Welcome to Cackle Hatchery’s Annual Chicken Festival
If you’ve never been to the Cackle Hatchery Annual Chicken Festival, it’s a free, family-friendly event that we’ve been putting on for more than a decade now. And we always make sure there’s a little something for everyone. Perhaps you want to try some family activities like our hatchery tours, crowing contest, duck races, horse-drawn rides, costume contest, and poultry showcase. If you like what you see, you can even take an animal home with you through our grown fowl silent auction. We’ll also have vendors on site. You’ll find all this and more at the Annual Chicken Festival at Cackle Hatchery!
October 2nd & 3rd 2026
- 1st Place: $500 + trophy
- 2nd Place: $300
- 3rd Place: $200
- 1st Place: $4000 check + trophy
- 2nd Place: $2000 check
- 3rd Place: $1000 check
We auction off chickens with proceeds going to organized youth poultry groups. This is a traditional silent auction with bid sheets.
Become a Vendor
Interested in showcasing your products or food booth at the Annual Chicken Festival?
