Seasonal Calgary Chicken Rentals
Bringing farm fresh eggs to your backyard!
Backyard chicken rentals are the way to go!
Are you looking for Calgary Chicken Rentals? Join our flock at CITY Chickens!
Keeping chickens in your backyard is easy and rewarding. A rental program is a perfect choice for first time chicken owners. We are here to help answer any questions you have along the way. Plus, there is no need to worry about the -30 and below temperatures with rental chickens. We will bring them back to the farm before the weather dips. Regardless if you want to have delicious fresh eggs every morning, enrich your soil and garden with their waste, or just enjoy the company of chickens, renting chickens is simple and fun.
Our rental program runs from May – October, you may rent 3 or 5 chickens. We are also introducing an incubating program this year. We will provide the basics to hatching chicks in your own home with the option to get a coop to keep the chickens all summer long if you want. You will be provided 12 fertilized eggs to hatch, and don’t worry if you end up hatching a rooster! We will take him back to the farm as soon as he begins to crow!
After we receive your submission on our Chicken Rentals page, we will reach out to confirm your order, set up a delivery date and ensure that you are prepared and equipped to take care of the chickens. Also, if you’re going on vacation – no worries! We will watch the chickens during your holidays for no extra charge, just bring them back to the farm while you are away.
Check out our FAQ page for any questions you might have or reach out by email Sean@citychickens.ca!
Here are just a few reasons why you should rent chickens!
Eggs
You will never enjoy making breakfast more than with eggs from your own flock. Studies have shown that backyard chickens actually lay more nutritious eggs when provided a good life and diet compared to commercial store-bought eggs.
Stress Free Commitment
Keeping chickens over winter requires extra care, such as heated coop, light source and a heated waterer. Not to mention you have to keep an eye out for frostbite on the chicken’s feet and combs. When you rent hens there is no worry! You get to keep chickens during their best season when they lay eggs most frequently.
Compost
Enrich your garden and soil with natural fertilizer. Chicken poop breaks down quickly in your compost. We provide wood shavings to keep the coop clean which are another good addition to your compost as well. Chickens are another link in the chain of composting!
Food Security
We haven’t bought eggs in the store for years. Forget what they taste like. But everyone who buys eggs from us always compliments the flavour and you will instantly notice and appreciate the difference in quality. At an egg a day, there isn’t anything else in nature that provides such bounty. If you are interested in food security for your family’s meat, please see our program here
Entertainment
We have been keeping chickens for years, and there is still nothing more entertaining to us than letting the chickens out to play and forage in our yard. Kids will find great joy in training the chickens to do simple tricks and some kids have become better chicken handlers than us in short time. Guests to your house will be fascinated and envious of your new feathered friends.
Companionship
Your flock will become apart of the family. Recognized as Emotional Support Animals. Chickens make excellent baby sitters and will occupy young and old for hours. We call it Chicken TV. The social dynamics of chickens are highly complex and watching their interactions is highly entertaining. Rental chickens can at first be timid, but will become acquainted and respond to you and your routines.
Want to see more of our Calgary Chicken Rentals? Visit our Instagram or Facebook page to see pictures of our coops placed in homes.