Please note we DO NOT export eggs, birds or housing. .

We aim to produce good hens -but don't forget that if you already have birds that it is the cockerels that are the most important for the next generation. Unless his mum was a great layer and he came from an egg colour correct from the breed he will not be a good influence on his pullets.

Dealing in birds where a business says that they can get you x or y is so dangerous in the poultry world. You never know what bugs you might be bringing in to your flock. And you don't know what has passed through their property in the past year.

Follow the underlined links to see more information on each breed.

RHODE ISLAND RED
This is a popular pure breed and we have strains that are still a very good layer. These are getting very rare nowadays with probably only 5 or 6 strains left. They are hardy birds, and can lay through the winter. They have a mid brown egg.

LIGHT SUSSEX
We have a good old strain that is good and meaty; lays around 220 eggs a year and has good markings. They are hardy active birds; capable of rearing their own young and produce great table birds.

Marans
The breed is a French dual purpose bird, popular for its speckled feathering and deep brown eggs, over 200 a year. The birds make a great slow growing table bird. Unlike most strains in the UK ours don't have any backcrossing of other breeds in them.

WELSUMER
Attractively marked brown bird from Holland, the welsumer lays a deep brown egg. We have Partridge and Duckwing - the latter are a particularly strong layer of exceptional eggs - around 200 (the best ever welsumer was Shrewton Wonder in the 1940's who laid 246)

WHITE WYANDOTTE
A lovely well feathered white bird laying around 200- 220 eggs throughout the year. Our foundation stock was from the renowned and respected late Clem Shaw - probably one of the last of a generation of great utility breeders.

BUFF ORPINGTON
This very attractive beautiful apricot coloured bird will lay around 150-180 tinted brown eggs a year. They are a strong meaty strain but not bred for all the feather and size that is causing so many problems in other strains.
BLUE ORPINGTON
Large, grand and gorgeous range of colours in this very popular dual purpose breed

WHITE LEGHORN
An Italian breed originally our white Leghorns lay well producing 230 plus eggs a year – with good white shells

BLACK LEGHORN
A great looking bird, not quite the productivity of the white. Somehow we have ended up with a very tame strain - they positively like people.
BROWN LEGHORN
Lovely birds - smart looking; great white eggs and the boys are stunning

SCOTS GREY
This is one of two traditional Scots breeds - we have a very old strain - not as large as modern show birds but not bantams either. The cuckoo colour is well shown off by these proud birds who strut around the farm like little soldiers.

SCOTS DUMPY
The second Scots breed - the shortened legs supposedly so that they would be easy to catch; Their biggest problem being that they have a lethal gene; there are short legged - long legged and some in between so getting the breeding right is quite a genetic feat. Good birds are very rare now

BARRED PLYMOUTH ROCK
very attractive and good layers - the barred plymouth rock was used in the sex linkage for commercial breeds. However getting decent numbers and egg size from current stocks is difficult.

CREAM LEGBAR
Very rare, autosexing blue egg layers. Pretty birds and very popular

ARAUCANA
The blue egg layer from Chile with the Hebridean connection

Please bear in mind that all birds have to be collected from the farm - as far as I am aware there are no specialist carriers who work this far north.

We DO NOT have birds to pick up "on spec" all are booked well in advance. If you have booked birds please contact us before collecting them and remember to bring good stout boxes to carry them in.

	POULTRY BOOK SHOP and related topics
Poultry Breeding and Genetics by R. D. Crawford Poultry Breeding and Genetics by R.D. Crawford Old Poultry Breeds ~ Fred Hams Exhibition Poultry Breeder's Handbook by Rick Kemp The Poultry Breeding Flocks and Hatcheries Order 1993 Poultry Production in Hot Climates by N.J. Daghir(Editor) Principles of Poultry Science by S.P. Rose Genetics and Evolution of the Domestic Fowl by Lewis Stevens