Description
Orpingtons originated in the 1850s by poultry breeder William Cook. He was a leader in the poultry 
world at that time, he owned a store and sold poultry products and he wrote two books on keeping poultry, “The Poultry Journal” and “The Poultry Keeper’s Account Book. In addition, he held public forums and spoke on chickens to share his knowledge about poultry. The breed’s name came from the village that Cook lived in, known as Orpington, in Kent, England. Cook bred the first black orpington as a new breed and introduced them in 1886 at Chrystal Palace Poultry show, a very prominent poultry show in the 1800s.
Our English BBS Orpingtons are beautiful robust birds, yet so calm and gentle, rarely fuss when picked or moved. Our breeding pen is a pen that will hatch blue, black and splash colors. There will likely be more blue and spalsh chicks vs black chicks. We have no control over the quantity of a specific color that will hatch and will ship accordingly.
Hatching Eggs are shipped by the dozen plus two extra for a total of 14 eggs, to cover possible breakage, which is rare. Eggs are shipped in egg shipping foam pointed end down, hatching eggs are shipped fresh at 1-4 days old, shipped via USPS priority mail, 1-3 day ship time, and includes $50 insurance, shipping is $20 additional.
Buying hatching eggs can have some risks, due to unforeseen circumstances, shipping, and handling conditions, that are out of our control, we do not offer any guarantees or returns. We check fertility regularly to ensure a good hatch potential.
For Pick-Up at Farm email admin@tarboxhollowpoultry.com
We ship eggs on Mondays thru Wednesday. Tracking will be sent once order is shipped.
Important Shipping Information
We are shipping only to the Continental USA, sorry we are not shipping to Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico or Internationally.
We are not a commercial hatchery we are a small flock farm and ship by order queue
Still have questions, please contact us by email:
admin@tarboxhollowpoultry.com
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TarBox Hollow Poultry
NPIP & Avian Influenza Free
*Grogel is tiny beads of water filled with nutrients.
Placed first at Nebraska Poultry Association Show Nov 2022
Additional Shipping Information
Hatching eggs are shipped in egg foam and with packing for safe delivery, they are shipped USPS priority mail.
If you would like your hatching egg order marked Hold for Pick UP so that you can pick up your order at your local post office, instead of it having them delivered to your address, we can do this. Please email us with your instructions, with your phone number and we will confirm back to you. admin@tarboxhollowpoultry.com
If you don’t request hold for pick up, your order will be shipped to the address you enter in the shipping screen.
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Please Contact us for any additional information at email admin@tarboxhollowpoultry.com
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