Hatching Eggs

Because we keep smaller breeding flocks please allow up to 7 days for order fulfillment. We are at the start of our season and a lot depends on our weather and our hens. We will contact you before we ship to make sure you are ready to receive your eggs.

Our eggs are handled with care. We collect multiple times per day to ensure the best possible fertility. All eggs are carefully inspected for quality and flaws and only the best quality eggs are sent for hatching. We only send eggs that we would hatch in our own incubators. The eggs are never washed only cleaned with a dry cloth if needed. We check and monitor fertility on our hatching eggs on a regular basis.

PLEASE NOTE: Fertility and hatching rates are two different things. We do not have a guarantee on hatching or take any responsibility for shipping deaths or damage. There is inherent risk when shipping eggs, and all buyers must be aware of this before ordering hatching eggs.

All eggs are double boxed, insulated and carefully packaged in custom egg shipping foam to help prevent damage. When you receive your eggs please unpack them and allow them to “rest” for a minimum of 24 hours before attempting to incubate. This is done to allow the air sacs to settle after their long journey. We package the eggs the best we can, but cannot guarantee them once they leave our hands at the post office.

Again shipping is a risk and all buyers need to be aware of this risk before purchasing eggs from us.

We do not give refunds on hatching eggs, no exceptions. We do not guarantee the hatching success of your eggs. Shipping is always a risk. However, we are committed to getting your hatching eggs to you as soon as we can and as safely as we can. By ordering hatching eggs from Plume & Leaf Farm, you are acknowledging that you have read and agree to the terms of our hatching egg policy.

Group 1 – Olive Eggers
Rooster: KFC, a olive layer with the green gene.
Hens: blue cuckoo maron, 2 x black copper maron, bielefleder, easter egger, olive egger. Since the rooster is an olive layer, all of his offspring will also have the green gene. Mix that with these darker brown egg layers, you should have an assortment of green/olive egg layers. Of course, there is also a chance that some of the eggs will be brown. But with these hens, those brown eggs will still be beautiful. The bielefleder is known for having little flecks of brown on the eggs as well.

Group 2 – Farmhouse Mix
Rooster: Monet, a speckled sussex.
Hens: 2 x speckled sussex, 2 x rhode island, 2 x gold laced wyandotte, columbia wyandotte, dark brahma. You’ll have a high chance of having pure bed speckled sussex, as well as having a fun assortment of gorgeous colored hens. The eggs will be various shades of brown, but not dark/chocolate brown.

Group 3 – Purebred Frost White Lebar and Legbar mixes (blue and olive layers)
Rooster: Popcorn, a frost white legbar with the blue gene.
Hens : 2 x frost white legbar, cream legbar, partridge penedesea, exchequar leghorn, cookies and cream. The frost white legbars are adorable white bantams that produce gorgeous blue eggs. The white gene is recessive, so the chicks will only be white if the frost white legbar rooster is with a frost white legbar hen. The other chicks here will not be pure white, so it’ll be easy to tell who’s pure bred. The other chicks will make for a fun assortment of colors and patterns! All the chicks from this pen should lay blue, pale blue, or green/olive eggs.

Group 4: – Frizzle Silkies and Frizzle Silky mixes (includes blue egg layers)
Rooster: Twinkle Toes, a black frizzle silky.
Hens: white silky, 2 x frost white legbar, 3 x exchequar leghorn. Since the rooster is a frizzle, half of his chicks will be a frizzle as well. I cannot guarantee which eggs will result in a frizzle chick. You have a chance of having pure breed frizzle silky chicks in this pen! The legbar chicks will resemble a cream legbar (the white gene is recessive), so you could have some frizzle cream legbars that lay pale blue eggs.

Group 5 – Show Quality Silkies (black/white/splash) – AVAILABLE SPRING 2025. I am currently hatching the breeding stock, and will evaluate and select the breeders for next year. I have shipped in eggs from several well-known breeders with gorgeous show-quality silkies!

Group 6 – Show Quality Silkies (hen’s choice) -AVAILABLE SPRING 2025. I am currently hatching the breeding stock, and will evaluate and select the breeders for next year. I have shipped in eggs from several well-known breeders with gorgeous show-quality silkies!