Day Old Meat Bird Chicks (Broiler)

Minimum order quantity 10 - orders less than 10 will not be fulfilled

Day Old Commercial Broiler Meat Bird Chicks

NEXT ORDER 1 November 2024 for airfreight, with Monday 4th the backup/overflow date.

Back up date is used in the event chicks are not available on time from the hatchery or there are issues at the cargo drop off point, Please keep this in mind when placing your order

The Ideal chicken for the homestead freezer.
These birds will be freezer ready from 6 to 9 weeks old depending on how you rear them.
These birds can reach 2.2kg processed in as little as 6 weeks and up to 4.2kg at 9 weeks processed.
Many customers are producing home grown chicken for as little as $4.80/kg to $5.80/kg processed.

These are day old Meat bird chicks so they will require a heat source up to 4 weeks old and a warm area in a suitable enclosure in your garage or shed/similar away from drafts and cold wind/breezes. This is especially important in winter as the meat birds feel the cold more so than other poultry breeds.

From 4 weeks old they can be introduced to your chicken tractor, they require full cover from the rain and shouldn't be allowed to get wet especially in winter.

Please note that once chicks are received by the purchaser the welfare becomes your responsibility, if there was any issue with the quality of the chicks, we would expect this to be brought to our attention with in 24 hours. In any event we would need to look at the situation on a case by case basis

When ordering chicks please also join the Facebook Group, New Zealand Meatbird and Layer Chicks page or this link https://www.facebook.com/groups/490759832880706/

We will post shipping updates on the Facebook group as chicks are shipped, you will also find the facebook group a great place to learn from and share with other poultry growers.

Please note all orders are combined into one consignment per airport for freight. There needs to be a minimum of 90 chicks going into a destination for the consignment to be sent, if the minimum is not met, we will advise the customers for that airport and give them the option to increase their orders or pay the extra freight required. 10 chicks minimum per order.

Whitianga has a minimum chick count of 35 chicks for viable shipping.