Do you live in the Dayton, Ohio area in a neighborhood that doesn’t allow chickens, but wish you and your children could have the experience of raising chicks? Then we have TWO great programs for you! It’s called Rent-a-Chick and Rent-a-Chick Hatch.
RENT-A-CHICK: For a $50 rental fee, you get everything you need to raise newly hatched chicks, including a feeder, waterer, heat lamp, brooder, feed, bedding, tips to raising chicks, and of course chicks (4 to 6). Raise them, hold them, love on them. Then, after 4 weeks, bring everything back and the chicks will continue to grow up on the farm. There are 14 slots scheduled for 2025.
RENT-A-CHICK HATCH: For a $75 rental fee, you get all the equipment in the Rent-a-Chick program, plus an incubator and 10 eggs to incubate and hatch chicks. This is a great program for homeschool families who want to teach embryology. After the chicks hatch (3 weeks incubation), you’ll raise the chicks for 3 weeks. This is a 6 week commitment. There are 25 slots scheduled for 2025.
The programs run from March to September. These are very popular programs and there is usually a waiting list.
RENT-A-CHICK and RENT-A-CHICK registrations for 2025 open in February. If you submit the form below, we will email you when registrations are open and one week before we begin advertising to the general public.
Email Me When Registrations are Open for 2025!
If you don’t live near Dayton, Ohio, or want to create your own Incubator-Brooder Kit, click HERE to see a list of equipment and video about how to build the brooder.