Welcome to the 2022 Season!!
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We will be offering our famous Farmstead Brown Pullets (young laying hens) in April, May, and June/July. We will also have weaner piglets and started meat birds available (broilers, turkeys, ducks, and geese) Dates to be announced. Simply choose from the links below to be added to our waitlist, you will receive an email as soon as ordering opens and will have the first option to buy for the dates of your choosing.
The Farmstead Brown Pullet
The Farmstead Brown Pullet
Meet our Famous, Top-Selling Young Lay Hens. The Farmstead Brown is known to be docile, hardy, and extremely easy to work with, making them an excellent first-time chicken owner breed of choice. They are known for their prolific laying and do well in backyard flocks, pastured production, and egg operations. The Farmstead Brown lays an excellent quality, beautiful brown shelled eggs, with a lay rate up to 300/yr.
PICK-UP LOCATION:
~ RED DEER, AB (No Delivery Fee)
@ Farmstead Life Feed and Supply
~ SOUTH DELIVERY RUN (Delivery Fee Apply)
Strathmore, Lethbridge, Claresholm, Aldersyde, and Crossfield
~ NORTH DELIVERY RUN (Delivery Fee Apply)
Sherwood Park, Spruce Grove, Onoway, Mayerthorpe, Drayton Valley, & Rocky Mountain House
PICK-UP DATES:
April, 9th-11th
May, 28th-30th
End June/Early July (TBA)
Limited birds available, order early to secure your hens.
Meat Bird Options
Meat Bird Options
Started Meat Birds
Started Meat Birds
Due to high demand, we will again be offering our Started Meat Breed Poultry for the 2022 season. Our Started Birds are done brooding and only require you to finish them on your farm.
The Jumbo Cornish X finish in as little as 3 weeks, finishing to a XL 6lb or larger bird in 4 to 5 weeks.
Our Rustic Broilers are ideal for pasture farm operations that are looking for a little slower growing balanced meat bird, finishing in 4-6 weeks. Noted for their hardiness and liveability.
The Broad Breasted Turkeys make wonderful Thanksgiving and Christmas Dinners, the bronze is remarked to have better flavor than the white faster-growing standard breed. Finishing in 10 to 16 weeks.
Geese and Ducks are both from Jumbo Stock, that mature fast. They can be kept for egg production, breeding, and backyard pets. Finishing in 6 to 12 weeks.
AGE AT PICK-UP: 4-6 WEEKS
PURPOSE: Meat
Started
Weaner Piglets
Started
Weaner Piglets
Our Landrace X Duroc warner piglets are known for their long body type (Bacon production) as well as their fast growth rates. This cross is popular with productions farmers that are looking for a fast-growing pig that produced ideal cuts for the consumer.
AGE AT PICK-UP: 4-6 WEEKS
PURPOSE: Meat
Weaner Piglets
Weaner Piglets
At Farmstead Life we offer a variety of Commercial Layer and Meat birds as well as a few Heritage Breeds.
Layer Breeds ~ Commercial Production Layers
We offer Ready-to-Lay Pullets also known as Pont-of-Lay Pullets. All pullets around 20 weeks old at the time of sale, either have just started to lay or will be starting to lay shortly. Pullets are available regally from February through to October. We also offer 1yr old Laying Hens are only available once a year in October. You can rest assured you'r getting Hens with our "100% NO ROOSTER Guarantee" our pullets and hens are sexed, you don't have to worry about getting roosters.
Meat-Type Breeds ~ Commercial Fast Maturing Meat Birds
All our meat-type birds come to you STARTED, fully done brooding, and "Off-Heat"!! This means you avoid the expensive, time-consuming, and risky brooding stage. No brooder required, No unsafe heat lamps needed, No expense chick feed or equipment. Our birds come to your farm ready to finish on pasture or in a contained farming system. You SAVE time and money!! All our meat-type birds come from commercial lines, providing you with fast weight gain for an earlier finishing time and larger body types compared to the slower-growing heritage breeds.
Heritage Breeds ~ The ideal breeds for a self-sufficient homestead
We take pride in our conservation efforts in keeping true Heritage breeds. Breeds are known for their hardy nature, naturally reproducing and broody tendencies. Diversity is key on our farm. We believe in keeping hardy, versatile, heritage poultry lines. Many of our birds have broody tendencies, love to forage and free-range. These heritage breeds are the ideal asset to any backyard, farmer, or homestead seeking a pet or for food independence. We offer hatching eggs (waitlist) as well as young chicks (when available).