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 from 6pm to dusk. On Mondays and Fridays we are open mornings from 10am to 1pm. We are closed all day on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays.

At weekends we are open from 10am to dusk both days.

Boarding in and out is after 6.30 each weekday evening and after 11am at weekends.

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 no cost to the new owner. 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.

Testimonials

29th Sep 2009

Hi Alison

Just wanted to thank you for an excellent course on Sunday.

I have learnt so much, and the chance to handle the chickens and have a go at wing clipping which can be nerve-wrecking for a first timer has instilled so much more confidence.

I can't now wait to own some chickens for myself and look forward to dealing with you again in the future.

Any aspiring chicken keeper should attend this course!

Best wishes for your ongoing success.

Please feel free to use this testimonial.

Kind Regards

Samantha Tanner

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Hybrids

Our first 2010 stock is now here!

Pied Suffolk

Pied Suffolk hens are Rhode Island Red based hybrids and so have the prolific egg production associated with that breed...Read more

Suffolk Noir

Suffolk Noirs are a hybrid with Rhode Island fathers and Copper Black Maran mothers...Read more

ISA Brown

ISA Browns are the ultimate battery farm chicken...Read more

Coral

Coral Nicks are a white hybrid which lays a light beige coloured egg, likened to coral colour, hence the name...Read more

Columbine

The Columbine is an exciting new hybrid bred from Cream Legbar stock...Read more

Columbian Blacktail

These lovely hens have been made famous by Waitrose, who keep flocks of Columbian Blacktails on their farms...Read more

Silver Star

Silver Stars are a Rhode Island White based hybrid with extremely soft feathering...Read more

Amber Star

Amber Stars are a Rhode Island White based hybrid with extremely soft feathering...Read more

Speckledy

The Speckledy is a hybrid bird first breed in 1992 by Stonegate, one of the UK’s largest free range egg producers...Read more

Black Rock

The Black Rock is a hybrid and the first commercial, and considered to be the most successful, breed bred for free-range conditions...Read more

Bluebelle

Read more about Bluebelles

White Star

Beware of imitations! The term ‘White Star’ seems to be attributed to all manner of white chickens...Read more

White Star

These striking birds are so alike the pure breed Light Sussex ...Read more

Chicken Keeper Book

Chicken Keeping is a joy. You will have a constant supply of the most yummy eggs you have ever had and the fun of watching your hen’s personalities develop as they go about their day, chatting to each other whilst looking for tasty morsels in the ground. I want to encourage every one who is considering keeping a few chickens in the garden to take the plunge and go for it. You will be amazed at how friendly and tame the chickens become and how much fun they are to have around.

I originally wrote this book to accompany the Chicken Keeper courses I run, but it has now grown to a point where it has become a book in its own right and I hope it will both inspire you to order your hen house now and reassure you that you will be able to cope with all eventualities in this most rewarding of hobbies.

The book is £15 with free P&P or collect from Hook Farm for Alison to personalise it to you. If ordering for postage, please send a cheque, payable to Hook Farm Chickens, to Hook Farm, London Rd, Hook RG27 9EQ.

Fox Trap Hire

Foxes are a complete menace and if you have been unlucky enough to suffer a fox attack you will want to join in doing your bit to keep their numbers down. Losing your chickens at any time is not pleasant, but losing them to a fox is particularly distressing.

We offer a range of fox trap hire options so click on the tab at the top to find the option to suit you.