2026 RESERVATIONS FOR RENT-A-CHICK AND RENT-A-CHICK HATCH ARE CLOSED. PLEASE CHECK BACK IN JANUARY 2027 WHEN RESERVATIONS WILL OPEN AGAIN.
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! They’re 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.
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.
The programs run from March to July. These are very popular programs and there is usually a waiting list. Kits must be picked up from our farm at 8600 Haddix Rd, Fairborn, OH.
RENT-A-CHICK and RENT-A-CHICK HATCH registrations for 2026 are Closed.