MO - Crevecoeur Hatching Eggs & Chicks

by Connie Abeln
(MO)

Looking to share our good show-quality Crevecoeurs with breeders who will appreciate and use them. This spring and summer we will have hatching eggs and chicks available, but we are sold out of our adults and juvenile birds until later in the summer.

Our Crevecoeurs are large fowl, all-purpose, outdoor birds, hardy in cold and heat. Originally raised in France as fine meat birds, their meat is tender due to the short muscle fibers. Crevecoeurs are good layers of large, cream white eggs. Our flock is NPIP certified and AI-free.

We have black, blue and splash Crevecoeurs available. We show our Crevecoeurs regularly at state fairs and poultry shows, to make sure our stock stays consistent with the American Poultry Association standards. Our most recent shows were the November 2024 Ohio National Poultry Show, where our Crevecoeurs took top breed honors including best display; and the September 2025 IL-MO show, where our Crevecoeurs placed in breed honors.

When they are available, our prices for adult and juvenile Crevecoeurs are:
- If shown and won, $50/bird
- If show quality but not yet shown, $35/bird
- If not show quality but almost perfect, $25/bird
- If a good Crevecoeur type, or a juvenile, $15/bird
- Chicks are $10/bird

Hatching eggs are $30/dozen. You are welcome to specify all black Crevecoeur hatching eggs, which will be out of our show-quality stock. We will include hatching eggs from our blue Crevecoeur lines on your request. Eggs from our blue Crevecoeur lines will hatch as black, blue, or splash chicks.

We cannot guarantee what happens to eggs after they leave our control. We will send you the shipping receipt with the tracking number, so you can track their trip, and file any claims, if needed.

We offer local pickup for hatching eggs as soon as the eggs test fertile in the spring. We ship when the weather permits, spring and fall mostly.

* For live birds, shipping costs range from $120-200, depending on your location and the weight of the birds, and include the Horizon N.E.S.T. USPS-approved shipping box and USPS overnight shipping, if available. We can ship up to two adult Crevecoeurs in a N.E.S.T. We ship only through U.S. Postal Service, weather permitting.
* Hatching eggs are shipped next-day express mail, in a padded box. Shipping costs range from $80-150, depending on distance and number of eggs shipped.
* All shipments are insured, and the buyer is responsible for filing any insurance claims with the US Postal Service if the eggs arrive late or broken. The buyer pays for all shipping costs.

Contact me at connieabeln@gmail.com and we will coordinate a good time and place to meet for delivering hatching eggs, chicks or chickens. We are near Saint Louis, Missouri. We attend some swaps and shows in other states, so we may be able to work something out.

Note: We do ship adult and juvenile chickens, weather permitting, but we do not ship chicks.

Updated March 16, 2026