It is a challenge to find hearty chickens and hatching eggs, with true heritage lineage.
Melissahof heritage flocks, raised ethically on Wyoming pastures, thrive in the mountain climate as they bask in sunshine, eat grass, and hunt insects. Their diet is enriched with a custom feed tailored for standardbred breeders, ensuring hatching eggs and chicks receive optimal nutrients for healthy growth.
Melissahof Hatchery represents select heritage breeds that will thrive in your coop
Your pristine hatching eggs, that can be placed in your incubator or under your broody hen, will be laid on the weekend and shipped to you on Monday. Custom foam shippers protect your hatching eggs in transit to your doorstep, and the parcel ships insured. Melissahof hatching eggs have winged their way to poultry fanciers in over 30 states.
Buy locally hatched - Melissahof chicks are hatched in one room, and, within 24 hours, carried through a doorway to be placed in a heated brooder with food and water in the next room. They wait there for your on-farm pick-up, or to be transported directly to your Wyoming home through Eat Wyoming delivery services.
Started Pullets - For those that want to skip the chick stage, our started pullets are perfect! They are already several weeks old and have been hand raised and ready to integrate into your existing flock.
Give Your Flock Heritage
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Choose your poultry breed
Select the heritage breeds and type (hatching eggs, chicks, or pullets) you want for your flock.
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Place your order
Online and convenient, order your hatching eggs, baby chicks, or started pullets and schedule pick-up or delivery.
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Preserve heritage
Raise happy hearty chickens.
Heritage breeds from our farm, to your flock
Hatching eggs, seed garlic and culinary garlic are available nationwide! Live poultry, chicken meat and garlic products are available exclusively within Wyoming - either with delivery to your doorstep or on-farm pickup.
Blue-laced Red Wyandotte
Special Assorted: Started Pullets
Salmon Faverolles
Partridge Chantecler
For Your Happy Flock, You Need Hearty Stock
Heritage poultry, also known as standardbred, are truly time-tested. Melissahof represents breeds developed in the 1700s and 1800s that have thrived for centuries. These dual-purpose heavy breeds are excellent egg layers and can also be harvested for meat. Our flocks live in unheated coops through Wyoming's subzero winters at 5,400 feet elevation. Refined by the mountain climate, your chickens will thrive free-range on your homestead, providing both eggs and meat.
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
Birds of a Feather Flock Together
