Sherrie's & Ben's Hens
Sherrie's and Ben's Hens specializes in providing top-quality purebred and hybrid hens to customers seeking exceptional egg-laying capabilities. Our hens are raised to be docile and produce an abundance of large to extra-large eggs throughout the year. No barnyard mixes here—our commitment to genetics ensures exceptional laying performance. Our passion ensures your purchase is free from unwanted roosters and the hassle of brooders. Instead, you'll receive mature, naturally-nurtured pullets ready for your coop, laying farm-fresh eggs in no time.
Located Levelland Texas
PRICE FOR PUREBRED AND HYBRID YOUNG HENS (PULLETS)
Located Levelland Texas
Updated 12/2/2024
Rhode Island Red
8-week-old. $20
White Leghorn
8-week-old. $20
French Black Copper Marans
9-week-old. $25
ISA Brown Hybrid
13-week-old. $25
Isabella Leghorn
13-week-old. $25
Speckled Sussex
13-week-old. $25
AVAILABLE SOON
1/4/25
Barred Rock
8-week-old. $20
Buff Orpington
8-week-old. $20
Golden Comet Hybrid
8-week-old. $20
Blue Laced Golden Wyandotte
8-week-old. $25
Crested Cream Legbar
8-week-old. $25
AVAILABLE SPRING 2025
Black Star Hybrid
8-week-old $15
Marans/Barred Rock Hybrid
8-week-old. $20
Olive Egger Hybrid
8-week-old $30
French Black Copper Marans, 8-week-old. $25
French Splash Copper Marans
8-week-old.
French Blue Copper Marans
8-week-old. $30
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Descriptions of the Breeds of Hens We Raise
About Our Hens
We like to raise purebred and hybrid/cross bred hens that are docile and produce a lot of large to extra large eggs year round. There are no barnyard mixes. Barnyard mixes or "mutts" never lay as well as purebred or hybrids. We've raised all the following breeds and this is from our experience. White Leghorns, ISA Browns followed by the Black Star are super layers that lay 280 eggs plus a year. A close second are the Buff Orpington, Speckled Sussex and Barred Plymouth Rock. They don't lay as many eggs every week as the super layers but, are still considered outstanding layers of 200 plus eggs per year. The Olive Eggers, Marans and Legbars add a variety of color and are also outstanding layers.
Buying hens this way means you won't get roosters and they're mature enough that they don't need a brooder. Plus, you don't have to wait long before they start laying eggs. Price is based on breed type and age. As the pullets get older the price increases.
Hens are raised all naturally and no chemicals or antibiotics are used. Diatomaceous earth is used to control internal/external parasites.
All photos are our chickens.
Buff Orpington
Available January 2025.
One of America's all-time popular Heritage breeds known for their gentle temperment and called 'Golden Chicken Beauties'. These hens are outstanding, laying 4 to 5 large cream colored eggs a week or 200 to 280 eggs per year. They start laying at a wide range from 22 to 28 weeks. They can go broody and the hens make great mothers.
Barred Plymouth Rock
Available January 2025.
These chickens are a part of Americana. If your grandparents had chickens you can be sure some were Barred Rocks. They are a dual purpose chicken that lays 4 to 5 eggs a week. They start laying at 16 to 20 weeks. They are a gentle breed and do well in a mixed flock.
Blue Laced Golden Wyandotte
Available January 2025
They're a unique and beautiful bird and one of the rarer varieties of the Wyandotte chickens. Their large size and ability to lay more than 200 large brown eggs a year makes them a great dual purpose chicken. They're a gentle breed but, in a mixed flock are at the top of the pecking order. They're easy-going around people but do not like to be handled for more than a few moments.
Golden Comet
Available January 2025
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They're a sex-link hybrid, bred to produce a lot of large to extra large brown eggs. They will start laying eggs as early as 16-weeks-old. They're too small to be a dual-purpose breed. They're super layers, laying five to six eggs a week and are not known to go broody. They're very friendly and docile and are attracted to people. They fit well into a mixed flock.
Black Star
They're known as a dual-purpose sex-link hybrid/cross breed that will lay large brown eggs at 20 weeks old. They're super layers, laying five to six eggs a week. They're very friendly and docile. They're always the first one to greet you, giving them the nickname "dogs with feathers". The Black Stars combination of temperment, egg size, egg quantity and their iridescent green feathers makes it one of my favorites and they could easily be called the perfect hen. Black Star are a cross breed Rhode Island Red and Barred Rock.
Crested Cream Legbar
Available January 2025.
Known for their unique pastel blue to green eggs, docile temperment and outstanding layers of more than 200 eggs a year. They don't tend to go broody. They are also one of the few auto-sexing breeds.
French Black Copper Marans
They're a dual-purpose breed that lay 4 to 5 large eggs a week. Their eggs are such a dark brown they're referred to as chocolate. These Black Marans lay the darkest eggs of all the Marans breed. They start laying at 20 to 26 weeks. They're a friendly enough breed to be called a 'lap chicken'. Along with the Black Star they could possibly be ranked as the perfect hen.
French Blue Copper Marans
These hens have beautiful slate blue colored feathers, even their legs and beaks are blue. Marans are known for their large dark brown eggs. Their outstanding layers of 4 to 5 eggs per week. They are a docile friendly breed and start laying at 20 to 24 weeks. Hens weigh around 7 pounds making them a dual-purpose breed.
French Splash Copper Marans
Available Spring 2025.
Their marbled blue spot feathers are unique among chicken breeds and take a year to feather out. These beautiful hens are rare because of their breeding genetics. To get a Splash Marans with the best deep blue marbling is to breed two Blue Marans. But, only 25% of the chicks will be Splash with the remaining chicks 25% Black and 50% Blue. And then of the 25% Splash Marans only 50% will be females. With no mortality rate that equates to 12.5 eggs out of 100 are Splash Marans hens. Their second unique characteristics is like the other Marans breeds they are outstanding layers of 4 to 5 chocolate colored eggs per week. They are a docile friendly breed and start laying at 20 to 24 weeks.
ISA Brown
ISA Browns are a red sex-link hybrid. These chickens are the most prolific brown egg layers. They lay more eggs then any other chickens except for the White Leghorn. They have a docile temperament and they don't go broody. They start laying at 18 to 20 weeks.
Isabella Leghorn
These hens are as rare as they are beautiful. And, just like other Leghorns they lay 280 plus white eggs a year. They don't tend to go broody. They're a docile breed but not overly friendly. So they're not considered a 'lap chicken'.
Marans/Barred Rock Hybrid
Available Spring 2025
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These hens are a black sex-link hybrid/cross-breed. Crossing a French Black Copper Marans with a Barred Rock and getting the best of both breeds. A beautiful black hen that lays more eggs then a Marans and a darker egg then a Barred Rock. They get their gentle temperment from both breeds. Their egg size is large to extra large. This hybrid is known by many registered trademark names so those names can't be listed on this website.
Olive Egger
Available Spring 2025.
French Black Copper Marans crossed with Crested Cream Legbar. They're a sex-link hybrid/cross-breed with some having characteristics of a crest like the Legbars, some feathered legs like the Marans and some having both. They have a gentle temperment but not considered a 'lap chicken'. They lay around 4 large to extra large olive colored eggs per week. They start laying at a wide range from 24 to 28 weeks.
Rhode Island Red
We have mixed feelings about Rhode Island Reds. They're definitely at the top of the pecking order. Some hens are gentle while others are aggressive. That's why we would not recommend RIR's to first time chicken buyers with a mixed breed flock. However, they are outstanding layers and an excellent dual purpose breed. Like the Barred Plymouth Rock they are a part of Americana. This breed is popular and we have many request so, thats why we are glad to offer them.
Speckled Sussex
What a beautiful hen these chicks make. They're outstanding brown egg layers of 4 to 5 eggs a week. They start laying at 20-weeks-old. They can go broody. They're so friendly they enjoy being cuddled. They're a dual- purpose breed and at maturity they weigh around 7 pounds.
White Leghorn
They're a small hen and bred to be an egg laying machine. They will lay 6 to 7 large to extra large white eggs a week. Since, they never go broody thats more than 280 eggs per year. No other breed lays more eggs in a year. They're not affected by west Texas weather. They lay eggs when it is hot and when it is cold. They start laying at 16 to 18-weeks-old. They're a docile breed but not a 'lap chicken. They just prefer to keep to themselves. We enjoy having a variety of hens but, if we could have only one breed for laying eggs it would be the Heritage breed White Leghorn.
