Scratch & Hatch Poultry

Scratch & Hatch Poultry Specialising in Heritage Bred Chickens, Guinea Fowl, Incubation and General Poultry Health
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Breeding & Raising Heritage birds

Fertile Eggs - contact for breeds available & check page for availability

Guinea Fowl Keets - Mixed Lavender, Chocolate & Pearl (all mostly pied) warmer seasons ONLY

Day Old Chicks of multiple breeds - throughout season, contact for details

Chickies available šŸ„šŸ£šŸ„šŸ£Requiring love, heat and protection for 6-8 weeksFairy eggers (bantam coloured eggs) - range of c...
03/06/2026

Chickies available šŸ„šŸ£šŸ„šŸ£

Requiring love, heat and protection for 6-8 weeks

Fairy eggers (bantam coloured eggs) - range of colours
Silkies - lots of colours and few showgirls or showboys
Welsummer girls x 4 30 each
Rouge Wyandotte splash šŸ˜‚

Fairy eggers and silkies are unsexed. Can take back the boys at a later date. 10 x 100 flash sale otherwise 15 each minimum 5.
These were all fert testing eggs so I really donā€™t need to grow them out. But you dooooo!!

Location Milang. Pick up only via appointment. Perfect for broody hens.

Tonightā€™s breed - Copper Marans šŸ«šŸ©This seasons focus is on egg colouring. I think I have 8 girls going into this season....
02/06/2026

Tonightā€™s breed - Copper Marans šŸ«šŸ©

This seasons focus is on egg colouring. I think I have 8 girls going into this season. My splash hen, 3 blue hens and 4 blue & splash pullets (5 of which I donā€™t know what lays what yet šŸ˜¬ though combs are growing now!) i basically bred from my orginal blue hen and my splash last season. Both had different sires.

I was very selective on eggs used. It has made for some lighter hackle feathering in a 2 males and a female so we will see how that goes. I know who they are so can be taken out if I need. The rest of the girls are going in with rich copper red necks. Along with one of the boys. The splash well they have none but they have great combs and foot feathering šŸ˜‚

The girls have started to pop out some eggs again. A lovely dark speckled egg and a couple dark chocs like the one in the photos. Unsure if this egg is from the pullet from super early last season or the splash as they are both very red. Good to see colour holding up though!

Now I sit and wait for the girls to all lay me dark chocolatey eggs! šŸ™ please please please! I should be able to start the season with 4 hens and the pullets will enter production later on. Everyoneā€™s going to enter the special pen this season so I can categorise their egg colouring. ļæ¼oh 5 hens! I forgot old girl. Who will get one of these young boys to go back over her. Sheā€™s done 4 years now as one of the foundation line. Her sister lays light eggs but sheā€™s been with her a long time as a buddy now. Both are enjoying free range time with the other older birds until the season kicks off again.

This pen will produce Blue Black & Splash Copper Marans

Letā€™s talk about the Australorps (bantam) since they are the best layers I have šŸ¤£ I only got into them last season after...
31/05/2026

Letā€™s talk about the Australorps (bantam) since they are the best layers I have šŸ¤£

I only got into them last season after a show breeder turned dual purpose sold me some eggs. Well season before now. I didnā€™t really like them that much. Had a lot of blacks. Ended up using one of the hens to hatch most of these guys. Her eggs are huge! Size of a standard hen egg but bantam size lady.

This season Iā€™m rocking old mate again. With 3 blues and 2 very nicely patterned splash ladies. 2 are more too standard while 3 are for egg size.

Producing a standard size egg from a bantam size bird without any issues is the goal for me this season. Last season it went well. All hens are laying. Egg size has already gone from pullet to hen size. They seem to mature in size very quickly age wise once again, and egg size too. I will give them a few more weeks before hatching some myself.

I have already done a fertility check. Which is fantastic. If you would like eggs before the season begins, they are available now.

40 each dozen, I think thereā€™s probs two dozen available currently for tomorrows post.

Eggs will produce blue splash and black chicks.

The ā€˜otherā€™ kids having a green feed just the way the ā€˜normalā€™ kids do šŸ¤£ I didnā€™t capture it but the baby was trying to ...
29/05/2026

The ā€˜otherā€™ kids having a green feed just the way the ā€˜normalā€™ kids do šŸ¤£ I didnā€™t capture it but the baby was trying to show the chooks what to do.. eg copy them šŸ¤£ I was too busy laughing!

Hash tag raising ferals in and out the coop lolšŸ„“šŸ˜¬šŸ„°

His a vibe ainā€™t he šŸ¤£šŸ„°
29/05/2026

His a vibe ainā€™t he šŸ¤£šŸ„°

21/05/2026

And this is why you get half assed replies or none at all šŸ¤£

āœØPulletsāœØ- EDIT/UPDATE 29/5 - new list coming soonItā€™s happened again. I ignored them for a week or two and they are jus...
20/05/2026

āœØPulletsāœØ- EDIT/UPDATE 29/5 - new list coming soon

Itā€™s happened again. I ignored them for a week or two and they are just everywhere again šŸ˜±

Thereā€™s a lot. Some I donā€™t have photos for and canā€™t even remember whatā€™s out there until some move on šŸ˜¬ I know cause I keep looking saying ohhh better keep that. Better keep this. But really I donā€™t need too šŸ¤£

Silkies - 70 each whites are pending pickup but thereā€™s a couple showgirls and standards available. All are very young but are sexed.

āœØāœØblue, partridge, buff might be all thatā€™s left.

Naked neck choc silkies satins šŸ¤£ lovely little characters hahah Iā€™ve kept two šŸ¤£ thatā€™s enough. 50 each

āœØāœØpending collection

Silkie & Orpington pair. Needs to go together as thy have bonded. Orp has super short legs. Silkie just been chilling with her. Both are close to laying. 100 the pair 60/40

āœØāœØpending collection

Choc pekin x orps project pullets 60 each, POL x 3 - probably best to go together. Can go with a frizzle roo to continue the project. Thereā€™s another two younger girls for 50each

AvailablešŸ’„

Duccles - Mille and a white 50 & 40 there is also a black fairy egger that will suit the age batch and size of these girls. 50

Mille & Fairy available šŸ’„

Pekin mottled - 60 available šŸ’„

Think thereā€™s an australorp project which is a mauve colour šŸ¤£ cause you know. Why not but I have enough of them. 50, might be a choc too. Like I said. I canā€™t see nothing in this Forrest atm šŸ˜®ā€šŸ’Ø
PendingāœØāœØ

Roosters - gold laced wyans, lavender sussex, marans, black silkie (not free, they were kept for a reason)
āœØāœØBlack silkie 50, lavender Sussex 30, Ancona 30, blue gold wyan 30āœØāœØ

Thereā€™s wyans, welsummer and marans pullets coming up.

No single sales. 2-3 ideal but most are taking 6-8 currently šŸ¤£ so if you want that many I can find a grouping!

Location Milang 5256

However - maybe able to meet in adl or mount barker at certain stages as our circumstances have changed.

I have had eyes on this lad the moment he hatched. No idea why Iā€™ve kept him or what Iā€™m going to do with him. His the w...
19/05/2026

I have had eyes on this lad the moment he hatched. No idea why Iā€™ve kept him or what Iā€™m going to do with him. His the weirdest colour Iā€™ve ever hatched. But who doesnā€™t need a new silkie project colour šŸ¤£

Feel free to add your thoughts on genetic colouring.

āœØS0LD āœØLetā€™s go with Mad Cluckinā€™ Monday is back!! Well it is this week šŸ¤£ everything else that didnā€™t pass last week is ...
18/05/2026

āœØS0LD āœØ
Letā€™s go with Mad Cluckinā€™ Monday is back!! Well it is this week šŸ¤£ everything else that didnā€™t pass last week is going into the machine after a couple male changes to see if it adds spice to their lives!

Dozen 1 - Silver Duckwing Welsummers, auto gendering, Fairy Eggers - cute fluffy frizzle butts & Wyandottes (blue/splash/silver who knows) šŸ’°60

Dozen 2 - Buff silkies (cause apparently they are the only ones that lay and high fertility) plus a couple showgirl eggs. šŸ’°80 yeah thereā€™s a bakers dozen there!

Add ya postage 30 1 dozen, 40 2 dozen
Hit me up if ya want them!

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