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. 

"Hours Of Operation"                             "Portfolio Archives"                        "Stocked Breeds Photos"
"Price Listing Guide"                               "Stocked Breeds We Sell"            "Payment Methods"
"In Stock & Hatch Schedule"                "Laying Nesting Boxes"                "Fresh Duck Eggs"
"Directions To Our Farm"                       "Fresh Chicken Eggs"
"Fresh Quail Eggs"                                  "Fertile Hatching Eggs"                        

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
link to get started,  "Order/Inquiry Request Form".   You will receive an order/request invoice
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
request is ready.    To email us just, "click here". 

$$$$$$ SALE $$$$$$         JUNE 10, 2012      $$$$$ ONE DAY ONLY $$$$$$:

On Sunday, June 10 we are having a "Special One Day Only All Breed Pullet Chick Sale"
of all breed(s) that we have in stock that are of 2 days old to 3 weeks old in age,  sexed as female,
and vaccinated for Marek's disease.  If you purchase 2 pullet chicks of any breed(s) that are in the
same age group, you will get one "FREE" 2 days old to 3 weeks old in age pullet chick of any
breed(s) that is of the same age group that we have in stock on that day.  ONLY 1 FREE CHICK
PER CUSTOMER.     This is "ONLY" a one day special sale for that day only that will take place
on Sunday, June 10 from 10:00 am until 06:30 pm that day before of business for that day.   
There will be "No Returns",  "No Refunds given", "No Chick Exchanges", No Exceptions, No
other day but on Sunday, 06/10 before 6:30 pm. 
We will take and honor hold/reserve requests for that day only.   All chicks must be picked up on the
sale day only.  NO EXCEPTIONS.   All sales are "Final".   There are no exclusions of pullet chick
breed(s).   The only requirement is that they must be in the same age group range.  The price range
is $5.75 only.   We will honor our male/rooster policy in the event anyone gets a male
we will that the male back an give him a good new home.  No questions asked.   Hope to see you
at our sale on Sunday, 06/10.   We are looking forward to meeting you.   Let us know if you have any
questions about our sale or procedures for this one day only and we will be more than happy to
answer all of your questions.   ONLY 1 FREE CHICK PER CUSTOMER.

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 to visit our farm and our 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 to schedule your pickup as soon as
possible. 

We ship all orders to you from our business partner hatchery.

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.  

Read all about Sumner-Byrd Farm and our business, "General Information".

Information About Our Fertile Hatching & Fresh Eating Eggs:

Fresh Turkey Eggs:       "Fresh Turkey Eggs"
Fresh Goose Eggs:        "Fresh Goose Eggs"
Fresh Duck Eggs:   "Fresh Duck Eggs"
Fresh Quail Eggs:   "Fresh Quail Eggs"
Fresh Chicken Eggs:     "Fresh Chicken Eggs"
Fertile Hatching Eggs:  "Fertile Hatching Eggs"

Featured Specials, Store Collectables, Monthly Stocked Items:

Make sure to visit our featured items and specials at "Featured Items & Specials", and also visit
our store to see and to purchase some of our Sumner-Byrd Farm special items and
collectables at, "Sumner-Byrd Farm Collectables" webpage. 

Monthly featured items that we will stock for the 2012 season, "Monthly Featured Items".  

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
Farm, Inc. - May 18, 2011:  "Bob And The Showgram Mornings with David Byrd"

News-14 Carolina, High Temperatures Damper Flight Of NC Poultry Farmers With Roy Sumner Of
Sumner-Byrd Farm, Inc. - July 12, 2011:  "News14 Carolina with Roy Sumner"

WRAL-5 and FOX-50, Outdoor animals' deaths preventable despite heat With Roy Sumner Of
Sumner-Byrd Farm, Inc. - July 22, 2011:  "WRAL-5 and FOX-50 with Roy Sumner"

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,
"Picture Portfolio Archives".

Click the link at the end to view 2012 picture portfolio,  "Picture Portfolio". 

Click the link at the end to view Pelikan Photography's picture gallery of Sumner-Byrd Farm
And Hatchery, Inc., "Pelikan Portraits Galleries".  

Local Area Backyard Chicken Forums, Meetup Groups, & News Articles:   

The Holly Springs Sun -  April 24, 2008:  "Backyard Chickens: An Urban Movement".

The Cary News - March 30, 2010: "Pets or Poultry?".

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   
free to join our group "Raleigh/Durham Backyard Chicken Meetup Group".  We are looking
forward to seeing you.

More exciting links to chickens in the news.  Read all about the on going Garner backyard
chickens in the news at "Friends Of Hens".

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,
roosting/perching space, taking care of, and "Raising Your New Baby Chicks".

Find out about chicken diseases, affects, primary cause, signs & lesions, prevention &
treatment, "Chicken Diseases".

Find out about coccidiosis in chickens.  One of the most common diseases that chickens can
get.  It can be fatal if treatment is not started soon enough, "Coccidiosis In Chickens".

Supplies You Need To Raise Your Baby Chicks:

Here is a list of "Baby Chick Supplies" you will need to brood, feed and raise your new baby
chicks. 

Where To Purchase Chicken Coops, Plans, & Designs:

Need to purchase a pre-built chicken coop? 

Call All Cooped Up, Creative Custom Coops, Raleigh, NC today at (919) 872-2129.  Or send them
an email at "allcoopedup@ymail.com". 

Just ask for Luke Smith or Jay Burbee.  They are always glad to help.  They can custom build a
coop to meet your needs.
 
You can see some of there display models of very find and excellent workman ship along with the
high quality they put into each and every chicken coop located at Sumner-Byrd Farm, Inc. in
Holly Springs, NC,  just off of Sunset Lake Road close to the Harris Teeter shopping center.  Please
make sure to call or visit us today!   Visit All Cooped Up website at "All Cooped Up".

Need a custom built chicken coop built on site?  Or a custom built yardbarn?  Visit Curtiss
Coops & Yardbarns website at "Curtiss Coops Yardbarns".

Need design ideas to build your own chicken coop?  Or need to purchase a pre-built chicken
coop?   Visit Carolina Coops website at "Carolina Coops".

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."