Jenks Hatchery Inc.

12/03/2025

Here is another great resource for keeping your flock comfortable during cold winter temperatures!

11/27/2025

Happy Thanksgiving from our family to yours! We wish you and your families a safe and Happy Turkey Day! We are thankful for our amazing customers and employees for allowing us to do what we love for 115 years! We will be open again Monday 12/1/2025 at 9am PST for our regular business hours!

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11/24/2025

Happy Monday! 🦃Just a Reminder, the Jenks Hatchery Business Office will be closed on Thursday 11/27 for Thanksgiving! We will reopen for regular business hours on Monday 12/1/2025 at 9am PST! We hope you and your family have a wonderful Thanksgiving!

11/19/2025

🐥Important Annoucement🦃

The Jenks Hatchery Business Office will be closed for Thanksgiving on Thursday 11/27/2025, we will reopen for regular business hours on Monday 12/1/2025 at 9am PST.

We hope you have a safe, wonderful Thanksgiving with your families and loved ones and if you are traveling we wish you safe travels!

11/11/2025

Happy Veteran's Day from Jenks Hatchery, thank you to the men and women that have served our country, in order to keep us safe!

"We remember those who were called upon to give all a person can give, and we remember those who were prepared to make that sacrifice if it were demanded of them in the line of duty..." President Ronald Reagan

May we never forget the sacrifice that those who have served, have made.

11/06/2025

The Jenks Hatchery Business Office will be closed Tuesday 11/11 to honor our Veterans. Thank you to our Veterans for the Sacrifice and Service they made to our country!

We will reopen on Wednesday 11/12 at 9am PST for our regular business hours!

11/04/2025

Happy November! It is starting to get chilly and it is getting darker earlier in the day! Here are our tips on Winterizing your flock and keeping those hard working girls comfortable:

🐥Chickens need 14 hours of light per day- total light hours including natural and artifical light- to maintain egg production in the fall/winter months

🐣Increase protein in the winter to maintain their weight- supplemental increase in scratch grains, grubs, etc-

🐥 Keep the coop dry and draft free

🐣Increase depth of bedding on the floor of the coop to insulate from the floor

🐥Check for worms in f***l matter and for signs of mites/lice. There is an increased chance of mites/lice infestations in the autumn and winter months. https://www.theveterinarynurse.com/content/clinical/common-poultry-parasites-of-backyard-hens/

🐣Keep waterers clear of ice

🐥Check coop for rodent entry points and keep your flock away from wild waterfowl. Practicing good biosecurity is one of the most important things you can do for your flock, here are some great tips from the USDA Defend the Flock Program: https://www.aphis.usda.gov/livestock-poultry-disease/avian/defend-the-flock/resources

We also have a great raising and brooding your birds section on our website here: https://jenkshatchery.com/pages/tips-for-success

10/31/2025

Happy Halloween from Jenks Hatchery! This little DeKalb White made a great photo for Halloween! We hope you and your family have a fun and safe Halloween!🎃🐣🥰🎃

10/30/2025

We can't believe that October is almost over! 🐥🎃🍂🍁We are well into Fall and that brings in Migrations of Waterfowl and an increased risk of HPAI (Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza,) being prepared and maintaining consistent, well-defined biosecurity protocols is the best way to protect your flock, ODA has a great article on HPAI on their website and we highly recommend checking it out here: https://www.oregon.gov/oda/animal-health-feeds-livestock-id/animal-diseases/avian-influenza/Pages/hpai-poultry.aspx

They also have a great Fall Specific Poultry Biosecurity Checklist that we have posted before, check that out here: https://www.oregon.gov/oda/Documents/Publications/AnimalHealth/Fall-Specific%20Poultry%20Biosecurity%20Checklist.pdf?utm_medium=email&utm_source=govdelivery

Looking for another resource? The Defend the Flock Resource Center on the USDA website is also a great source of information: https://www.aphis.usda.gov/livestock-poultry-disease/avian/defend-the-flock/resources

10/23/2025

🐥🐣Thank you to our amazing customers, we are sold out for retail hatch dates for 2025! We typically update the website with the new hatch dates for the following year in December, please stay tuned in on Facebook/Instagram and the website for updates!🐣🐥

We are continuing hatching commercially throughout the rest of 2025, customers looking for 2000+ chicks per hatch for 2025 please email us at [email protected] and we can place you on our list for overhatch!

Thank you all for another amazing year!!

10/23/2025

Here is another helpful infographic from Poultry DVMs, if you are looking at expanding or building your run, this is important info to help protect your flock!

Just a handy fencing material comparison chart focused on predator exclusion for backyard chickens, ducks and other fowl. The most notable takeaways are:
🐓Poultry netting is useless. It will not keep your flock safe from any predators or pests.
🐓1/4" hardware cloth is the superior choice to help protect your chickens but since it is a flexible material, it must have enough support points to provide the rigidity needed to withstand forces exerted by predators.

🐓Chainlink fencing provides a good base structure, but still needs to be reinforced with hardware cloth to minimize risk of certain common predators (raccoons, minks, weasels, and snakes) and small rodents (rats and mice).
🐓Even seemingly small gaps and holes can serve as entry points for predators.
For more detailed information for how to properly predator proof please refer to our infographic on our website - https://poultrydvm.com/featured-infographic/tips-for-protecting-poultry-from-predators

10/21/2025

Happy hatch day!! Just a reminder, Katie, our Office Manager will be assisting at Local Pickup today for prescheduled chick pickup! If you call after 11am, please leave a voicemail and she will call you back as soon as she is available! Please note it will come in as “Restricted” since she will be using her cell to call you back!

Tracking has been added to all the orders, please note that tracking will not update until the chicks are scanned at the Distribution Center, once the chicks arrive at the Local Post Office they will give you a call to pick up!

For Alaska Air Cargo orders please refer to the email with your AWB information, we look forward to seeing everyone at pickup today! With the chilly weather please make sure the brooder is prepared so it’s nice and toasty when the chicks arrive, here are our tips for taking care of our chicks: https://jenkshatchery.com/pages/general-information

Local Pickup is located at Jenks Hatchery Warehouse located at 34270 Looney Lane Tangent, OR 97389

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