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Live Birds — Chicks, Pullets, Bresse & Guineas
Bluestone Hatchery, Lewisport KY

We raise both purebred and hybrid-vigor birds selected for health, performance, and usefulness — from popular egg-laying breeds to carefully planned crosses designed for strong production, hardy growth, and a range of egg shell colors including white, brown, blue, green, and speckled shades. Every bird leaves Bluestone Hatchery healthy, vetted, and ready to work.

Pricing at a Glance

Sexed Pullets (Hybrid or Purebred) — $5 each

American Bresse Meat Chicks — $5 each

Guineas — $10 each

Grow-Outs — $10 / month of age

Laying Hens (ready to lay) — $200 each

The Bluestone No Rooster Guarantee

We sex chicks carefully in small batches. If we make a mistake, return the rooster and we'll replace it with a pullet — no hassle, no argument. We do not sell straight-run to customers who only want pullets.

Purebred Chickens

We carry a wide selection of time-tested purebred breeds — birds known for their temperament, productivity, and breed-true consistency generation after generation.

  • Rhode Island Reds

  • White American Bresse

  • White Leghorns

  • Barred Rocks

  • Lavender Orpingtons

  • Silver Laced Wyandottes

  • Blue Laced Gold Wyandottes

  • Gold Laced Wyandottes

  • Splash Laced Red Wyandottes

  • Ameraucanas

  • Buff Orpingtons

  • Black Copper Marans

  • Brahmas

Hybrid Vigor Crosses

Our Hybrid Vigor Crosses are beautiful egg laying machines that live 5–7 years like the purebred parent stock. Purpose-bred for maximum production, hardiness, and in some cases — blue, green, or pink eggs.

  • Red Gold Layers — RIR over Buff Orpingtons

  • Rhode Island Blacks — RIR over Black Australorps

  • Super Blue Egg Layers — Self Blue Ameraucana over White Leghorns

  • Mars Bars — Black Copper Maran over Crested Cream Legbars

American Bresse — $5 Each

White American Breese chickens --Dual, or Triple-Purpose?

 

EGGS: American Bresse chickens are excellent egg-layers. Some of them are likely to start laying eggs by week 18, and will lay close to an egg a day through spring, summer, and autumn. Many American Bresse chickens lay 250 eggs per year, or more.

 

MEAT: American Bresse chickens are also very fast growing meat birds. They grow fast and early, faster than the usual dual purpose breeds such as Rhode Island Red or Plymouth Rock. As heritage birds, they will reproduce true to the breed year after year, unlike Cornish Cross hybrids, the typical "meat" bird and grocery store chicken.

 

FLAVOR: Additionally, American Bresse have the same unique meat quality and intense flavor that French Bresse chickens are known for. They are described as the "most delicious chicken in the world" due to the fat-marbled meat sought after by renowned chefs. They certainly command a royal price in French markets.
 

Given their 500-year history in France, who's to say there isn't also a genetic component that influences the exquisite "Bresse" flavor to the poultry??

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It is hard to keep secret a breed this cool and useful!
 

American Bresse chickens are a striking red, white and blue. 

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Roosters have large, bright red single combs and wattles contrasting sharply with their all-white feathers. The legs provide the blue, ranging in color from quite bluish to a darker steel gray.

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Those first French chicken farmers may have been quite patriotic. Whether by accident or by design, Bresse chicken coloration is now proudly said to represent the blue, white, and red of the French flag.

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Interesting for American Bresse breeders is that the United States flag is, very conveniently, also red, white and blue.

Guinea Fowl — $10 Each

Guinea fowl are tough, low-maintenance birds that earn their keep from day one. They're natural pest controllers — excellent at clearing ticks, grasshoppers, and other insects from your property — and they'll sound the alarm for the whole flock when something doesn't belong. Available at $10 each. Call or text Barry to check current availability.

Why Quality Matters When Buying Live Birds

A cheap bird isn't always a deal. Old hens that have stopped laying, straight-run batches full of roosters, sick chicks from overcrowded brooders — these are real problems buyers run into from unvetted sources. At Bluestone Hatchery, every bird is farm-raised and carefully managed from hatch. Barry Spencer is an NPIP Certified Exhibition Poultry Breeder with the experience to back it up. You're not buying from a middleman — you're buying direct from the farm.

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