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.

Courses

Testimonials

17th Nov 2009

Alison, just a note to say thank you very much for your pluck and gut course today.

I feel a lot more comfortable about despatching in the future, and as I have 16 boys to do within the next month, it has made me more confident on all aspects of killing and preparation for the table.

A great 3 hours, very informative and beneficial to me.

Kind Regards

Sarah Killick

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Children's Chicken Keeper Course £25

This Children's Chicken Keeper course is aimed at children aged between 8 and 12 who want to keep chickens and will give them the confidence to start on a very rewarding hobby.

The course runs for 3 hours with a maximum of 4 children to ensure that each child is given maximum attention. They will enjoy meeting other children with the same excitement in keeping chickens and previous delegates have made some firm friends on the course!

It is a practical course and our day will start at 9.30am with letting out our rare breed chickens, feeding them and cleaning houses due to be done on that day's rota. Eggs from the pens will also need to be collected. That is followed by a practical session on wing clipping, applying louse powder and how to handle a hen close up. After a break for a drink and a biscuit they will have the fun of using the eggs collected to make cakes to take home for a family treat.

The next course dates are on the right hand side.

Email us from the Contact tab below to check availability and book your place. If you are on the Smallholding Skills website you can book online using the link under the course date on the right hand side. If you aren't on the Smallholding Skills website, but want to book online, click on the link and it will take you to the booking page.

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We very much look forward to seeing you on a course soon.

Course Dates