NEW: We now have a chicken plucker for rent! Makes processing your own birds a lot quicker and it really isn’t that hard. we will run a teaching session on how to process your own birds at some point this year.

Day old chicks
Our first order will arrive 20th April, we have a few still not spoken for. Our 2nd order will be 30th May when we will get a few Red Rocks, something not available last year and in limited quantities this year. Also Pekin Ducks and Emden Geese on that order. We take orders for any number of birds, you don’t have to take multiples of 25. From 2 or 3 to 100, whatever works for you. We’ll have a preliminary day old chick order of unsexed Cornish cross meat birds & for layers, Isa browns & red sussex pullets. from our favourite hatchery in Saskatchewan. Anstey have consistently provided us with vigorous healthy stock & reliable service year after year, our satisfied customers travel a long way to get the birds we bring in. We do not deal in commercial laying birds as we’ve learnt that their genetics aren’t suitable for backyard & free range type situations. As well as selling day old sexed laying birds & unsexed meat birds,
We have chicken feeders, waterers, incubators & even commercial 10 ft waterers, great for those raising 50 – 100 meat birds.
Eggs
We’ve been raising birds for over 20 years. We have a mixed flock of free range laying birds, we stick mainly with the proven cross bred layers but about 40% of the flock are “rare” breeds, ensuring genetic diversity & we hope survival in extreme conditions, against diseases & ferry crisis, meaning no feed on the island. Egg buyers are welcome to see our flock & know where their food comes from. Roosters run with our birds for protection & so our eggs are fertile & could be taken & incubated. We are feeding a NON GMO veggie ration to supplement their foraging.

Chicken Workshops, First Class of 2012 is on Earth Day, Saturday April 21st at 9.30am

This 2 hour session is $25 limited to 10 participants, call and book your spot.

Watch this page for more 2012 dates. We offer a 2 hour practical session about chickens, learn about what’s needed to house & feed them, what pitfalls to avoid, how to provide your family with good food daily & reduce your carbon footprint. The 100 yard diet!!!