Below you’ll find a list of farms and breeders in Nova Scotia who are real, established sellers – helping make sourcing chickens locally a little safer. Unfortunately, there are a lot of scammers out there who steal photos from legitimate breeders and try to sell birds that don’t actually exist to unsuspecting buyers.
A good rule of thumb is to never send money to someone you don’t know, and if someone claims they’ll ship live birds to you, it’s time to keep scrolling. That’s simply not something that’s done within Nova Scotia.
While I can confirm that the farms listed here do exist, and I’ve happily purchased birds from a few of them, I haven’t personally dealt with every farm on the list. Being included here doesn’t necessarily mean I’ve worked with or personally recommend them all – especially as the list grows and includes more breeders over time. To keep things fair, farms and breeders are listed alphabetically by county and then by name, with no priority given.
As with any purchase, I encourage you to do your own research when choosing a breeder to make sure they’re the right fit for you. Follow best practices when vetting any breeder or farm, even those listed here, and always quarantine new birds before introducing them to your existing flock.
If you just stumbled across this post and you’re new to chicken keeping, my beginner workshop, Feathered Fundamentals, walks you through everything you need to feel confident before bringing birds home.
Annapolis County
The Naked Acre Homestead
Location: Lawrencetown, NS
Hatching Eggs Available?: No
Chicken Breeds Available: Silkies, Polish, Easter Eggers
Other Fowl Available: Cayuga Ducks, Muscovy Ducks, Chinese Geese, Mixed Breed Geese
Cumberland County
The Painted Roost
Location: Cape Spear, NB (but travels to Cumberland County almost daily)
Hatching Eggs Available?: Yes
Chicken Breeds Available: Black Copper Marans, Multigen Olive Eggers with emphasis on eggs with dark earthy tones and speckles
Hants County
Cajun Creek Farm
Location: Summerville
Hatching Eggs Available?: Yes
Chicken Breeds Available: Americauna, Lavender Orpington, Buff Orpington, Jubilee Orpington, Black Orpington, Golden Laced Wyandotte, Black Jersey Giant, Rhode Island Red, Silver Grey Dorking, Bantam Easter Egger, BBS (Blue, Black, Splash) Bantam Easter Egger, Standard Easter Egger, Buff Brahma, Lemon Pyle Brahma, Belgian Malines, Barred Rock, Lavender Marans, Black Copper Marans, White Chantecler, Exchequer Leghorn
Other Fowl Available: Ridley Bronze Turkey, Bourbon Red Turkey, Welsh Harlequin Ducks, Sebastopol Geese, Coturnix Quail
Route 14 Roosts
Location: Martok, NS
Hatching Eggs Available?: Yes (when available)
Chicken Breeds Available: Silkies, Easter/Olive Eggers, Cream Crested Legbar
Other Fowl Available: Bourbon Red Poults (turkeys)
Inverness County
MacDonald Fields
Location: Margaree Forks
Hatching Eggs Available?: No
Chicken Breeds Available: Olive Eggers, Barnyard Mix, Marans, Welsummer, Light Sussex, Silverudd’s Blue, Swedish Flower, Ameraucana, Plymouth Barred Rock, Bresse
Kings County
Maple Front Farms
Location: Aylesford, NS
Hatching Eggs Available?: Yes
Chicken Breeds Available: Light Brahmas, Black Copper Marans, Opal and Cream Legbars, Olive Eggers
The Rainbow Roost
Location: Aylesford, NS (travels to HRM on Thursdays)
Hatching Eggs Available?: Yes
Chicken Breeds Available: Rainbow Laying Mixes, Swedish flower Hens, Wheaten Marans, Ameraucana, Olive Eggers (F1 & Multigeneration), Easter Eggers
Other Fowl Available: Indian Runner Ducks, Swedish x Indian Runner Cross Ducks
Queens County
Beach Acres Homestead
Location: Port Mouton
Hatching Eggs Available?: Yes
Chicken Breeds Available: Light Brahma, Bantam Buff Brahma
Buck’s Bounty Farm
Location: Buckfield, NS
Hatching Eggs Available?: Yes
Chicken Breeds Available: Ameraucana, Easter Eggers
Coming in 2027: Cayuga Ducks, BBS (Blue/Black/Splash) Marans
Butt Nugget Gardens
Location: Buckfield, NS
Hatching Eggs Available?: Yes, rainbow layers.
Chicken Breeds Available: Ameraucana Chicks – BBSW (Blue, Black, Splash, Wheaton), Brahma Chicks – Splash x Light, Brahmaucana Chicks (F1 Olive egger) – BBS (Blue, Black, Splash), Rainbow Layer Chicks and Pullets
Other Fowl Available: Khaki Campbell Ducklings, Muscovy Ducklings, Roman Tufted Goslings, Roman Tufted x Pilgrim Goslings, Quail Chicks, Guinea Keets
Rustling Leaves Roost
Location: Caledonia, NS
Hatching Eggs Available?: Yes
Chicken Breeds Available: “Rustling Leaves Rainbow” Barnyard Mix (heritage breed mix rainbow layer flock), Wheaten Marans, F1/BC1 Wheaten Olive Eggers
Shelburne County
Archrival Ranch
Location: Sable River, NS
Hatching Eggs Available?: Yes
Chicken Breeds Available: Ko Shamo, Aseel/Asil, Madagascar Gamefowl Bantams, Marans
Other Fowl Available: Northern Bobwhite Quail, Egyptian Geese, Mandarin Ducks, East Indie Ducks, Golden Pheasants, Ringneck Pheasants, Jacobin Pigeons, Blue Slate Turkeys, Peafowl
Yarmouth County
Feathered Menagerie Farm
Location: Near Yarmouth, NS
Hatching Eggs Available?: Sometimes
Chicken Breeds Available: Rhodebars, White Silkies, Bantam Araucana
Other Fowl Available: Ringneck Pheasants, Sebastopol Geese
There are SO MANY more farms and breeders than this short list but I don’t want to include anyone without their permission so you’re only seeing the information from folks who have volunteered it.
If you’d like to be included in this list, please pop over to Facebook and comment on this post with your Facebook page, your rough location (county and nearest town name), what breeds of chickens you sell and whether you offer hatching eggs. If you also breed other types of fowl, you can include them as well but I’m mainly interested in chickens for this list. I will include anyone I can verify is legitimate (if I don’t already know you) in an alphabetical order list grouped by county.
Nova Scotia farms and breeders (or ones who travel here regularly) only please!


