At Halbert Farm we offer 4 varieties of chickens and one heritage breed of Turkey. I've put together this price list of each breed and price for age and sex. Pullets are young female chickens and Cockerels and young male chickens. I wrote a brief summary on each of the breeds and why I choose them but if you want to skip straight to the prices you can do that too.
Our Salmon Faverolles are exhibition stock and are more expensive than your average chicken. I fell in love with the breed 7 years ago when I got my first hatchery chicks.I really wanted to show them and help preserve the breed. Two years ago I found a mentor and he said I had to sell my whole hatchery flock if I was serious about showing. Then I purchased four separate exhibition bloodlines from Ohio, Rhode Island, and Texas. We started showing and have been doing really great! My Salmon Faverolles will lay large eggs but are also larger than your typical hatchery stock so they will also consume more feed. I do sell straight run chicks at a normal price since you can't tell how they will grow out from just a few days old. If I do have some backyard quality birds they are also affordable so don't hesitate to ask.
The Bielefelders and Egyptian Fayoumis come from McMurray Hatchery and are not recognized by the APA. I have seen them entered in show but the highest you can win with a non-recognized breed is "best of breed". If you are bringing a breed that is not recognized normally you will be the only one so you would get best of breed by default since you are not competing against anyone. I added them to my flock to offer customers a variety for their backyard flocks and looked for breeds that would complement the Faverolles. The Bielefelders are so friendly and lay a huge brown egg. The Egyptians are fun, they are active and a little crazy. They lay a smaller white egg. I choose them for their heat tolerance since we are in Texas.
The Silkies I started hatching for a school's FFA program and I continue to do so each year. Silkies are the most docile of chicken breeds and they have really grown on me. At first I did not like them at all. Everyone seems to love them and they seem to do well in the heat. You do need to be careful of hawks though. I have lost several letting them out to forage and then turn my back and they are gone without a trace!
The Red Bourbon Turkeys have been a very interesting project. The poults as the babies are called are just the cutest things I have ever seen. Then when they grow up they all seem to have their own personalities, we have one we nicknamed Monica who thinks she is Josh's girlfriend and will run after him and even jump in the UTV to be with him!
Salmon Faverolles
From our Champion bloodlines that have been competing throughout Texas the past 2 years. They are a docile and sweet bird.
Hatching Eggs
$40 for 1/2 dozen (should include 8 eggs)
$80 for 1 dozen if available
Straight Run Chicks
$8 for 1 day - 3 weeks old
Pullets / Hens
$10 for backyard flock, could have defects like a crooked beak, any age
$20 for pullets 3 weeks - 3 months, with no disqualifying features
$30 for pullets 3 months - 6 months, with no disqualifying features
Pullets over 6 months for exhibition will range from $40 - $100 depending on bloodline and quality.
Pullets over 6 months for backyard flocks are $30
Cockerels / Roosters
$5 for backyard flock, could have defects like a crooked beak, any age
$10 for cockerels 3 weeks - 3 months, with no disqualifing features
$20 for cockerels 3 months - 6 months, with no disqualifying features
Cockerels over 6 months for exhibition will range from $40 - $100 depending on bloodline and quality.
Cockerels over 6 months for backyard flocks are $20
Bielefelders
These are an auto sexing breed so we know if they are a boy or girl as soon as they hatch. Very docile, large brown eggs.
Pullets / Hens
$10 for female chicks, 1 day to 3 months old
$15 for pullets 3 - 6 month old
$20 for over 6 months old
Cockerels / Roosters
$8 for male chicks, 1 day to 3 months old
$10 for cockerels, 3-6 months old
$15 for over 6 months old
Egyptian Fayoumis
An ancient breed, they are heat tolerant and more like a game bird which helps them be predator resistant.
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Straight Run Chicks
$8 for 1 day - 1 month old
$10 for 1 month - 4 months old
Pullets / Hens
$20 over 4 months old
Cockerels / Roosters
$15 for over 4 months old
Bearded Silkies
We offer blue, black, and splash colored silkies. They are exhibition stock but I do not show them so cannot judge them for their quality.
Straight Run Chicks
$10 for 1 day - 1 month old
$20 for 1 month - 6 month old
Pullets / Hens
$30 for over 6 months old
Cockerels / Roosters
$20 for over 6 months old
Red Bourbon Turkeys
Our heritage breed turkey hatch from March - May.
Poults
$12 for 1 day to 3 months old
$15 for 3 - 6 month old
$20 for over 6 months old