Started Pullets


All Live bird orders are pick-up only in East Concord, NY. All live bird pick-ups are by appointment only

Started pullets provide an opportunity to get a jump-start on your new flock or expansions to your current flock! Our pullets are between 8 – 12 weeks of age, fully feathered out, and ready for life in the coop! We will have three main batches of pullets for 2024, which will be ready the first week of May, last week of May, and Mid-June. All flock dates below are listed by pick-up dates, which are Friday – Sunday.

How ordering works: If you see anything below that makes your heart flutter, let us know by phone or email and we’ll reserve those pullets for you. We will schedule a date and time for pick-up at the time of your order placement. All pullet orders require a 25% non-refundable deposit.

We update this page weekly on Sundays during pullet season (April – July) with any additional availability.

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We now offer custom rearing of pullets! If you don’t see a breed you’d like below, let us know and we can special order it in if we can. Please note that some of the rarer breeds may be subject to an additional charge based on chick costs. We have the best success in getting the breeds you want in if these orders are placed by the end of January.

 

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All hatchery stock pullets are vaccinated for Marek’s at day of age, and this will be noted. The vaccine we use has no risk of causing Marek’s in mixed flocks consisting of vaccinated and unvaccinated birds.

Most of our Easter Eggers will be shades of blue/grey and brown/yellow. That said, we do have a wide variety of color patterns and unless otherwise requested, will choose a diversity of feather colors for your order.

AMeraucana Easter Egger

Production: 200 – 280 eggs/year
Egg Color: Shades of blue and green, with the occasional light brown
Egg Size: Medium – Large
Hen Weight: 5.5 pounds
Disposition: Active
Vaccination Status: Vaccinated

Number Available: 
May 3rd – 5th: Sold out
May 24th – 26th: Sold out
July 12th – 14th: Sold out

 

Barred Rocks sport yellow legs and a neat, barred pattern.

BArred rock

Production: 200 – 280 eggs/year
Egg Color:  Brown
Egg Size: Large
Hen Weight: 7.5 pounds
Disposition: Docile, can go broody 
Vaccination Status: Vaccinated

Number Available: 
May 3rd – 5th: Sold out
May 24th – 26th: Sold out
July 12th – 14th: Sold out

 

Chicks of this breed start out as black with yellow splotches. It is not unusual for them to have some white feathers until the molt just before they start to lay. Even then, a white feather or two may sneak in!

Black Australorp

Production: 200 – 280 eggs/year
Egg Color:  Brown
Egg Size: Large
Hen Weight: 5.5 pounds
Disposition: Docile, gentle 
Vaccination Status: Vaccinated 

Number Available: 
May 3rd – 5th: Sold out
May 24th – 26th: Sold out
July 12th – 14th: Sold out 

 

Blue Laced Wyandottes can have slate blue or light grey penciling around the outsides of their feathers. The one pictured sports the slate blue color. Like all Wyandottes, the have a short comb that resists frostbite.

Blue Laced Red Wyandotte

Production: 180 – 260 eggs/year
Egg Color: Light brown
Egg Size: Medium
Hen Weight: 6.5 pounds
Disposition: Docile 
Vaccination Status: Vaccinated

Number Available: 
May 3rd – 5th: Sold out
May 24th – 26th: Sold out
July 12th – 14th: Sold out

 

The traditional Orpington variety. These birds may look sleek as pullets, but will develop into a fluffy pillow of feathers.

BUFF ORPINGTON

Production: 200 – 280 eggs/year
Egg Color: Brown
Egg Size: Medium – Large
Hen Weight: 8 pounds
Disposition: Docile 
Vaccination Status: Vaccinated

Number Available: 
May 3rd – 5th: Sold out
May 24th – 26th: Sold out
July 12th – 14th: Sold out

 

French Black Cooper Marans are lightly feather-footed. Hens sport golden hackles that can range from a few feathers to most feathers. Eggs may be solid chocolate brown or may be chocolate with darker chocolate speckles.

French Black Copper Marans

Production: 200 – 220 eggs/year
Egg Color: Dark Chocolate Brown
Egg Size: Medium – Large
Hen Weight: 6 pounds
Disposition: Docile
Vaccination Status: Unvaccinated

Number Available: 
May 3rd – 5th: Sold out
May 24th – 26th: Sold out
July 12th – 14th: Sold out

 

This variety is stunning with its black lacing around red-gold feathers. Their combs stay close to their heads, reducing the risk of frostbite.

Gold Laced Wyandotte

Production: 180 – 260 eggs/year
Egg Color: Light brown
Egg Size: Medium
Hen Weight: 6.5 pounds
Disposition: Docile 
Vaccination Status: Vaccinated

Number Available: 
May 3rd – 5th: Sold out
May 24th – 26th: Sold out
July 12th – 14th: Sold out

Our line of Lavender Orpingtons are not as smooth feathered as their Buff cousins, but have the plump orpington shape, pure lavender feathers, and slate legs. This photo is of our breeders

lAvender Orpington

Production: 150 – 170 eggs/year
Egg Color: Light brown
Egg Size: Medium
Hen Weight: 7 pounds
Disposition: Docile
Vaccination Status: Unvaccinated

Number Available: 
May 3rd – 5th: Sold out
May 24th – 26th: Sold out
July 12th – 14th: Sold out

 

These friendly, inquisitive, vocal little birds are favorites here at Snowy Brook Farm! They are very small as 8-12 week-old pullets, so we recommend getting two or more so that they can pal around together in a standard flock.

Mille Fleur d’Uccle Bantam

Production: 120 eggs/year
Egg Color: Beige
Egg Size: Peewee – Small
Hen Weight: 22 ounces
Disposition: Docile, friendly, inquisitive
Vaccination Status: Unvaccinated

Number Available: 
May 3rd – 5th: Sold out
May 24th – 26th: Sold out
July 12th – 14th: 1 available

Our Olive Eggers have two color patterns, depending on their mother being a Welsummer or French Black Copper Marans. The Welummer mothers produce offspring with a salmon breast and grey/white stippling (pictured above) and the FBCM mothers produce offspring that will be cuckoo in pattern with a crest (some may have sparse leg feathering). We hatch both together, so you may receive one or the other or both! All of our Olive Green Eggers will have crests.

Olive Green EGGER

Production: 200 – 280 eggs/year
Egg Color: Shades of green, ranging from light moss to olive
Egg Size: Medium – Large
Hen Weight: 5.5 pounds
Disposition: Active, friendly
Vaccination Status: Unvaccinated

Number Available: 
May 3rd – 5th: Sold out
May 24th – 26th: Sold out
July 12th – 14th: Sold out

 

This super friendly egg-laying breed is the same as our favorite Little Red Hen.

Red Star (Production Red)

Production: 250-320 eggs/year
Egg Color:  Brown
Egg Size: Large-Extra Large
Hen Weight: 6.5 pounds
Disposition: Friendly, curious 
Vaccination Status: Vaccinated

Number Available: 
May 3rd – 5th: Sold out
May 24th – 26th: Sold out
July 12th – 14th: 2 available

 

These girls are hardy, productive layers. A classic hen for new flock owners.

Rhode Island Red

Production: 220 – 280 eggs/year
Egg Color: Brown
Egg Size: Large-Extra Large
Hen Weight: 6.5 pounds
Disposition: Docile 
Vaccination Status: Vaccinated

Number Available: 
May 3rd – 5th:  Sold out
May 24th – 26th: Sold out
July 12th – 14th: Sold out

 

This sister of the Wyandotte family is stunning, with a hawk-like appearance when young, developing into a robust, heavy layer with a tight comb that resists frost bite.

Silver LACED WYANDOTTE

Production: 180 – 260 eggs/year
Egg Color: Light brown
Egg Size: Medium
Hen Weight: 6.5 pounds
Disposition: Docile
Vaccination Status: Vaccinated

Number Available: 
May 3rd – 5th: Sold out
May 24th – 26th: Sold out
July 12th – 14th: Sold out

These girls start out as a chestnut brown, but as they age will develop more and more feathers that are tipped with white and green/black.

SpEckled Sussex

Production: 180 – 240 eggs/year
Egg Color:  Light Brown
Egg Size: Large
Hen Weight: 7 pounds
Disposition: Curious, docile, can go broody 
Vaccination Status: Vaccinated

Number Available: 
May 3rd – 5th:  Sold out
May 24th – 26th: Sold out
July 12th – 14th: Sold out

 

Contrary to popular belief, these kiddos are 100% chicken. We have mostly brown and black patterns hatch, but do have an occasional white and a rare blue every once in awhile. Some have pea combs, some have straight combs. Most sport a little "bow tie" on the front of their necks.

Turken

Production: 180 – 240 eggs/year
Egg Color: Light Green with the Occasional Brown
Egg Size: Medium
Hen Weight: 6.5 pounds
Disposition: Docile 
Vaccination Status: Unvaccinated

Number Available: 
May 3rd – 5th: Sold out
May 24th – 26th: Sold out
July 12th – 14th: 3 available

While on the skittish side, these lean white beauties come into lay early, and produce huge white eggs.

White Leghorn

Production: 250-300 eggs/year
Egg Color: White
Egg Size: Large-XL
Hen Weight: 4.5 pounds
Disposition: Flighty/active
Vaccination Status: Vaccinated

Number Available: 
May 3rd – 5th: Sold out
May 24th – 26th: Sold out
July 12th – 14th: Sold out

Welsummers tend to be smaller bodied and a little high strung, but they do mellow and flesh out some with age. Their feathers may be rather drab, but their unique eggs make them a great addition to a flock.

WelsummER

Production: 200 – 280 eggs/year
Egg Color: Terracotta background with chocolate speckling
Egg Size: Medium – Large
Hen Weight: 5.5 pounds
Disposition: Active
Vaccination Status: May 3rd – 5th flock is vaccinated. May 24th – 26th flock is not vaccinated.

Number Available: 
May 3rd – 5th: Sold out
May 24th – 26th: Sold out
July 12th – 14th: Sold out

Check back with us to see upcoming availability! We will update this page daily.

Our started pullet flocks are grown out from either our own flocks or from hatchery stock. The hatcheries we purchase from as well as our farm are NPIP certified. This certification means that the breeder flocks meet strict biosecurity standards and are free of Salmonella Pullorum. 

At this age, we are feeding a locally milled medicated chick starter/grower mash.

PRICING

$25/each for pullets with the exception of  French Black Copper Marans ($35), Lavender Orpingtons ($35), Olive Green Eggers ($35), and Welsummers ($35)
$10/each for cockerels (limited breed availability – inquire to learn more)

Interested in pre-ordering or purchasing? Contact us using our online form or call/text us at (570)-955-6809