Events

This is a List of Events attended by Rambling Rose Hatchery! We try to attend and support as many local Small animal, Chicken, and/or Poultry Swap meets and Shows as we are able and will try to keep this list as up-to-date as we can with local events we will sell or attend at.

2026 Swaps and Poultry Events

Updated 12/7/25

Date	Name / Link	Place	Note
February 2026
2/13-2/14	Valentine Chick Days!	Kleier’s Farm and Home Seymour, MO	1st Chick Days of the Season! Supplies may be limited!
March 2026
3/6-7	Spring Chick Days!	Kleier’s Farm and Home Seymour, MO	March winds and little chickies! Come down and see all the cute babies. Free pound of chick starter with each purchase!
Mar (TBD) 2026	Cornish-Cross (Broiler) Chick Pickup	Rambling Rose Hatchery	We do several batches of Cornish-cross meat birds throughout the season. Sign up on our Meat Chick Signup page!
3/14	Afton Poultry Swap Facebook	Afton Poultry Swap Afton, OK	Large Poultry Swap with many Breeders, farms, and varieties. We will only attend if the weather is good, contact us if you are wanting a pickup.
3/28	Fordland Small Animal Swap	Fordland Saddle Club Fordland, MO
April 2026
4/2-4/4	Easter Chick Days	Kleier’s Farm and Home Seymour, MO	5th Annual Easter Chick Days Sales on poultry feed and supplies and see all the chicks in person!
April (TBD) 2026	Cornish-Cross (Broiler) Chick Pickup	Rambling Rose Hatchery	Sign up on our Meat Chick Signup page!
4/18	Afton Poultry Swap Facebook	Afton Poultry Swap Afton, OK
4/18	Turtle Cove Small Animal Swap	Turtle Cover Ranch Salem, MO	Great small animal swap. Also has fun events at holidays. Check out their FB page for info!
4/25	Fordland Small Animal Swap	Fordland Saddle Club Fordland, MO
May 2026
5/2	Hilltop Swap facebook page	Hilltop Farm Reeds, MO	One of our favorite swaps 15min east of Joplin, MO. Check the FB page for weather cancellations.
5/16	Turtle Cove Small Animal Swap	Turtle Cove Ranch Salem, MO
May (TBD) 2026	Cornish-Cross (Broiler) Chick Pickup	Rambling Rose Hatchery	Broiler meat chicks, 6-8 weeks until the freezer! Pickup 1 day at our farm. Sign up on our Meat Chick Signup page!
5/23	Ava Missouri Farmers Market	Town Square Ava, MO	Fun farmers market, stop buy for sourdough, fresh veg, farm eggs and poultry!
5/30	Fordland Small Animal Swap	Fordland Saddle Club Fordland, MO
June 2026
June (TBD) 2026	Cornish-Cross (Broiler) Chick Pickup	Rambling Rose Hatchery	Bulk meat-bird chicks, for your own delicious table chicken! Sign up on our Meat Chick Signup page!

2025 Swaps and Poultry Events

Updated 7/1/2025

Date	Name / Link	Place	Note
2/28-3/1	Spring Chick Days	Kleier’s Farm and Home Seymour, MO	Hosting our Spring Chick Days at Kleier’s Feed Store. Come down and see all the chicks and get a sample feed bag with each bird purchase.
3/15-3/16	Afton Poultry Swap	Afton, OK	38 Years of Poultry swapping in Eastern Oklahoma Come see us at the same booth down on Outhouse Hill! by the big Oak Tree
3/18	Cornish-Cross Chick Pickup	Rambling Rose Hatchery	We do several batches of Cornish-cross meat birds throughout the season. Sign up on our Meat Chick Signup page!
3/21-22	Pop-up Chick Days	Kleier’s Farm and Home Seymour, MO	Chick Sale! We plan to have Australorp, Bard Rock, Easter Eggers and other varieties according to hatch!
3/29	Fordland Small Animal Swap	Fordland Saddle Club Fordland, MO	Folks come from all over Missouri and Arkansas. Often unique and interesting animals available.
3/30 (rained out)	Springfield Rt 13 Swap	Mountaineer Swap 2704 W State Hwy O, Springfield, MO 65803 417-844-6089	Large Variety Swap Just north of Springfield, MO
4/12	Ava Missouri Farmers Market	Ava, MO square	Ava Farmers market
4/15	Cornish-Cross Chick Pickup	Rambling Rose Hatchery	One-Day Pickup for folks who have pre-ordered CornishX chicks
4/17-4/19	Easter Chick Days	Kleier’s Farm and Home Seymour, MO	Our Easter Chick Days at Kleier’s. Take advantage of Sales on poultry feed and supplies and see all the chicks in person!
4/26	Fordland Small Animal Swap	Fordland Saddle Club Fordland, MO	Just 20-30mins east of Springfield, MO straight down rt60!
5/3	Hilltop Swap	Reeds, MO	This is a relatively new small animal swap near Joplin, but often well attended.
5/13	Cornish-Cross Chick Pickup	Rambling Rose Hatchery	Summer singup for Cornish-cross meat birds.
5/10 (tentative)	Marshfield Swap Hwy 76 Swap	Marshfield Saddle Club, Marshfield, MO Cassville, MO	Two smaller local Swaps, we may attend
5/17 (tentative)	Afton Poultry Swap Turtle Cove Small Animal Swap	Afton, OK 10031 Hwy H, Salem, MO	Still making plans, to go to one or both of theses swaps
5/20	Bulk/Meat (Pekin) Duck Day	Rambling Rose Hatchery	With the rise of Alpha-gal we are raising a batch of meat ducks. Please sign up on our Pekin Duck Page.
5/24	Ava Farmers Market	Ava Town Square Ava, MO
5/31	Fordland Small Animal Swap	Fordland Saddle Club Fordland, MO
6/7 (rained out)	Hilltop Swap	Reeds, MO	About 15mins east of Joplin, lots of vendors and attendees.
6/14	Afton Poultry Swap	Afton, OK	38 Years of Poultry swapping in Eastern Oklahoma Come see us at the same booth down on Outhouse Hill! by the big Oak Tree
6/21	Turtle Cove Small Animal Swap	10031 Hwy H, Salem, MO (google sometimes sends folks to the wrong side of town you may need to use “Lenox MO”)	East of Licking, MO 3rd Sat of every month through Dec.
6/28	Fordland Small Animal Swap	Fordland Saddle Club Fordland, MO	We got rained out at 11AM, but had a great day!
7/5	Ava Farmers Market	Ava, MO square	8AM-12pm on the Ava Town Square
8/5	Cornish-Cross Chick Pickup	Rambling Rose Hatchery	One-Day Pickup for folks who have pre-ordered CornishX chicks

2024 Swaps and Poultry Events