Chicken

We are sorry to say that we are currently not rearing chicken for meat. The work load is enormous and skilled staff are hard to come by, especially when living in such an expensive area. One day we hope to start this again.

Laying Hens

We have a lovely flock of laying hens: they live in two different types of shed. We started with the wooden sheds which each house 150 hens. As we got more established, we bought what is known as a McGregor Polytunnel: this is because it has the look of a polytunnel because it has a plastic roof which is made of strong layers of plastic with insulation in between stretched over a metal frame with plastic panels making up the walls and pop holes: it holds 450 hens under our organic system.

All the hens have plenty of ranging space outside in the field and room inside their sheds for perching, feeding and nest boxes for laying their eggs. The eggs are collected daily and are graded, packaged and delivered straight to our local retailing partners. It doesn't get a lot fresher than that! The eggs have a beautiful yellow yolk and a lovely rich flavour.

Our hens are great - they are very friendly and like to come over and have a chat when we are in the field.