Contact Hook Farm

Hook Farm
London Road
Hook, Hampshire
RG27 9EQ

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Incubator Hire

We have an exciting incubator hire service. You can have the magic of watching chicks hatch at home with our high visibility, fully automatic incubators. The day of hatching can be arranged to suit, so why not plan a birthday surprise!

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Opening Hours

We are open weekdays in the evenings from 6.30pm to 8pm. We are closed during the day from Mondays to Fridays.

On Saturdays we are open from 11am to 6pm.

We are closed on SUNDAYS and BANK HOLIDAYS.

Boarding in and out is between 6.30 and 8pm each weekday evening and 11am to 6pm on Saturdays.

Learn Humane Culling Technique

Alison is a DEFRA registered poultry slaughter woman and we run courses to teach you how to humanely kill a chicken. It could be because the chicken is injured, an unwanted cockerel, or a chicken destined to be the next meal.

You will be taught to kill a chicken quickly and humanely in a way that you will be able to use easily at home.

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Rehomes

We know that circumstances change and from time to time we get rehome chickens in. Our policy is to take hens in free and we rehome them at £5 to the new owner to cover their keep here. Unfortunately we get an overriding number of cockerels, and whilst we don't charge the new owners for them, they are usually here for a long time. We therefore charge £5 to take in a cockerel to cover our costs.

Contact us from the tab below if you are interested in taking some rehome hens or a cockerel for free, or need to find a new home for your hens.

Incubators for Sale

We have ex-hire Smart incubators and ex hire RCOms for sale. They are fully automatic and are in good working order. They are £100 each.

W6MUM


I am selling my number plate, which is on retention, and hope that it finds another Mum who will love it as much as I did! It is £999 and is great value. It is listed on a number plate website for £1,650 and the difference is their commission.

Contact me by email if you are interested, contact details at the bottom of the page.

Brooders for Sale

We have ex-hire Brooders for sale. They are in good working order and take up to 6 chicks comfortably. They are £30 each.

Testimonials

17th Oct 2010

Hi Alison

We are really enjoying having our girls they really make us smile, can't believe hens have such huge personalities!!

We are so glad that following your very useful course we have been able to really enjoy having our 'girls'.

Kind regards

Suzanne Bloomfield, Chicken Keeper Course

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Hook Farm Publishing

The mission of Hook Farm Publishing is to encourage and inspire as many people as possible to 'give it a go' at whatever that may be.

The publishing company has published the Chicken Keeper Book and Meat Chicken Keeper and has other titles in progress. We are working on Pig Keeper, Rabbit Keeper and Children's Chicken Keeper, so watch this space!.

Meat Chicken Keeper Book

The much anticipated Meat Chicken Keeper Book is published and available. It covers all aspects from raising chicks to eating the final product. There are full colour photos throughout describing the step by step details of killing humanely, plucking, gutting, boning and how to truss a chicken. The same techniques can be use on turkeys, so be prepared for Christmas and raise a turkey of your own!

Meat Chicken Keeper is written to be read through and also be used as a reference book. it will give you the confidence to take control of the chicken you eat.

The book is £9.99 with only £1 p&p if you want it posted. To order please send a cheque for £10.99, payable to Hook Farm, to A Wilson, Hook Farm, London Rd, Hook RG27 9EQ and we will post the book as fast as possible.