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

20th Dec 2009

came on course 13/09/2009 got my first egg today ,thanks 4 inspiration ,first egg wow , thanks 4 help.

many thanks garry hayler. 17 Dec 09

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.

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About 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!

Schools and Nurseries have the choice of hiring a high visibility, fully automatic incubator for the full 3 weeks with chicks set to hatch on a school day, or, for smaller children, just have the incubator the last few days when the chicks are due to hatch. For schools and nurseries we provide the fertile eggs and colllect the chicks when we collect the incubator, so there are no problems with having to find homes for the chicks.

Whichever hire service you choose, watching a chick hatch is pure magic!

We also have purely practical incubators for those who do not need high visibility, but need an incubator in an emergency because theirs has broken down with eggs in it, or a broody is no longer available.

Click on the hire options on the left hand side to find the right one for you.

Sponsor Incubator Hire

Why not sponsor an incubator for your child’s class? We can supply ideas for worksheets for various ages of child and teachers can use our ideas or make up their own worksheets. The excitement and enthusiasm shown by the children as the eggs start to hatch is pure magic. Check with your school, give us the details and we will do the rest.