Welcome to
Pip's Hatchery
Your local business offering everything you need to enjoy raising chicks at home, all in one place.
What we offer
Complete equipment hire with chicken return service
This package includes all of the equipment you need during hatching and to raise chicks for their first 4 weeks. This package includes;
- Hire of all hatching equipment; incubator, brooder, candler, Buff Orpington hatching eggs and hygrometer.
- Hire of what you need to get your chicks started; chick pens, chick feed, feed/water bowls.
- 24/7 support and a free booklet walking you through everything you need to know.
- A return service if you wish to return cockerels, hens or both.
This package is fully customisable to suit your needs.
Send us an email using the link below and we will give you access to our online information booklet so you can learn about the process of hatching chicks and see our FAQs.
£84
Hatching Equipment Hire
For established flocks, we offer equipment hire of all you need to hatch chicks; an incubator, brooder, candler, Buff Orpington hatching eggs and hygrometer.
Our comprehensive booklet of all you need to know to hatch chicks is included.
Packages can be customised, for example if you already have some of the equipment.
£52
Hatching Eggs
High quality Buff Orpington hatching eggs, for established chicken owners. Aside from being beautiful, our Buff Orpingtons have a wonderful laid back personality and make a stunning addition to any backyard flock. - £10 a dozen
Why Buff Orpingtons?
Buff Orpingtons have the best temperament out of the many breeds we have kept, they are laid back and cuddly which makes them very rewarding pets.
Being so laid back means they are very easy to keep in a garden, as it is very unlikely they will be energetic enough to flap onto a fence and escape. This makes them ideal backyard birds.
They produce between 200-250 eggs in their first year of laying, which is good news for your breakfast!
Founding Pip's Hatchery
Pip's Hatchery is based just outside of Boroughbridge.
We are named after one of the first three hens we ever bought; Pip, Peep, and Robbie (Gina's painting of Pip and Robbie is above). These three chickens sparked an interest in raising high quality rare breed chickens.
Fun Fact! A 'pip' is the name for the first hole a chick makes in its egg.
3 generations conrtibute to running our family owned busines
Isobel
Georgina
Georgina
Isobel has always loved chickens and started hatching her own chicks at the age of 12.
She currently has 34 hens and a Buff Orpington cockerel called Boots (pictured above)
Georgina
Georgina
Georgina
Georgina cares for the hens on a day-to-day basis. She also looks after our flock of Poll Dorset sheep who share the farm with all the chickens and help keep the grass well mown.
(Our lovely ram Old Harry is pictured above)
Gina
Georgina
Gina
Gina is an artist who paints the flora, fauna, and landscapes of North Yorkshire.
She is also the hen's personal portrait artist!
Visit ginabean.art on instagram or Facebook to see more of her work.