Did you know you can buy your chickens online and have them delivered to your door?
Pipinchick Poultry are one of the first companies in the UK to offer live chicken deliveries.
We have answered below a few of your questions as we want you to feel confident when using our poultry courier service.
It is nice to be able to select your own hens from a pen, however, by choosing to stay in your immediate area you limit your choices and by buying from a small back garden set up you most likely won’t get vaccinated, guaranteed female or fully healthy hens. We want to be able to offer a higher level of quality and raise the standards of back garden poultry across the whole of the UK. Why should you sacrifice quality due to your location?!
We have been there ourselves and there is nothing more heart-breaking than travelling for 6 hours in a car with the promise of lovely birds to arrive at a grotty back garden or farm and be shown unhealthy, skinny, sneezing hens with mycoplasma, scaly leg and mites!
Some of you as first time keepers may not be aware of such issues and buy what you believe are healthy hens to then get them home and have them die or present illness, to then find your ‘breeder’ tells you tough luck and that’s the end of it!
Pipinchick Poultry are the leading supplier of pure and rare breed hens, we were the first in the UK to rear these types of breeds in the numbers we do and as such we have developed our own way of rearing that is gentle, sympathetic to each breed and as close to nature as it can be. We love each and every hen we rear and put our heart and soul into raising them. This extra level of care shows in the final hen, they are friendly, healthy, sweet birds.
We never send any hens that are not old enough or strong enough for their journey, we have a reputation to protect as the best in the business but more than that we care for the chickens and would not want them to endure suffering at all in any way.
As such, we guarantee 100% vaccinated, heathy and happy hens delivered to your door, we have a 10 day no quibble return policy, if any hen delivered shows signs of illness within the first 10 days of arrival we will help to resolve the issue or in a serious case we will come and collect the hen and replace or refund you.
Yes, it is safe provided they are transported properly, if you think about it it’s much like if you had collected them yourself and popped them in a cat carrier…
Each chicken is given a health check by our chicken experts prior to being sent to ensure they are happy, healthy and ready for their new home.
Chickens are delivered in one of our ventilated chicken carriers, these boxes are created by our team with a minimum of 8 large vent slits (not holes) these slits allow for a better air circulation through the carrier. All boxes are lined firstly with absorbent chick paper and then with a layer of sawdust to ensure all poop is absorbed and not left on your chickens’ feet. We sometimes infuse the sawdust with lavender to help the birds feel calmer on their journey. We have 4 different box sizes depending on quantity of hens purchased and the size of the breeds.
Hens are transported by our dedicated drivers who are all trained by us and know how to look after the birds on their journey, for most of the mainland UK, and Wales hens are delivered from farm to your door in under 8 hours, for deliveries further away from us, we use an overnight courier. This enables a stopover midway so your hens are not in transport for too long, they get an overnight stop for a rest, feed, water etc..
All our team have the hen’s welfare at the forefront and every care is taken to ensure they are happy on their travels.
Most of our customers are so surprised by how easy and simple it is to have their hens delivered. Birds are selected and the standard is as per the pictures on our website, you can buy direct from our online shop or if you have some further questions prior to buying our lovely tem are available to answer any questions and take your order via the phone or over emails. We have never had a disappointed customer on arrival, our pictures show an overall standard of each breed and most of the feedback we receive on delivery is that their hens look better than they expected. You can have your birds picked to your specification, let our team know if you want larger pomp poms, friendly or gentle characters, different colourings, clipped wing tips etc… we will be happy to select based on your wishes.
We endeavour to deliver your hens to the UK mainland within 10 days of your purchase and 14 days for Scotland.
We will contact you within 48 hours after your purchase to discuss delivery options.
Feel free to contact our team for more information.