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29th Sep 2009
Dear Alison,
Your book has been invaluable - I just read it and made a list of what we needed and could buy what we needed with confidence. So I just wanted to say a big thank you for opening up our world to chickens!
Sheridan Edwards
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Columbian Blacktails
Columbian Blacktails are £20 at point of lay. We do not have them in stock.
These lovely hens have been made famous by Waitrose, who keep flocks of Columbian Blacktails on their farms and are proud to state on their egg boxes that the eggs are from a specific breed of hen. They are a chestnut coloured chicken with black tips to their tails and black flashes in their wings. Some also have a black necklace and a lace effect to their breast feathers.
Columbian Blacktails are a hybrid between a Rhode Island Red father and a hybrid mother of two strains of Light Sussex. Their black necklace is an obvious trait from the Light Sussex. Their consistent laying of light brown eggs, around 300 a year, comes from having a Rhode Island Red father. They are easy to manage and adapt well to the circumstances in which they find themselves. They suit a small garden group as well as a larger free ranging flock. They are hardy birds and are able to cope as well with the heat of the summer as they do with the mud and rain of winter. They have a good appetite and certainly cannot be described as picky eaters!
They are a medium sized chicken and are hardy and docile with the benefit of laying a good size, strong shelled egg. Columbian Blacktails are an ideal garden chicken.
Columbian Blacktails are £20 at point of lay. We do not have Columbian Blacktails in stock at the moment.
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.