Frequently Asked Questions

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How far in advance should I place my order?
Please place your order as soon as you know when you know when and how many you want to order. We take orders starting in January for orders shipped any time in that year. You can chose what month or state ASAP. We suggest placing your order between two and six weeks prior to your desired delivery date, however many common breeds we have available with short notice, and on the rare types the wait might be longer. Please call us and ask. For RUSH orders, we recommend to "note as a comment" that it is OK to substitute similar kinds in the event we are short on one or two of your requested breeds rather than postponing to another ship/hatch date.  When we receive your order, we look for the earliest possible date for ALL of your breeds requested and are available.

When will my credit card be charged? Purely Poultry does charge the credit card immediately when you place your order to be able to reserve the chicks for you.

When can I put them outside?
This depends on the weather. Baby Chicks and other baby poultry need the temperature to be 95 degrees for the first week and five degree less each week after that. When the weather outside is lower than that, then I would not advise putting the chicks outside. Also young chicks should not be rained on. As an estimate about six weeks would be good during late spring and the summer.

Do you sell hatching eggs?
Purely Poultry is no longer selling hatching eggs because we do such a great job at providing baby chicks and we guarantee it. We cannot guarantee eggs and had too many customers wanting us to guarantee them.