Open Gate is family owned and operated.
100% sun powered since 2015!
Rare Poultry • Rainbow Eggs • CertiFied clean Flock
We began sharing our flock in 2019. We ship our Hatching Eggs across the United States January - September based on availability. Open Gate Chicks are local pickup only March - June at our farm in Westport, MA, by appointment. Each batch of chicks is carefully planned! 2025 Pullets and Cockerels will be available for pre-order in January and sell out rather quick.
All the photos are by Katie Nemeth, founder of Open Gate Poultry. Katie specializes in wild weddings and portrait sessions katienemeth.com and has a love for rare poultry!
Open Gate Farm is part of the National Poultry Improvement Plan (NPIP) MA #1362 NPIP Participants by State. The NPIP is a voluntary program and each state takes part, and one can check anyones status with that link. Participants undergo routine blood testing of their flock. The certification is for sharing hatching eggs, chicks, and poultry of various ages. The Avian Influenza Clean status does require additional testing each year for NPIP participants.
OUR FLOCK IS PULLORUM-TYPHOID CLEAN & h5/h7 AI Clean
HATCHING EGGS
RESERVE CHICKS + DUCKS
PEAFOWL 2025
PULLETS + COCKERELS
PRE-ORDER NOW FOR JULY 2024 PICKUP
(BIRDS 16-20 WEEKS)
EACH YEAR, A SELECT FEW DIFFERENT VARIETIES.
On the farm, our love for chickens has only grown over the years. 2024, is our sixth year sharing certified rare breeds and rainbow eggs. We offer hatching eggs and chicks, sharing from our birds that live quality lives. We hope you may keep a rooster, because you’re guaranteed to get one you love from us. We take temperament into consideration, along with type, and egg color. Feel free to contact us if you have any questions.
“Katie shipped me 14 eggs from MA to CA and I had a 100"% hatch rate!” - Laurel, Comb Farms
Open Gate Farm
At our small family farm, we appreciate everyday as we plant, grow, build, and raise animals together. We surround ourselves with sustainably grown + maintained perennial, vegetable, herb, and cut flower gardens throughout the farm, but it’s truly the animals that give the farm character. We strive for our animals to live happy lives. We also grow Hereford cattle, Icelandic sheep, and Crossbreeds - Finn/Horned Dorset x Icelandic sheep, and meat birds. We raise our own meat, in the pastures.
Our chickens live natural lives. We don’t use artificial lights to prolong laying. We live in New England, which means snow filled winters. We designed our coops to be spacious, and functional. Different coops come out different days to freely explore the yard, gardens, and fields to do what chickens do best… run wild, scratch for bugs, and “weed” the gardens.
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