Chicken Boarding

We have been offering our chicken boarding for over 16 years now & believe were one of the first companies to offer this service, so we have plenty of experience! Whilst we know the best scenario is always to keep your chickens in their own home, we realise not everyone has neighbours or friends who can look after them whilst you are away so we have tried to create a minimally stressful alternative.

We have a large selection of plastic housing each with it's own run for your hens holiday. We only use plastic housing as it can be hygienically cleaned between guests and doesn't harbour red mite.

If your hens stay with us, they will benefit from:

Experienced staff with 40 years of chicken keeping experience, this enables us to spot and treat any issues very quickly should they arise.
Your hens will have their own secure Omlet house and 3 metre run with a run cover fitted to ensure they feel safe and secure and are protected from the elements.
We will lock your hens in their house at dusk and let them out each morning. Whilst the Omlet runs are incredibly fox resistant we wouldn't take any risks so all hens have to be locked in overnight.
The whole farm is covered with CCTV and our (chicken friendly) collies patrol keeping any unwanted visitors away.
We live on site so are on hand at all times.
The grass is mown at least weekly so the hens have good quality, soft, short grass available.

We don't allow any access onto the field for biosecurity reasons, and to ensure none of our 'guests' are stressed by strange people around them, but you are welcome to view the chicken field from the gate if you would like to see our set up.

Biosecurity

Please Note: We don't usually offer boarding during the winter when the risk of Avian Flu is increased and we don't have access to the field as it gets very waterlogged, this is usually late October - late Feb/March but depends on the current Avian Flu situation and weather.

The boarding field is about an acre on a different area of the farm, and is only used for boarding hens, there is no public access to the field and no other hens are housed on this field apart from our boarders.
The housing will be jet washed, sprayed with Nettex Total Mite kill (combined mite killer and disinfectant) between each visit.
The houses are very well spaced apart meaning your hens will not be stressed by strange hens too close to them.
We will move the houses regularly onto fresh ground.
We have a system meaning the houses are rotated in rows ensuring your hens will not be on any ground used in the previous 6 weeks by other chickens.