Answers to Your Feathered Queries
Want to know more about the farm, flock or how we do things at Melissahof? Explore the FAQs to learn about delivery to your doorstep anywhere in Wyoming, national shipping of hatching eggs and heirloom garlic, and poultry care tips.
Yes! Melissahof poultry are certified under the USDA Animal & Plant Health Inspection Service (NPIP) as clean from pullorum-typhoid and H5/H7 avian influenza. Under NPIP, hatching eggs can be shipped to most US states, including Alaska and Hawai’i.
Hatching eggs are shipped out of Lander, Wyoming 82520 via the UPS (United Parcel Service) 2nd Day Air on Tuesdays. The eggs are cushioned by foam shippers specifically crafted to transport eggs. Order of 14 or more hatching eggs are shipped in boxed styrofoam coolers.
- All hatching eggs are shipped prepaid UPS 2nd Day Air, and boxes labelled as fragile, perishable and to be kept at 50-to-60 degrees Fahrenheit.
- Melissahof ships hatching eggs in fresh and excellent condition. Eggs are laid by the breeding hens on the Sunday and Monday prior to shipment. The eggs are placed in a holding cabinet maintained at an optimal temperatures and moisture for hatching eggs until packaging the day of shipment.
- Melissahof is unable to guarantee the hatchability of any eggs due to conditions outside of Melissa’s control during shipping and incubation.
- If you feel there is a high rate of infertility, contact Melissa by Day 7 of the incubation period.
Currently, Melissahof does not ship live poultry – baby chicks or started pullets – outside of Wyoming. Also, Melissahof hatching eggs and live poultry cannot be shipped to Canada.
Delivery within Wyoming of baby chicks, started pullets and laying hens is available. For this option, select Eat Wyoming delivery when you check out.
Many folks keep chickens for their freshly laid eggs. On average, seven hens will lay at least 2-dozen eggs a week. It’s disappointing when many of the pullet chicks – young hens – purchased for your flock turn out to be roosters.
Accurately sexing day-old chicks is imprecise, which causes mistaken gender identity from even the large-scale hatcheries. If you live in a town where roosters are unallowable due to their audible crowing, it’s a problem to have supposed pullet chicks actually be roosters. It’s a hassle to re-home unwanted roosters, and you may not want to harvest them for chicken meat.
Melissahof solves this for you with a Hen Guarantee! With notification by September 1st that your order of pullet chicks contained a rooster or two, Melissa will swap started pullets for roosters in healthy condition. Live roosters can either be returned personally to the farm, or you can pay for Eat Wyoming transportation.
Melissa will add the superfluous roosters to the pen of “McNuggets” – the Melissahof roosters that live on pasture until they meet their destiny as nutritious chicken meat.
Order Melissahof chicks now to ensure that all of your chicks will be your future laying hens. Now, that’s something to crow about!
*Hen Guarantee only applies to orders of female chicks. Unsexed orders are not covered.
The mountains and sagebrush plains of Wyoming are vast. We’re used to driving long distances, but you may not have time to drive to Lander – location of Melissahof – to pick up your chick order.
For your convenience, Melissahof partners with Eat Wyoming, a state-wide virtual farmers’ market, to transport orders within Wyoming. The Eat Wyoming driver will ensure your chicks are warm and safe on their drive across the state to a pick-up location near you.
- Order Melissahof chicks, started pullets, and laying hens
- Select the Eat Wyoming delivery date
- In shopping cart, enter the physical address where the chickens will be delivered.
The chickens ride shotgun, in a box with sawdust bedding, on the front seat in a delivery van’s cab. They’ll arrive healthy and happy, and you'll skip hours of driving.
They're Clucking with Joy
fresh eggs
Mellisahof’s fresh eggs are amazing, the firmness of the yokes and fluffy texture make them absolutely delicious. I love frying them up and adding them to a variety of dishes. I have no idea how Melissa does it, but she has found the secret to delicious, fresh eggs.
Kelly Baxter
Successful hatches!
I purchased some hatching eggs for my broody hens & I cannot recommend her enough! The eggs were shipped fresh, came very quickly & were packaged so great! I had two VERY successful hatches (Half the eggs under a proven hen and half under a first time broody.) I now have a dozen very beautiful and healthy Salmon Faverolles and Blue Laced Red Wyandottes, & two very happy mama hens!
Danae
All the way to Hawai’i
The eggs made it in perfect condition and thank you for such a great job packing them. Gonna let them rest and acclimate for a day then set them in the incubator. Oh!!! Thanks for the extra eggs! Very much appreciated!
Dan
My sweet sleeping babies
Just a crazy chicken lady saying thank you for superior quality chicks!
Dari
Can’t wait for hatch day
I got the eggs today, they were packed so safely, and they are all perfect!!! Thanks so much!!! Can’t wait for hatch day.
Pam
Where to Find Melissahof
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