hatching Egg orders are scheduled on a first come first serve basis. All hatching eggs have fertility tested with weekly chick hatches to ensure that there are no issues with fertility prior to shipping your eggs out. We ship our eggs double boxed in our customized Foam shippers to minimize poor handling. Please include your preferred ship date in the notes section of your order. If you leave the notes section blank eggs will be shipped out once the order is available and filled. Eggs and chick orders ship out Monday-Wednesdays. If we are not able to ship out your order for the date you desired we will ship them out as soon as the next available shipment is possible. We DO NOT guarantee shipping dates however we try our best to accommodate them. Once shipped, the eggs typically arrive in 1-4 business days via USPS priority mail or UPS 3 Day. USPS Express orders arrive in 1-2 days. UPS 1-2 Day Air arrive in 1-2 days. Due to issues with USPS delays and missing packages in 2025 all past and future orders will be shipped via UPS. USPS will NOT honor any delays or missing packages on hatching eggs shipped via priority mail. USPS Express packages are arriving late as well and USPS will honor partial cost refunds however they will deny hatching egg claims. 






There are no guarantees on hatching eggs. Please buy only if you are willing to risk that they may not hatch. Your eggs can be rendered infertile due to x-rays, be damaged during shipping or transport, or be subject to temperature extremes. These are issues beyond our control and are an inherent risk of mailed hatching eggs. We collect and ship out only the freshest eggs that are no more than 1-3 days old at time of shipping. Once they leave our hands and are in possession of USPS or UPS we cannot guarantee anything. Per our policy we DO NOT issue refunds or cancelations on orders placed. If we are not able to fulfil the order within the shipping year we will refund you only under those circumstances. Our Spring Pre Orders open up in November each year. We do not start shipping hatching eggs or chicks in November. This is a Pre Order. Please be prepared for a wait of anywhere from 3-8 months from the date of placing your pre-order. You agree to these terms and conditions at checkout when placing an order through us.


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