Anstey Hatchery

10/29/2026

🐔✨ Showcase: The Golden Laced Wyandotte!

Looking for a chicken that's as beautiful as it is practical? The Golden Laced Wyandotte is sure to turn heads with its stunning golden feathers, each outlined in rich black lacing! 🖤💛

Originally developed in the United States in the late 1800s, this heritage breed is a favourite among poultry enthusiasts for its beauty, hardiness and versatility.

💛 Stunning Plumage – Beautiful golden feathers with distinctive black edging.
🥚 Brown Egg Layers – Dependable producers of lovely brown eggs.
❄️ Cold Hardy – Their dense feathering and small rose comb make them well-suited to our Canadian winters.
🐓 Dual-Purpose Breed – A practical choice for both egg and meat production.
🌿 Good Foragers – Enjoy exploring, scratching and keeping busy outdoors.
❤️ Full of Personality – Generally calm birds, although some can be a little independent and assertive within the flock!

Whether you're looking to add some colour to your backyard or a hardy, productive bird to your flock, the Golden Laced Wyandotte offers a wonderful combination of beauty and practicality!

10/27/2026

🐥📦 How Do Our Day-Old Chicks Survive Shipping?

It's one of the questions we hear most often! How can tiny, newly hatched chicks travel safely to their new homes?

The answer is a fascinating combination of Mother Nature and careful shipping practices! 🐣❤️

🥚 Nature Gives Them a Head Start!
Just before hatching, chicks absorb the remaining yolk from their egg. This provides important nutrients that can sustain them for up to 72 hours after hatching.
📦 They Travel Together for Warmth!
Our minimum shipping order of 25 chicks isn't just about quantity. Being together helps chicks maintain their body warmth during transit.
💧 A Little Extra Hydration!
We include a specially formulated hydrating jelly to help support chicks during their journey.
🚚 Special Delivery Through Canada Post!
For most of our retail customers, we ship through Canada Post, using appropriate packaging and carefully planned delivery routes to help chicks arrive safely and promptly.
🐥 Their New Home Awaits!
Once your chicks arrive, it's important to pick them up promptly and have a warm brooder, fresh water and chick starter ready for them.

📞 Have questions about shipping chicks to your area? Give us a call! We're happy to help you explore your delivery options.

10/24/2026

🐔😂 You're a Good Chicken Mom… They're Just Trouble!

You give them fresh water, good food, treats, a cozy coop, and all the love they could ask for. ❤️

And how do they thank you?

🥚 Lay eggs everywhere EXCEPT the nesting boxes
🐓 Escape the run the second you turn your back
💩 P**p in the freshly cleaned waterer
🌿 Destroy the garden you worked so hard on
👀 Give you attitude like YOU'RE the problem!

We're pretty sure they have a group chat dedicated to plotting their next adventure… and you're the main topic! 🤣📱

❤️ Don't worry, chicken moms. You're doing great. Your flock just has a few questionable personalities! LOL

10/15/2026

🤍🐔 Breed Showcase: White Leghorn

If your goal is a basket full of beautiful white eggs, the White Leghorn is hard to beat! 🥚

Known for their outstanding egg production and feed efficiency, White Leghorns are active, alert birds that make a productive addition to the flock.

🥚 Excellent layers of large white eggs
🤍 Classic bright white plumage
🐓 Active, energetic and excellent foragers
🌾 Efficient birds with great feed-to-egg production
🐥 Early maturing and ready to get to work!

📞 Contact Anstey Hatchery to inquire about White Leghorn availability and upcoming hatch dates.

10/11/2026

❄️🐓 10 Things to Prepare for the Cold Weather!

Winter will be here before we know it! A little preparation now can help keep your flock comfortable and make those cold-weather chores a whole lot easier.

Get your coop winter-ready:

1️⃣ Clean the coop & add fresh, dry bedding
2️⃣ Check for unwanted drafts
3️⃣ Make sure there’s good ventilation
4️⃣ Inspect and secure your roosts
5️⃣ Have a plan to keep water from freezing
6️⃣ Stock up on feed & bedding
7️⃣ Rodent-proof the coop & feed storage
8️⃣ Add wind protection to outdoor runs
9️⃣ Inspect cords, lighting & heated equipment
🔟 Give your flock a good health check

🥚 Bonus: Once freezing temperatures arrive, collect eggs more frequently to help prevent freezing and cracking.

A little work before the snow flies can make winter easier for both you and your birds! ❄️🐔

💬 What’s the first thing on your winter coop checklist?

10/09/2026

🥚🐔 An EGG-cellent Reason to Celebrate! OCTOBER 9, 2026!

It’s World Egg Day, and around here, we think eggs deserve a little recognition. After all, our hens work pretty hard to keep those nest boxes full! 😂❤️

Whether you enjoy them for breakfast, use them in your favourite recipe, sell them by the dozen or simply love collecting fresh eggs from the coop, today is for you.

🥚 Cheers to the egg…and the ladies who make them!

Happy World Egg Day from Anstey Hatchery!

10/07/2026

🐔💙 Add a Little Colour to Your Egg Basket with the Ameraucana!

The Ameraucana is a unique and eye-catching addition to the flock, best known for laying beautiful blue to blue-green eggs. 🩵🥚

🐓 Why we love them:
🥚 Large blue-green eggs
🪶 Distinctive beards and colourful plumage
🐔 Smaller-bodied with a tail
🌈 A fun way to add variety to your flock & your egg basket!

With their unmistakable appearance and colourful eggs, Ameraucanas are always a favourite among poultry keepers.

📞 Call Anstey Hatchery to inquire about Ameraucana availability and upcoming hatch dates.

10/04/2026

🐓😂 We’re no experts either… but the math seems pretty solid.

More chickens = more eggs, more entertainment, more personalities, and definitely more stories to tell. 🥚❤️

Besides, “too many chickens” sounds more like a coop-size problem than a chicken problem. 😉🐔

Who agrees? 🙋‍♀️

10/02/2026

Don't miss your chance to enter! Contest closed October 31,2026. 📷📸📷📸

WE INVITE YOU TO PARTICIPATE IN OUR 2026 ANSTEY HATCHERY PHOTO CONTEST!

Email your best photos of your birds purchased from Anstey Hatchery to [email protected]

First Place Prize: Cover photo on the 2027 Catalogue 50% off first order up to $200.00 Plus free shipping!

Second Place Prize: 2027 catalogue inside feature 50% off first order up to $100.00!

Third Place Prize: 2027 catalogue inside feature 25% off first order up to $100.00

Contest Rules: Entries must include:
• The Photographers First name and Location (Town name)
• The breed of the Bird(s) in the photo(s)
• Bird(s) in the photo(s) must have been purchased from Anstey Hatchery
• If there is a person in the picture, they must be unrecognizable.
• Photo(s) must be original content created by the person entering the contest
• Must not be published before and of a good quality data (RAW preferred)

Top 3 photos will be chosen by staff and will receive a prize.
Final results and selection of winners will be the discretion of Anstey Hatchery

Contest closes October 31, 2026

Anstey Hatchery Reserves the right to eliminate any photos that do not meet the guidelines, are inappropriate for the category or that are of insufficient quality or size to be published in our catalogue.

REGULATIONS: By entering the contest, you are granting ANSTEY HATCHERY a non-exclusive right to use submitted images in any form for any purpose, including printed materials (such as the annual catalogue), digital marketing, social media and any other use, in perpetuity, without any form of renumeration or permission.

09/29/2026

🥚✨ Fresh Eggs Come with a Little Dirt Sometimes!

When your farm-fresh eggs need a clean-up, Seven Oaks Egg Wash, available from Anstey Hatchery, makes the job simple.

🥚 Formulated specifically for washing eggs
💧 Works in all types of water conditions
🫧 Non-foaming formula
📦 Available in a variety of sizes

Whether you’re gathering eggs from a small backyard flock or collecting on a larger scale, having the right egg-washing supplies on hand makes clean-up that much easier.

📞 Call Anstey Hatchery to inquire about Seven Oaks Egg Wash.