Lovely docile medium brown bird, excellent layer - bred for maximum egg production.

Ideally suited for free range conditions, and for small gardens.  Lays approximately 325 brown eggs with an average weight of each egg is between 62 & 64 grams.  A very ‘people’ friendly docile bird, ideal for the ‘first timer’ and for people with children, she loves interaction with us humans!  Some birds are a deep burgundy red colour some are more light ginger with lots of cream feathers.  Each one is different and an individual.  A definite ‘must’ on your shopping list.  Also an ideal bird for the ‘Eglu’.

Available NOW!

Red Ranger

£9.00 each

A compact rich reddy/brown bird with a beautiful regal black or cream coloured tail - ideally suited for free range conditions, small gardens, and will adapt well to any management system.  A great ‘Eglu’ bird.

Excellent layer.  Lays approximately 320 large mid-brown eggs.

Available NOW!

Amber Star

£11.00 each

A docile friendly bird with a lovely pearl/white feather colouration, some have varying amounts of ginger colouring splashed on their wings and certain parts of their body.  She lays approximately 330 brown eggs, that weigh about 62 grams.  A lovely gentle temperament.

(The picture opposite is of a young Amber Star that has not yet developed her lovely red face, comb and wattles).

Available approximately mid/end of May 2008.

Belle Blue/Haze

£14.00 each

A beautiful striking placid grey/blue bird, with a darker grey head and neck.  Bred in France from a Rhode Island Red crossed with a Cuckoo Maran.  In her first year she will lay approximately 240 brown eggs that have a ‘plum blush’.  Each individual feather has a sheen around the edge – just like the Rhode Island Red.  This bird is not suitable for the Eglu.

Available approximately mid/end of May 2008.

Bovan Nera

£11.00 each

A lovely bird with beautiful rich shiny black plumage with varying amounts of copper/gold coloured feathers on the chest.  The black plumage has a green sheen to it in the sunshine.  They are good layers, and lay approximately 300 mid brown eggs in their first year.

The Bovan Nera is a Rhode Island Red crossed with a Barred Plymouth Rock, and is a tough free range bird and that is very disease resistant.  Another real good looker! Plus an ideal bird for the ‘Eglu’.

Available approximately mid/end of May 2008.

Speckledy

£11.00 each

A striking breed that comes from a Rhode Island Red crossed with a Maran.  The Cuckoo colouring ranges is generally a very dark grey/black cuckoo colouration with a silver grey cuckoo neck - very similar in looks to the pure breed Cuckoo Maran.  A very hardy chicken with a deep breast and upright tail that lays approximately 260 warm chestnut brown eggs.

Available approximately mid/end of May 2008.

Sussex Hybrid

£11.00 each

The Sussex is a hybrid version of the Light Sussex.  It lays approximately 280 light brown eggs on their first year, and an average egg weight of 62 grams.  It has a lovely white plumage with Columbian markings.

Available approximately mid/end of May 2008.

White Star/Link

£11.00 each

A strikingly brilliant white bird with an upright carriage and tail, and a beautiful red floppy comb.  She lays approximately 315 beautiful white eggs and is a good second year bird.  Flighty at first, but a stunning bird and a very good layer.

Available approximately mid/end of May 2008.

Maran Cuirvree

£11.00 each

Light Sussex – (Pure Breed)

£20.00 each

A very old traditional English pure heavy breed with lovely thick pure white plumage, columbian neck and black tail.  Very docile and hardy.  Lays approximately 260 creamy/light brown eggs.  Good winter layers.  Very good with children, and a very popular breed.  The Sussex descended from the Old Sussex Fowls which were popular with the Victorians who kept them for meat and eggs.  A very friendly docile bird, ideal for the ‘first timer’.

Available as un-sexed ‘day olds’ from £6.00 each, price dependent on age/sex.  All current POL sold.

Collection of your new chickens

Just make an appointment to come and visit us, and choose which birds you’d like to take home.  You can mix the breeds to create a flock of your own choice, or you can have all the same breed.  The choice, as always, is yours.  Advice can be given on which breeds would be most suitable for your family/set up.

Taking your birds home

A cat carrier or cardboard box is an ideal means of transportation.  Just ensure there are ventilation holes in the box, and preferably a little bit of straw for your new girls to snuggle down into on their journey.  The box can be about the size of a crisp box, but must be at least 18 inches tall.

For further enquiries and current availability, please telephone (01372) 458320, or 07963 013597.  Or e-mail us at southmead@dsl.pipex.com.