‘Regard it as just as desirable to build a chicken house as to build a cathedral.’ Frank Lloyd Wright |
Gubbeen Poultry by Giana Ferguson
The good farm hen is a great double act - they give you eggs and also they can be fattened for the pot. For most poultry lovers though there is a third case for the keeping of hens - they are beautiful and they are really interesting, kind and manageable pets.
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It has been a project of the last few years that we now have some perfect Partridge Brahmas, crossed from the Gold Cockerels with Grey hens, lovely large, soft feathered, calm birds. Fox and mink take their toll so we now have fences, electric defences and some of the best cages both made here and bought in from the Omlet Company, although the hens will always prefer the bales and the shed life - laying in the loose straw and competing with the piglets and doves. We are a GM free feed farm and all the animals and poultry, get special nuts with no Soya or Maize from US sources. Hatching your own eggs can be the answer to re-stocking. If you are not too worried about pure lines or hybrid egg production, this is a wonderful project with children and with time you will rear your own lines. |
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Isolating the right hens with the best cocks is rather a strict regime during the spring but if done correctly will give you the pairings and chicks that can be superb for showing or selling. |
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