Very few hobbies are as rewarding or fun as raising your own eggs with a backyard flock. Learn more about taking care of your own flock. Click on the picture of the hens and read our guide to raising a successful backyard flock. Then decide if you want to buy a field-strengthened, ready-to-lay flock of mixed brown egg laying chickens with a rooster. Flocks of 6 to 8 hens with one rooster are recommended. Ready-to-lay hens are $25 each. Every order of 8 hens gets a free rooster - pick up at the farm.