Desert Flock — 10 Desert-Proven Chicks, One Release a Month

Ten chicks. One release a month. Limited seats, on purpose.Next release ships the week of September 8. Pick your breed below, or take the Rainbow Assortment and let us choose.This is the only way to buy chicks from us online, and it is deliberately narrow. We open one Desert Flock release each month with a limited number of seats. When they are gone, the next release is next month.The limit is not a marketing device. We would rather set up a small number of flocks properly than move volume to people shopping on price. The number is the filter, and we are comfortable with that.Exactly what you get 10 sexed chicks in the breed you choose — or the Rainbow Assortment if you would rather have the mix. Free shipping — $500 covers all ten birds to your door, nothing added at checkout. 48-hour live-arrival guarantee — every bird covered on the trip. Desert-specific support after the box lands — phone, text and email through the first weeks, from people keeping birds in this same heat. The Desert Flock Field Guide — the written companion to these exact birds. Chicks travel well right nowDay-old chicks ship safely year-round inside the USPS window, heat included — they travel on their yolk reserve and handle the trip far better than grown birds do. Your box goes out on the release date and arrives within a couple of days. (Grown birds are a different story, which is why we only move those once daytime highs drop under 90.)The breeds, and why theseEvery breed on this list is one we have actually placed into Arizona flocks and watched perform through a desert summer. Leghorns and the sex-links are the laying workhorses. Australorps, Barred Rocks and Orpingtons are the steady, heat-tolerant dual-purpose birds. Easter Eggers bring the colored eggs. If you cannot decide, the Rainbow Assortment is the honest best answer for a first flock.Who this is forKeepers starting once and starting right, or rebuilding after a loss. If what you want is the widest selection at the lowest per-bird price, we are not it, and we would rather tell you that now than take your order.Want it handled with you?Birds are also the physical component of our upper flock services. 1:1 Flock Expert Guidance and 1:1 Flock Protection both include a group of birds if you want them, along with the written plan and the direct line.A portion of every purchase helps fund free chicks for local 4-H, FFA, military and teacher families through our community cohorts.