The Side Chick Inn

The Side Chick Inn Ethically farm-raised chicks and birds, raised right and handled with care. Heritage breeds, small-farm values.

07/30/2026

Swim class

Turkeys...
07/20/2026

Turkeys...

Have 4 goselings looking for new homes. 1 1/2 to 3 months old. Laying hens and some grow outs. Also six natural hatched ...
07/13/2026

Have 4 goselings looking for new homes. 1 1/2 to 3 months old. Laying hens and some grow outs. Also six natural hatched black copper maran X chicks 8 weeks old

The Houlton Agricultural Fair went great! Met some really nice people and made some great connections. Next year's look...
07/13/2026

The Houlton Agricultural Fair went great! Met some really nice people and made some great connections. Next year's looking very promising for having poultry showing and maybe some competitions and sales....let's hope! Thanks to Kelly Schwalbert for providing this opportunity!

Agricultural Fair because agricultural halls are for agricultural activities....
07/10/2026

Agricultural Fair because agricultural halls are for agricultural activities....

06/30/2026

Imprinting 101....
Fieldtrip to the river!

3-white chinese geese -2 juveniles 1 hatching ( imprinting)Hyline laying hens 1 1/2 yearsMany BYM chicks and grow outs a...
06/26/2026

3-white chinese geese -2 juveniles 1 hatching ( imprinting)
Hyline laying hens 1 1/2 years
Many BYM chicks and grow outs available
Blue siberian chicks and hatching eggs available
We now offer incubating and brooding services.

06/18/2026

"If I can't buy females only, then I'll just go buy from a box store or commercial hatchery"

Well, That's definitely your decision, but there's a reason most breeders don't offer female day old chicks or ducklings

Most breeders do not s*x their day old poultry.

Breeders cannot compete with commercial hatcheries on price. Most breeders do not have contracts with thousands of stores.

Breeders do not kill all of their males to supply only females. It usually takes the profit from selling the female to feed the male that they are left with.
When breeding, a good male is just as important as females. They are not a byproduct to breeders.

Breeders pay retail for feed, electricity and water just like their customers

A breeder cannot break even selling only 50% of what they produce (females)

Most of the times breeders have better quality and that's why the price is higher.

Breeders breed for the love of the breed, not for mass production and profit.

Expecting a breeder to be as cheap as a commercial operation isn't logical.

So yes, when you come back at a breeder complaining about price, it really hits hard because we are already struggling, and most of the time using our 9-5 to fund our love of poultry.

If the price is too expensive for you, please think about your response.

It's ok to just say Thank you and move along.

Devaluing someone's hard work with price is usually taken as a personal attack.

Purchase price is just the beginning. Quality isn't cheap

Be kind ❤️

06/13/2026

These mornings.....the easy (and best) part of the samara of farming.

Last of the goselings for now looking for homes. Also have some hyline laying hens 1 year and BYM hens all laying. Siber...
06/04/2026

Last of the goselings for now looking for homes. Also have some hyline laying hens 1 year and BYM hens all laying. Siberian blues chicks hatching today.

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Rt 2
Oakfield, ME
04780

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