We have a wide range of chickens for you to choose from. There are pure breed chickens if you're interested in showing your pets. However if tasty, home produced, free-range eggs are your goal; then choose from our attractive range of hybrid laying hens. Our hybrid hens will produce around 280 eggs a year and, depending on which chickens you choose, will lay eggs of various colours from white through to deep chocolate brown and even blue! We sell poultry of all ages from hatching eggs and chicks to adult chickens. Take a look at the film below of our baby chicks!
Hybrid/Laying Hens
White Star Hens
These hens are a high performance, feather-sexable Leghorn based hybrid. Their frugal appetite gives them the ability to produce the largest egg mass for the smallest amount of feed. Its pure white eggs (as shown above in contrast to a brown egg) are useful for both catering and added value.
Copper Star Hens
These are an attractive Black feathered hybrid which has been developed especially for the producer who requires lots of very dark brown shelled eggs (see image above). It is ideal for specialist niche markets where shell colour is important.
Sussex Star Hens
These birds are bred from a combination of commercial Sussex and Silver lines, each one selected for their economic performance and persistency. It lays brown rather than tinted eggs and its attractive plumage makes it a very popular strain.
Silver Sussex Hens
The Silver Sussex is one of eight different colours of Sussex, it has a black body with the majority of feathers on its back being silver laced. These hens are a popular backyard chicken, and are comfortable in both free range or confined spaces. They are an easy-going breed and are good at adapting to any surrounding. They are also good foragers.
Columbian Black Tail Hens
These are a modern version of the traditional Rhode Island Red/Sussex birds. They are an attractive, robust bird, with rich golden brown plumage and the classical Columbian black tail and hackle. They also have a high performance for egg laying.
Rhode Island Red Hens
These are a utility bird, raised for meat and eggs, and also as show birds. They are a popular choice for backyard flocks because of their egg laying abilities and hardiness.
Cream Legbar (pets and Blue egg layers)
The Cream Legbar, which produces blue eggs, is a cross between the Brown Leghorn and the Barred Plymouth Rock with some Araucana blood mixed in. Cream Legbar chicks can be sexed at hatching from the colours of their down which makes this one of the few auto-sexing breeds.
French Copper Marans (pets and eggs)
All have red or orange eyes and slight feathering to their legs. They all tend to be generally medium in size compared to other breeds. The average weight of a Cockerel is approximately 3 1/2 kilos. Marans are renowned for being passive, gentle birds who are hardy and good foragers. Marans lay around 150 dark brown eggs each year. Marans are extremely popular for their brown eggs.
New Hampshire Reds (pets and eggs)
New Hampshires are a relatively new breed, they represent a specialized selection out of the Rhode Island Red breed. They possess a deep broad body, grow feathers very rapidly and can make excellent mothers. The colour that you can see is a rich medium to light red.
Rare breed chickens
Pure Chocolate Orpingtons (show, pets)
The Chocolate Orpington is the rarest colour of all the Orpington breeds. This breed was started by the late Dr Clive Carefoot and is currently only available as a bantam fowl. As you can see from the picture of our cockerel, they are a beautiful bird with a glossy plumage, and have a very placid nature.
Gold Laced Cochins (show, pets and eggs)
These beautifully marked birds are gentle giants who, with their laid-back character make excellent pets. Their masses of soft feathers make them appear much larger than they actually are. The most distinctive feature of the Cochin is the excessive plumage that covers their legs and feet. Eggs are brown and medium in size and they will lay a fair amount of eggs per year. Standard weight is around 8.5 pounds for a hen.
Lemon Millefleur Sablepoots (show, pets and eggs)
Sablepoots are true bantams which means there is no large fowl version of this breed. The Lemon Millefleur is by far the most stunning colour of sablepoot. These little birds only grow to 850g (for males) and 750g (for females) so are great if you don’t have space for large birds. They are bright as a button, cheeky, friendly and the hens make good broodies making them an excellent starting point for keeping pure breed chickens. Their feathered legs and feet mean they don't cause too much damage to your lawn. Eggs are creamy white colour and they lay a good amount per year.
Rare Red Silkies (show, pets and eggs)
Silkies are famed for being good ‘broodies’, and will go broody easily and look after their young excellently. The males are very calm, some have even been known to take over a brood of chicks and be the stay at home Dad! They have soft fluffy feathers, a distinctive look and are one of only three breeds of chicken that have 5 toes. Eggs are brown and medium in size and they will lay a fair amount of eggs at an average of 150 per year.