Welcome to Chisel’d Creek Farm’s Hatchery
Dear Customers
We have moved!
This winter we moved our family and our farm. We are slowly getting back into the swing of farm life with some big changes for 2024. Please note that all poultry orders are suspended until further notice as we get our birds settled. Thank you for your patience as we plan next steps for the hatchery, tree services, and wood furniture production!
If you’ve called or emailed, we apologize for any delay you may experience with a response. We will reply as soon as possible. Please note that winter hours are currently in place until late March.
Thank you!
The Chisel’d Creek Farm Team
We specialize in several chicken breeds on our family farm, and sell eggs and birds to our neighbors all over Maine.
Please note we only sell and deliver/ship within Maine.
** No out of state sales at this time. **
Please call 207.468.0246 or email hatchery@chiseldcreekfarm.com to place your order.
Read about our breeds below and on the About Us page.
All orders are automatically scheduled for you to pickup at our local post office (see FAQ page) unless otherwise specified.
No farm visits at this time.
We’ll work to schedule a pickup/delivery date that’s best for you.
Delivery
Read more about the towns we service, and delivery charges on our FAQ page.
Two chicken minimum orders. See more details on our FAQ page.
Business Hours
Monday
Closed
Tuesday – Thursday
12:00pm – 06:00pm
Friday
Closed
Saturday
12:00pm – 03:00pm
Sunday
Closed
Meet our chicken breeds
Cream Legbar –
Coming 2024!
Cream Legbars are known as the peacekeepers on our farm because they get along so well with other breeds and are the quietest hens we raise.
We fell in love with this breed entirely by accident and for two years weren’t sure if they were going to stay. But we admired our Legbar rooster and included him in several breeding programs until finally this summer decided the breed just belongs on Chisel’d Creek Farm. To give an idea of just how much we love them, the only hen with a name at our hatchery is a little Cream Legbar by the name of Hattie.
The Cream Legbar breed has gained interest in the US and is popular in Europe, especially in England where it was developed. It is an auto-sexing breed, which means that from day one we can tell males from females. The females are adorable little chipmunk-colored chicks and the males are brown with a little cream dollop on their heads, reminiscent of a latte.
Legbar hens are small, friendly and quiet. They eat frugally compared with many other breeds while still laying around 200 large blue eggs a year. They make great family flocks and roosters tend to be docile. They do best as free rangers or in larger coops where they have room to move as they’re an active breed.
These birds require comb-care in the winter depending on your coop conditions. They can be susceptible to frostbite in extreme cold.
Cream Legbars are not yet recognized by the APA and are not a heritage breed. We follow our own set of standards for this breed as we develop them, our emphasis being on hardiness, docile personality, and production.
Buckeye
We jokingly call these our “apocalypse” chickens because these birds are feverish foragers, lay up 260 brown eggs a year, and taste good on the dinner plate. These birds handle frigid weather with ease, stand up to predators, and are fantastic tick and mouse pest controllers. They shine as free range birds, though they do well in large runs also. They have mahogany feathers and pea combs.
Due to game-bird lineage, the birds generally require a higher protein diet to be at their healthiest. Free ranging helps provide them with bug protein and you can add in some higher-protein feeds.
Buckeyes are so much fun to raise. They follow their humans everywhere and are always running to and frow in groups chasing after bugs. They tolerate being held though not overly fond.
Our Buckeyes are bred for foraging, hardiness, and friendly personality. We strive to follow APA standards.
Ameraucana
Exquisite and stately, Ameraucana chickens are shy birds great for show, laying flocks, or poultry fanciers. They lay up to 200 blue eggs a year. They have pea combs and tight feathering which helps them do well in Maine’s harsh winter – they even enjoy playing in snow.
They won’t run up to be held. They are decent foragers and fairly light-weight birds at 6.5 lbs for the roosters. They are considered dual purpose for meat and egg production.
We breed three color varieties at our farm: Blue, Black and Splash. We have a dedicated Black line not crossed with others but only offer special orders for them at this time. Due to stricter breeding to obtain feather color and egg color, Ameraucanas are a luxury pet, more expensive than some others.
Our Ameraucana chickens are all bred for feather color, friendly disposition, and egg color. We also strive to follow APA standards.
Please note: Splash is not yet recognized with the American Poultry Association. Blue and Black are. Also, blue chickens don’t breed true so if you breed blue to blue, you’ll get some black, some blue, some splash colored birds.
Green Egger
Chisel’d Creek Farm’s Green Eggers are a special edition to the farm. We wanted to provide your family with more color in your baskets. These hens will lay eggs of various shades of you-guessed-it – green!
Our birds have been bred and raised solely at our hatchery, and are a mix of the breeds we raise including Faverolles, Legbar, Buckeye, and Ameraucana.
As crossbred chickens, they often have a mix of personalities, feather color and comb types. Some will have five toes and leg feathers.
What they all have in common is carrying the green egg gene.
We don’t offer specific crosses at this time so all orders placed will receive hatchery choice based on availability.
These crosses are newer to the poultry world and not an APA or heritage breed.
Salmon Faverolles
(Not Available for 2024)
French food is renowned for flavor, beauty, and ingenuity. France bred chickens with similar zeal and Faverolles (the s is silent and always present) are a delicacy at dinner (though they do mature more slowly than some breeds).
They also lay up to 240 medium-sized, light brown to cream-colored eggs per year.
“Chill” is the word we use to describe our fluffy Faverolles’ personalities in comparison with other breeds. Their joi-de-vivre will take you by surprise.
They also make great family pets and are known to enjoy being held.
They do well in small backyards, aren’t big flyers, and often spend quality time eating in the coop. These birds have feathered legs, large beards and muffs, single combs and have a fifth toe on each foot.
The Maine winters don’t bother hens; roosters may require comb-care in the winter depending on comb size and your coop conditions.
Our Faverolles are bred for meat-production, docile disposition and broodiness. We strive to follow APA standards.