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 BC 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!
update on 2021 orders in the queue
Just wanted to give you an update on our 2021 season. Please don't forget to read our ordering guidelines before placing your order. Due to time constraints, we will do our best to respond in a timely manner, if you don't hear from us prior to nearest delivery date, chances are we will get to you next available date.
Below is our availability schedule for chick pick-up and Canada-wide shipping. These dates and more information can be found on our Available Now page.
Below is our availability schedule for chick pick-up and Canada-wide shipping. These dates and more information can be found on our Available Now page.
March 26, 2021, Friday
April 23, 2021, Friday
May 21, 2021, Friday
June 18, 2021, Friday
July 16, 2021, Friday
August 20, 2021, Friday
April 23, 2021, Friday
May 21, 2021, Friday
June 18, 2021, Friday
July 16, 2021, Friday
August 20, 2021, Friday
Your chicks will be ready in one of the dates mentioned above. We will contact you closer to the date your chicks are ready. Due to cold weather this March, if you live outside of BC, chances are we will ship to you in April onwards when the weather is more conducive to a safe and healthy travel for the chicks. If you have sent in your deposit and are in the queue but have not heard from us, please be assured that we have your order lined up and we are working hard towards our main goal of providing you with the best chicks we can hatch from the best breeders we can raise.
Thank you for your patience and support over the years. Our family operation has grown from a hobby to one of the premier small farms to purchase chicks for backyarders, breeders, as well as carefully crafted artisan chicken for chefs and gourmands.
Thank you for your patience and support over the years. Our family operation has grown from a hobby to one of the premier small farms to purchase chicks for backyarders, breeders, as well as carefully crafted artisan chicken for chefs and gourmands.
Limited availability update:
Crested Cream Legbar Female Chicks
There is limited availability for Cream Legbar- Girl. Due to high demand, the waitlist for this breed is longer than usual.
If you order the Cream Legbar-Girl in conjunction with the Backyarder Rainbow Collection female chicks, you may get the BRC sooner than this breed and it may require substitution of a similar colour egg layer.
If you order the Cream Legbar-Girl in conjunction with the Backyarder Rainbow Collection female chicks, you may get the BRC sooner than this breed and it may require substitution of a similar colour egg layer.
LOOKING FOR PASTURED HERITAGE CHICKEN? PLEASE VISIT OUR CHICKEN MEAT SHOP
More filling, ethical, small batch artisan chicken.
LOOKING FOR LAYING HENS?
This is the chicken collection that we offer exclusively to backyarders. This is the rainbow collection.
LATEST BLOG:
FREE CHICKEN THEME NOTEPAD , A DIY PROJECT
Here is a free chicken theme notepad for you to assemble and give to that special chicken person in your life. Read more>
12/18/2020
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
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>
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>
"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
POULETDE DELTA
Matthew & Amanda Nelson's
CHICKEN
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...
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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