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Chickens & Turkeys

We import only the highest quality Hatching Eggs from the USA, Canada and Europe. Our suppliers maintain good genetic strains in their parent flocks, and are constantly researching ways to improve the baby chicks we sell to you.

Broilers are sold primarily on an order basis - due to their 21 day incubation period, combined with a week for purchasing and shipping the eggs to Barbados, we require at least 4 weeks to fulfil your orders.

Layers have similar 21 day incubation cycles, however smaller demand dictates that we hatch on pre-arranged dates throughout the year. This allows us to combine orders into one hatch date (confirmed when your order is placed), making shipping of eggs more economical and thereby keeping the price as low as possible.

Turkeys have a longer incubation period (28 days), and supply of these eggs is often scarce. Minimum quantity special orders may be filled at any time of the year with certain restrictions; however as a general practise we have turkey hatches in June, July and August to meet Christmas demand. No minimum quantities are in place for these scheduled hatches.

For all of the above we sometimes have surplus birds that are kept in our brooding pen, allowing us to fill small orders; contact us and we can try to fill your needs.




Additional Services

Debeaking
Day-old Layers and Turkeys are debeaked as standard practise; Broilers can be debeaked for an additional charge of $0.01 / chick.

Sex Separation
Broilers can be separated into cocks & hens on request, by primary wing feather differentiation, for an additional charge of $0.02 / chick. Brown layers are colour sexed in the Hatchery with only hens being sold to customers. Please note: Some broiler varieties are NOT feather sexable and we cannot always guarantee the availability of this service.

Export
Orders for export outside of Barbados are subject to airfreight charges as well as a strict prepayment policy. Please contact us directly for pricing including freight, we are happy to prepare Proforma documents for your requests. Barbados is a major hub to the Eastern Caribbean, and we have access to several airlines that are equipped to handle live animal freight. We can also ship equipment and bulky supplies more economically via ocean freight.