The online store page on our website is kept up to date with current numbers. 

Our normal opening times are:

Sunday: Closed

Monday : 10-2

Tuesday : 10-2

Wednesday :  Closed

Thursday : 4-7

Friday :  10-2

Saturday :  9 -12

We have a large range of  feeds and accessories including bedding and supplements.

See our online store page for details.

Our farm is located just beside the A34,  some sat navs think that we are on the A34.

We suggest you make sure you are on Wheatlands Lane.  Go under the A34, we are just on the right.

If you are coming for hens, please bring a suitable 

box/carrier to transport them back home.

A dog or cat crate is ideal, but please make sure 

they are not packed tightly to avoid stress.

We do have some pet carriers for sale in the poultry accessories section of our online store if you don't have anything suitable.

Payment can be made by Paypal or card on our online store,

Card and cash payments are accepted in store

Below is a list of the basics you will need for keeping hens:

Suitable housing with perch and nesting box

Drinker: fresh water should be available each day, roughly 120ml for each hen each day

Feeder: big enough for each hen to have 120g of feed each day

Pellets or mash as the main feed

Corn as an afternoon treat (not essential)

Grit

Bedding for the coop

Disinfectant and a red mite treatment

DE powder 

Woodchip if needed for floor of the run.

Extra's for your chicken health box:

Anti pecking spray

Wound spray

Feeding your hens

Your chickens should have a constant supply of food throughout the day. Chickens will eat when they need it and should go to bed with a full crop as they need lots of food to produce eggs. A fully-grown chicken will typically eat about 120 grams of layers pellets a day.

10kg bag of feed 

1 chicken 83 days

2 chickens 42 days

3 chickens 28 days

4 chickens 21 days

5 chickens 17 days

6 chickens 14 days

20kg bag of feed 

1 chicken 167 days

2 chickens 83 days

3 chickens 56 days

4 chickens 42 days

5 chickens 33 days

6 chickens 28 days

Grit 

Chickens need to eat small stones in order to help digest their food. Chickens don’t have teeth so swallow whatever they choose to eat whole. Any grit they eat is used to grind up food in their Gizzard. When keeping chickens, it is important to give them a supply of grit as they may not be able to naturally find enough grit.

Corn 

Chickens absolutely love corn and will come running at the sound of you getting their corn. Corn is a great way to tame your chickens. However mixed corn is high in fat so should only be given as a treat, as an overweight chicken won’t lay as many tasty eggs. A handful of corn per hen scattered on the ground is plenty.

Our website is updated nearly every day, stock levels are accurate and are automatically updated

All our pol hybrids have gone through a sixteen week vaccination program.

Each hen is an individual and will lay in their own time.  Most hens will start to lay within the "normal" point of lay period (16-24 weeks old), however hens respond differently to the stress of moving to a new home so don't be concerned if they don't lay straight away

We clean out all of our pens each week.

Taking out all bedding, spraying top to botton with a defra approved disinfectant. (Virkon S)

We then spread sanitiser and red mite powder before putting down fresh bedding.

We would recommend a similar routine to ensure the continued health of your hens.

We have a weekly cleaning regime to keep our pens free from disease, we would never knowingly sell a poorly hen.

Sometimes the stress of moving house,  whether to a new pen or a new flock can unsettle the hens and make them a bit under the weather.

If this is the case, we would recommend a booster product such as Nettex power drops or Agrivite poultry drink.

We do not take hens back into our shed as we have no control of their enviroment once they have left us.