Fresh Eggs:
From free ranging traditional and rare breed hens. Just £1.20 for a box of six
From free ranging traditional and rare breed hens. Just £1.20 for a box of six
Boxed ready to buy
At the garden gate.Or you can place a regular order, to collect on a day to suit you.
Straight From the Hen House:
Why not fill a box from the basket of colourful eggs collected straight from the hen house.
Why not fill a box from the basket of colourful eggs collected straight from the hen house.
Japanese Quail Eggs
At just £1.50 a dozen these pretty little eggs make a tasty treat. Perfect for Summer picnics or to take home as a small 'Gift from Devon' after your holiday.
At just £1.50 a dozen these pretty little eggs make a tasty treat. Perfect for Summer picnics or to take home as a small 'Gift from Devon' after your holiday.
Hatching Eggs:
From £1 per egg collection only. Subject to availability
Hatching eggs will be available in 2017 once I have tested the different breeds for fertility.
At the beginning of the year the birds are selected and put into small breeding groups.Only hens in their second year of lay are used and eggs are selected for size, quality of shell and shape. They are then carefully stored and set within 5 days.
Fertility, hatch rate and the quality of the chicks are checked throughout the season.
March 2017:
Eggs tested and available so far this season
Pekin
Exchequer Leghorn
From £1 per egg collection only. Subject to availability
Hatching eggs will be available in 2017 once I have tested the different breeds for fertility.
At the beginning of the year the birds are selected and put into small breeding groups.Only hens in their second year of lay are used and eggs are selected for size, quality of shell and shape. They are then carefully stored and set within 5 days.
Fertility, hatch rate and the quality of the chicks are checked throughout the season.
March 2017:
Eggs tested and available so far this season
Pekin
Exchequer Leghorn
Partridge Welsummer -- Eggs will be available later this season - 2017
Exchequer Leghorn - Available now to order, collection only 2017
Light Sussex - Sorry not available this year 2017
Pekin - from a small mix flock of Pekins including Frizzle Available now to order, collection only.2017
Goldtop Gold Silkie cockerels crossed with Light Sussex hens produce the ideal broody hen, also the chicks are sex linked so the male and female chicks can be identified on hatching. My Light Sussex hens are the traditional heavy breed from a line who have maintain their 'broodiness' Fertility this season has been excellent
