The Answer in our opinion is absolutely no difference . Yes some people say hatcheries just try to hatch as many chicks as possible to make more money and they do not care about the quality of the chick they produce. Well in some cases it does look just like that. However a breeder can just hatch as many chicks as they can and not work on trying to improve the breed as well. So there is good and not so good in both Hatcheries and Breeders of chickens. Here at Bresse Star Chick Hatchery we act more like a breeder however we did not like the sound of the name being Bresse Star Chick Breeder. LoL. Bresse Star Chick Hatchery is truly trying to Breed Towards a Better Chicken as our motto states. Each year you purchase from us we will do our very best to have a better chick for you to bring home.  

There is not a quaranted shipping date. Very Sorry about that. We have tried really hard to get the same amount of eggs every day all year long and we cannot make it happen. One or two will go broody and of course you have molting that happens. Then of course Quality control also happens and now you know the rest of the story.