Welcome To Sumner-Byrd Farm, Inc.
Listed below are helpful links "to click on" that will help guide you through our website along
with the main menu links at the top on the left side of this page. Just click on any link below.
Business Information & Closing Schedule:
We are OPEN for business 6 days a week on Tuesday thru Sunday from 10:00 AM until 6:00 PM.
We are closed on Monday. You do not need an appointment to come out and visit our farm and
business operation. If you need to do a pickup only on Monday that you are not able to do during
our regular business hours, just give us a call and we will help you schedule your pickup. We
ship all orders to you from our business partner hatchery.
Hatch Schedule For 2 Days Old Pullet Chicks/In Stock & Pickup Date:
Breeds Stocked/Pullets/Sexed/Vaccinated In Stock Date
Japanese "Pharoah" Quail Chick 01/15/12
Barred Plymouth Rock 


01/20/12
Rhode Island Red 



01/27/12
Dominique Chicks 


01/27/12
Turken Naked Neck 




02/03/12
Barred Plymouth Rock




02/03/12
Black Star Sex Link




02/10/12
Golden Red Sex Link

02/10/12
Black Australorp





02/17/12
Chick Purchase Pre-Order & Stocked Products Inquiry Request Form:
Make sure to fill out our Order/Inquiry Request Form and click the Submit button at the bottom of
the page to send your request to us for processing. We will send a reply/response to your request
as soon as possible. Responses are usually processed in the same business day. Just click the
showing the total amount of your item(s) and the invoice "Due Date" when your order/request
item(s) will be in stock and ready for your pickup. We will send you a notice for pickup when your
About Us, Our Farm, Services, Business, & General Information:
Please feel free to contact us by phone or by email and we will be more than happy to help
you with your questions, concerns, chick ordering, chick reservations, information on caring
for baby chicks, chick health, cures for sickness and any other special requests or information
that you may need. We also provide a help line to provide fast and up to date information and
answers to your questions about the care and raising of your backyard flock.
Information About Our Fertile Hatching & Fresh Eating Eggs:
Featured Specials, Store Collectables, Monthly Stocked Items:
our store to see and to purchase some of our Sumner-Byrd Farm special items and
TV & Radio News (News-14, WRAL-5, FOX-50, G105) Broadcasts:
Bob And The Showgram Mornings, Bob's Birthday Surprise With David Lee Byrd Of Sumner-Byrd
News-14 Carolina, High Temperatures Damper Flight Of NC Poultry Farmers With Roy Sumner Of
WRAL-5 and FOX-50, Outdoor animals' deaths preventable despite heat With Roy Sumner Of
Roy's Chicken Photos, Portfolio, Photo Archives, Photo Gallery:
Click the link at the end to view Roy's Chickens 2011 picture portfolio, "Roy's Chickens".
Click the link at the end to view 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 picture portfolio archives,
Click the link at the end to view Pelikan Photography's picture gallery of Sumner-Byrd Farm
Local Area Backyard Chicken Forums, Meetup Groups, & News Articles:
Get answers to all of your chicken raising questions and other helpful information from your local
areas Raleigh/Durham Backyard Chicken Meetup Group. Make sure to visit this site and feel
forward to seeing you.
More exciting links to chickens in the news. Read all about the on going Garner backyard
Read the on going news updates about Cary backyard chickens at "Cary Chickens".
How To Raise Backyard Chickens From Baby Chicks:
How you start and grow your baby chicks and other poultry is very important. If you feed and
manage them along the lines we outline here, they should perform extremely well for you.
If you "cut corners" at any point, the chances are good that it will cost you in the long run.
Here are the step by step instructions explaining brooding, feeding, watering, the litter, the heat
source, the draft shield, floor space, light, picking problems, the chicken coop, feeder space,
Find out about chicken diseases, affects, primary cause, signs & lesions, prevention &
Find out about coccidiosis in chickens. One of the most common diseases that chickens can
Supplies You Need To Raise Your Baby Chicks:
chicks.
Where To Purchase Chicken Coops, Plans, & Designs:
Need to purchase a pre-built chicken coop? Need a custom built chicken coop built on site? Or a
Need plans or design ideas to build your own chicken coop? Or need to purchase a pre-built
Would You Like To Sign Our Guest Book?:
Feel free to sign our, "Guest Book" and let us know how we are doing and how you and your
backyard flock are doing too. We would love to here from you about your chicken flock, your family,
and your friends. Make sure and visit us on Facebook.com. Give us a call or send us an email
anytime you need help with your backyard chickens.
Thank you for your business and visiting our website.
"Live Green, Raise Your Own Backyard Flock!"
"We are a NPIP approved business as of September 2008. We are licensed as a certified Chick Dealer, Hatching Egg Dealer,
and Poultry Dealer."