WELCOME TO THE FARM!
THE CANADIAN BRESSE
Your days of surfing the internet have landed you here, right where you need to be. Whether looking for rare, unique, heritage, or ugly; we can help you select your bird. We are a family farm that breeds and preserves rare and heritage chickens for future generations. A difficult but rewarding task. Many dedicated hours of research, communication, breeding, litigation, and mitigation go into this extraordinary work. Some ongoing projects can take years of planning and organization to finally become a reality.
For the city folk who desires the perfect backyard chicken, we can help you out. We have several birds we are able to distinguish the gender upon hatching. This feature is known as auto sexing.
We practice bio security and we test our birds on a regular basis in accordance with the WA National Poultry Improvement Plan. This assures no major issues occur through negligence. Although no testing is required in Canada, we have chosen to adopt the WA NPIP program since Washington is the closest State to our Province. Read more>
We are a traditional family farm. In addition to our chickens, chicks and hatching eggs for sale, we also offer fresh heirloom vegetables, pet-related products, natural herbal remedies, and seeds. We also have our educational rent-an-incubator for schools. You can find us in beautiful Delta, BC and we ship live birds Canada wide. Delta's coat of arms genuinely reflects how we feel about our water, earth, and sky: "Ours to preserve by hand and heart." Welcome to Grade Eh Farms!
For the city folk who desires the perfect backyard chicken, we can help you out. We have several birds we are able to distinguish the gender upon hatching. This feature is known as auto sexing.
We practice bio security and we test our birds on a regular basis in accordance with the WA National Poultry Improvement Plan. This assures no major issues occur through negligence. Although no testing is required in Canada, we have chosen to adopt the WA NPIP program since Washington is the closest State to our Province. Read more>
We are a traditional family farm. In addition to our chickens, chicks and hatching eggs for sale, we also offer fresh heirloom vegetables, pet-related products, natural herbal remedies, and seeds. We also have our educational rent-an-incubator for schools. You can find us in beautiful Delta, BC and we ship live birds Canada wide. Delta's coat of arms genuinely reflects how we feel about our water, earth, and sky: "Ours to preserve by hand and heart." Welcome to Grade Eh Farms!
Welcome to the 2025 season!
We plan to start filling local orders in April. Pending weather, our goal is to start shipping April or May.
You have to order within season as we cannot guarantee specific hatch dates since we cannot guarantee the hatch rate and laying rate of each of our hens. However, the Backyarder Rainbow Collection female chicks usually have a quicker turnaround time than the custom orders, and for the Meatballs, you can choose the month you would like to receive the birds.
We operate on a first come, first served basis. Thank you.
You have to order within season as we cannot guarantee specific hatch dates since we cannot guarantee the hatch rate and laying rate of each of our hens. However, the Backyarder Rainbow Collection female chicks usually have a quicker turnaround time than the custom orders, and for the Meatballs, you can choose the month you would like to receive the birds.
We operate on a first come, first served basis. Thank you.
LOOKING FOR LAYING HENS?
This is the chicken collection that we offer exclusively to backyarders. This is the rainbow collection.
latest blog:
design a gingerbread chicken
Looking for a fun chicken themed craft activity to stave off the winter blues and help everyone stay entertained? Read more>
12/24/2022
FEATURED BLOG:
winter pasture for chickens
A wonderful opportunity for the birds to forage the snow and acclimate to their climate post brooder and summer weather.. Read more>
01/01/2022
featured blog:
RESISTANCE IS NOT FUTILE
I am going to start blogging about the issues that are commonly found in poultry whether it’s commercial, rare breed chickens.. Read more>
1/20/2020
LOOKING FOR PASTURED HERITAGE CHICKEN? PLEASE VISIT OUR CHICKEN MEAT SHOP
More filling, ethical, small batch artisan chicken.
TESTIMONIALS
"I really appreciate the care and thought that you have both put into your decisions. It shows in everything - including your birds. The grade eh babies.. Read more>
FREE RANGE INCUBATOR PROGRAM
(CHICKEN EGG INCUBATOR RENTAL) FOR SCHOOLS
A unique way for children to learn about farming, the environment, math, science and even art. Read more>
"The Way a Chicken Can Taste" Page 13
The amazing editors at Edible Vancouver & Wine Country have captured in this article what our chicken for the table is all about.
Wonderfully penned article by Glenda Luymes & beautiful pics by Richard Lam in The Province printed news and online Vancouver Sun
CANADIAN BRESSE
POULET DE DELTA
Matthew & Amanda Nelson's
Chicken
FEATURED IN
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FEATURED IN
Picture from The Globe and Mail article by Mark Schatzker featuring our very own Canadian Bresse.
GRADE EH FARMS'
RENT AN INCUBATOR PROGRAM
FEATURED IN THE
ALDERGROVE STAR
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MEETING EXPECTATIONS
Poultry people come in all shapes and sizes. Unfortunately, sooner or later you are going to...
Grade Eh Farms was featured in the August/September 2022 edition of the Backyard Poultry Magazine! Doug Ottinger wrote a very thorough yet engaging & enjoyable article about the Hungarian Yellow.
we are looking for partners
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If you are located in the Lower Mainland and have interest in growing meat birds, we are looking for small growers to partner with in producing artisanal pastured chicken. We can provide the chicks for little or no cost and Matthew can come up and teach you the finer points of raising pastured chicken for meat. This is a good opportunity to develop or better serve your customers and ours. If you are interested, please contact us.
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