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MF2310 Resource Guide for Owners of Small Poultry Flocks Resource Guide for Owners of Small Poultry Flocks R. Scott Beyer • Poultry Specialist Many people are interested in raising small poultry or gamebird flocks for eggs, meat, hobbies, profit or 4-H projects. A small flock is usually inexpensive, requires little space and doesn’t require much time. Raising a small flock is also a good way to introduce youth to food production and build a sense of responsibility. However, as the commercial poultry industry has expanded and consolidated, small flock enthusiasts have had increasing difficulty locating reliable sources of chicks and supplies. The following list of hatcheries and supply stores may not be all inclusive, but should be a good starting point for persons interested in producing poultry and gamebirds on a small scale. This resource guide has been made available to assist small flock owners with locating sources of chicks, waterfowl, gamebirds, peafowl, pigeons and places to purchase equipment supplies from Kansas producers and others. Kansas Hatcheries Web site: www.elkcreekgamebirds.com/pages/5/ E-mail: [email protected] Ark Valley Pheasant Hatchery Friend Bird Farm 9095 South Hutton Road Route 3, Box 24 Ingalls, KS 67853 Fredonia, KS 66736 Phone: 620-335-5399 Phone: 620-378-3946 Beavers’ Game Farm Contact: Kari Friend Hatching Season: 10406 U.S. Highway 50 March to August Breeds Offered: Pierceville, KS 67868 Peafowl: white, blackshoulders, blue Phone: 620-335-5564/5645 Smith Poultry Supply E-mail: [email protected] 14000 W. 215th St. Blue Valley Gamebird Farm Bucyrus, KS 66013 Phone: 1002 Harvest Road 913-879-2587 Fax: 913-533-2497 Marysville, KS 66508 Contact: Phone: John or Terry Smith 785-562-5258 Breeds Offered: Contact: Does not sell chicks or eggs. Gary and Opal Tobin; Pheasants: Golden, D.T. Golden, Yellow Golden, Jeannette Kloppenborg Hatching Season: Silver Golden, Pied Golden, Silver, Reevs Amherst, April to June Cher, Swinhoe, Horsefield, Elliot, Bartail, Edwards, Breeds Offered: Cameo peacocks, Java Green pea- Mikado, Koklass, Impeyan, Blue-Eared, Brown- cocks, Red Golden pheasants, Yellow Golden pheas- Eared, White-Eared, Temminck Tragopan, Satry ants, Mandarin ducks Tragopan, Gray. Peacocks: Palawan, Rothschilds, Equipment: Complete line of gamebird and poultry Germain, Malay Crested Fireback, Siamese Fireback, equipment, netting, etc. Versicolor, Malay, Scintillation Coppers; Geese: Abys- Brochure Available: Yes sinian Blue-Winged Equipment: David White Hatchery Has a nice supply of small flock equip- ment Route 1, Box 136A Brochure Available: Yes (also a free catalogue) Great Bend KS 67530 Web site: www.PoultrySupplies.com Phone: 620-982-4571 Contact: David White Thundering Wings Pheasant Farms Hatching Season: March to September Route 2, Box 178 Breeds Offered: Ducklings, goslings, guineas, white Westphalia, KS 66093 egg layers, brown egg layers, bantams. Phone: 785-489-2411 Brochure Available: Yes Hatching Season: April to August 1 Breeds Offered: Elk Creek Gamebirds Gamebirds, wild turkeys, flight birds and chicks 8740 150th Road Chanute, KS 66720 Phone: 620-432-4060 Contact: Joe Stich Kansas State University Agricultural Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension Service 1 Other Hatcheries Hatching Season: Quail eggs year round Breeds Offered: Bobwhite and Cortunix quail eggs B&D Game Farm Equipment: Incubators, brooders, feeders, etc. Route 1, Box 812 Brochure Available: Yes Harrah, OK 73045 Grain Belt Hatchery Phone: 405-964-5235 P.O. Box 125 Fax: 405-964-5860 Contact: Windsor, MO 65360 Bert and Dianne Tumey Phone: Hatching Season: 660-647-2711 April 1 to October Fax: Breeds Offered: 660-647-4072 Bobwhite quail, Pharoah quail, Hatching Season: Tibetan quail, Ringneck pheasant, Chukar partridge, Weekly Breeds Offered: Junglefowl (Indian Red), Pearl Guinea fowl Rare and exotic chickens, bantams, Equipment: Shipping supplies for chicks and eggs, turkeys, duck, etc. Brochure Available: video and books on raising and cooking gamebirds Yes E-mail: Brochure Available: Yes [email protected] Web site: www.bdfarm.com Hoffman Hatcheries E-mail: [email protected] P.O. Box 129 Cackle Hatchery Gratz, PA 17030 P.O. Box 529 Phone: 717-365-3694 Lebanon, MO 65536 Hatching Season: February to September Breeds Offered: Phone: 417-532-4581 Geese, ducks and chickens Equipment: Fax: 417-588-1918 Yes Brochure Available: Contact: Nancy Smith (owner) Yes Web site: Hatching Season: February to September www.hoffmanhatchery.com Breeds Offered: Offers many rare and production Holderread’s Waterfowl Farm type breeds of chickens along with ducks, turkeys P.O. Box 492 and goslings Corvallis, OR 97339 Equipment: Miscellaneous items Phone: Brochure Available: Yes 541-929-5338 Hatchery specializes in domestic waterfowl. Web site: http://cacklehatchery.com/ Clearview Stock Farm and Hatchery Hoovers Hatchery, Inc. P.O. Box 399 205 Chickasaw St. Gratz, PA 17030 P.O. Box 200 Phone: 717-365-3234 Rudd, IA 50471 Fax: 717-365-3594 Phone: 800-247-7014/641-395-2730 Contact: Dave Hartman Fax: 641-395-2208 Hatching Season: Begins March 1 Hatching Season: Hatch yearly (some broilers), Breeds Offered: Goslings, ducklings, turkey poults, Seasonally for others guinea/cuts, gamebirds and chicks Breeds Offered: Ducks, goslings, turkeys, pheasants, Brochure Available: Yes bantams, broilers, and many others Brochure Available: Yes Crow Poultry and Supply Co. Web site: www.hoovershatchery.com P.O. Box 106 E-mail: [email protected] Windsor, MO 65360 Ideal Poultry Breeding Farms, Inc. Phone: 660-647-2614 P.O. Box 591 Hatching Season: February to September Cameron, TX 76520-0591 Breeds Offered: Has many production and rare breeds of chickens. Phone: 254-697-6677 Brochure Available: Yes Fax: 254-697-2393 Other Information: Also sells several poultry books. Hatching Season: Year round for some breeds Breeds Offered: Has several breeds of chicks, G.Q.F. Mfg. Co., Inc. bantams, guineas, turkeys, ducklings and goslings 2343 Louisville Road Brochure Available: Yes Savannah, GA 31498-2701 Web site: www.idealpoultry.com/index.htm Phone: 912-236-0652 E-mail: [email protected] Fax: 912-234-9978 2 Kansas State University Agricultural Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension Service Marti Poultry Farm Strickland Quail Farms P.O. Box 27 P.O. Box 9 603 E. Jackson St. Pooler, GA 31322 Windsor, MO 65360 Phone/Fax: 912-748-5769 Phone: 660-647-3156/660-647-3157 Hatching Season: Year round Fax: 660-647-3999 Breeds Offered: Northern bobwhite and Coturnix Hatching Season: Mid-February to Mid-September quail Breeds Offered: Chickens, bantams, ducks, pheas- Brochure Available: Yes ants, chukars, turkeys and guineas Stromberg Chick and Gamebirds, Inc. Brochure Available: Yes P.O. Box 400 Web site: www.martipoultry.com Pine River, MN 56474 E-mail: [email protected] Phone: 800-720-1134 Metzer Farms Fax: 218-587-4230 26000 Old Stage Road Hatching Season: January to August Gonzales, CA 93926 Breeds Offered: Peafowl, guineas Phone: 800-424-7755 Equipment: Books, incubators, brooders, feeders, Fax: 831-679-2711 waterers, pickers, traps and netting Hatching Season: Year round Brochure Available: Yes Breeds Offered: Ducks: Pekin, Rouen, Khaki, Camp- Welp’s Hatchery, Inc. bell, Blue Swedish, Buff, Cayuga, Indian Runners, P.O. Box 77 Mallards, others; Geese: Embden, Toulouse, African, White Cherese, Pilgrim, Buff, Canada, Sebastopoi, Bancroft, IA 50517 others; Guineas, pheasant, chukar, partridge, wild Phone: 800-458-4473 turkeys Fax: 515-885-2346 Brochure Available: Yes Hatching Season: Year round Web site: www.metzerfarms.com Breeds Offered: Exotic and standard chicks, Cornish E-mail: [email protected] Rock broilers, bantams, ducks, goslings, turkeys Brochure Available: Yes Murray McMurray Hatchery Web site: www.welphatchery.com P.O. Box 458 191 Closz Drive Leg Bands and Identification Webster City, IA 50595-0458 Phone: 800-456-3280 National Band and Tag Company Fax: 515-832-2213 721 York St. Hatching Season: Varies according to breed P.O. Box 430 Breeds Offered: Offers numerous standard and rare Newport, KY 41072-0430 breeds of chicks, turkeys and waterfowl Phone: 859-261-2035 Brochure Available: Yes Fax: 800-261-8247 Web site: www.mcmurrayhatchery.com Equipment: This company offers nearly every type of Ridgway Hatcheries, Inc. leg band or tag Web site: 615 N. High Street www.nationalband.com E-mail: P.O. Box 306 [email protected] LaRue, OH 43332 Other Suppliers of Equipment, Phone: 800-323-3825 Medications, Vaccines, etc. Fax: 740-499-2828 Hatching Season: All year on some breeds Nasco Breeds Offered: Many rare breeds, production 901 Jamesville Avenue breeds, gamebirds, guineas, goslings and ducks Fort Atkinson, WI 53538-0901 Equipment: All types of small equipment, books, Phone: medicines and supplies 800-558-9595 Fax: Brochure Available: Yes 920-563-8296 Web site: Web site: www.ridgwayhatchery.com www.enasco.com E-mail: [email protected] Kansas State University Agricultural Experiment Station and Cooperative Extension Service 3 Midwest Livestock Supply, Inc. The American Standard of Perfection 3600 North Sixth St. American Poultry Association Beatrice, NE 68310 26363 S. Tucker Road Phone: 888-342-5657 Estacada, OR 97023 Fax: 312-927-6832 Bantam Standard Web site: www.midwestlivestock.com American Bantam Association Val-A Chicago, Inc. P.O. Box 127 700 W Root St. Augusta, NJ 07822 Chicago, IL 60609 Phone: 800-552-8252 Watt Publishing Fax: 773-927-6832 122 South Wesley Avenue Web site: http://wdiyc.org/valachicago.html Mt. Morris, IL 61054 E-mail: [email protected] Phone: 815-734-4171 Fax: 815-734-7021
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