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Hen House Poultry
Good Husbandry = Healthy Hens
For Sale
POL Hybirds
From £18 (all year round)
Purebreeds
From £30 (in season)
Bantams
From £30 (in season)
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Hybrid Chickens
Come and choose from these beautiful hens Plenty available
Plenty of Mendlesham Rangers available now
Mendlesham Ranger
Available Now £18
A docile bird which becomes very friendly and is a superb layer, she lays mid brown eggs and makes an excellent first time keepers bird.
Also known as Bovan Brown, Lohmann Brown, Isa Brown, Ranger, Warren.
Special Offer - Six for £99, Twelve for £180, Twenty for £260, Fifty for £550
Fenning White
Available Now £20
A spritely bird which is particularly active, doing well with a bit more space than other breeds. Despite her relatively small size she is a prolific layer of pure white eggs.
Also known as White Star, White Leghorn, White Ranger, Dekalb.
Pied Suffolk
Available Now £20
A good solid bird which is based on a Silver Sussex. She has a good temperament and lays pale brown eggs. A black bird with varying amounts of silver plumage running through the neck.
Also known as Magpie, reverse Sussex, Silver Sussex, Black Sussex
Amber
Sold Out £20
The Amber is created by producing the opposite cross to the Mendlesham Ranger, hence a white bird with some brown in her plumage. She is a very calm and friendly bird, lays lots of lovely brown eggs and makes an excellent first time keepers bird.
Also known as Amber Link
Copper Maran
Sold Out £22
Based on the Black Copper Maran, this bird has been developed as a dark brown egg layer, she usually has grey legs and a bit of copper feathering around the neck.
Also known as Copper Blacks, Coppers, Cuivree.
Fenning Cou Cou
Available Now £20
Derived from the Barred Plymouth Rock, this is an excellent all-round bird which looks pretty and lays very well. Some versions are also derived from Marans.
Also known as, Speckledys, Barred Rocks.
Fenning Sussex
Available Now £20
A Light Sussex Hybrid which originally was developed as dual purpose bird. She has striking looks with the black hackle and tail feathers against the brilliant white plumage
Also known as Light Sussex, Sussex Star.
Suffolk Blacktail
Available Now £20
A Rhode Island Red Hybrid which is a fantastic layer of good mid brown eggs. A solid bird which would fit into most flocks. There is a dark and a light brown version.
Also known as Calder Ranger, Redco, Columbian Blacktail.
Fenning Black
Available Now £20
A good all round bird based on the Rhode Island Red and Barred Plymouth Rock. The feathers have a glossy sheen to them looking more green and blue than black.
Also known as Rhode Rock, Black Rock, Black Star.
Lavender Splash
Available Now £22
One of the newer birds to the mix. A lovely pale lavender colour with the odd darker feather 'splashed' across the body. She lays pale brown to cream coloured eggs.
Also known as Splash, Splash Maran, Splash Plymouth Rock.
Buttercup
Available Now £22
Another docile bird with a buff barring plumage. She lays pale brown eggs and plenty of them. Some have black tails, others white tails. A popular choice.
Also known as Marigold, Rhodebar hybrid.
Mendlesham Blue
Available Now £20
Always popular and one of the better known hybrids, this hen lays pinkish brown eggs and lots of them. A lovely slate grey colour with gold or silver neck feathers.Also known as Bluebells, Blue Haze
Partridge Leghorn
Available Now £22
Gold Partridge in colour, this hen is popular for her attractive looks and the numerous white/cream eggs she lays. An active bird which needs a good sized run.
Also known as Gold Partridge Leghorn
Silver Duckwing Leghorn
Available Now £22
Always popular when we can get them. With striking looks and an inquisitive disposition this bird sells out quickly. She lays cream coloured eggs.
Also known as Silver Duckwing
Millefleur Leghorn
Sold out £25 (Blue Partridge Leghorn available instead)
Another new girl to the flock - she is leghorn based and has very pretty feathering. An active bird laying cream coloured eggs.Also known as Tricolour, Mottled Leghorn
Copper Bronze
Available Now £25
This bird was developed from the Black Copper Maran to lay lovely dark brown shelled eggs. She may not lay quite as many eggs, but is a super looking hen and very well natured too.
Also known as Copper Black
Cheshire Blue
Sold Out £25
This hen ranges in colour from white to mushroom, with a few being brown too. She lays blue/green/olive shelled eggs and is a good forager. They don't come up very often, but are a good choice.
Similar to French Blues
Heritage Skyline
Available Now £25
Another and more readily available blue shelled egg layer, she come in many colours, but most often partridge plumage with a little crest on her head. Very popular.
Also known as Crested Cream Legbar hybrid, Columbine
Miss Olive
Sold out £28
Miss Olive has been developed as a pretty looking hen which lays a good number of lovely olive coloured eggs.
A beautiful coloured egg to enhance the look of your egg box.
Cockerels
From £10
We usually have cockerels in stock in both Large and Bantam. A cockerel can complete the flock and he will help look after the hens, though he will crow! We're currently sold out.
Pekin Bantams
More coming soon £38
Cute, friendly little birds with feathered legs and feet. Always popular, making good pets laying a fair few cream coloured eggs.
Japanese Bantams
Available Now £30
A very upright bird with a tail which almost touches it's head. Very short legged, with dropped wings. This is one of the smallest Bantams available and can thrive in relatively small spaces.
Belgian Bantams
Sold Out £30
Being a true Bantam this is another small bird, they come in many colours and two main versions: The Belgian D'Anver (clean legged) and the Belgian D'Uccles (feather legged with muffs and beard)
Wyandotte Bantams
Sold Out £35
A beautiful but robust medium sized bantam. A reasonable layer of cream coloured eggs.
A great addition to your bantam flock.
Rhode Island Red Bantams
Sold Out £35
A traditional breed and one which most people would recognise. They are very hardy, stocky birds and good layers too.
With that beautiful mahogany plumage, they're a good looking bird with a friendly character.
Polands (Polish) & Padovana Bantams
Sold Out £35
Polands or Polish are heavily crested birds who have quite a character. They come in many colours and have white crests. They were not developed in Poland as some assume, but rather the Pol is the lump on the head from which the crest grows.
Padovanas are similar, but are bearded and the crests are the same colour as the body plumage. They were developed in Italy and have striking looks.
Brahma Bantams
Sold Out £35
A miniature version of the large Brahma. If you like Brahmas, but don't have the space for them, these are a good compromise.
We usually have Gold Partridge and Isabella colours.
One of the larger bantams.
Silkies
Sold Out £40
Silkies have it all going on with their beautiful Silkie feathering, purple skin, a lovely crest and even an extra toe on each foot. Very popular, they come in several different colours.
Campines
Sold Out £40
A striking bird with unusual plumage. Very active and a reasonable layer of cream coloured eggs.
They come in a couple of different colours, but we have the silver variety here.
Appenzellers
Sold Out £40
We just love these birds, they look like punk rockers with their rather mad 'hair style'. A very upright and alert bird.
These come in many colours and we have most of them.
Four colours available
Vorwerks
Sold Out £40
There is just something about the combination of the dark orange and black colouration of this birds' plumage. Another active bird, a reasonable layer too.
Picture shows Vorwerks and Appenzellers in a mixed flock.
Araucanas
Sold Out £40
Araucana's are the original blue egg laying breed. These are pretty laid back birds with particularly dense and soft feathers. They have slight crests and muffs and are a good looking hen laying reasonable numbers of blue shelled eggs.
Buff Orpington
Sold Out £50
One of the most sort after chickens in the world. Always popular, but hard to find. She has a gentle nature and is a good looking bird.
We don't get these very often, so get them now while you can!
Large Brahmas
Sold Out £50
One of the largest chicken breeds and as such classed as 'heavy large'. These really are gentle giants with a laid back demeaner, tall posture with long (and feathered) legs. Always popular.
Purebreeds
Available Now!
We have a few Purebreeds available.
See in bold below
True Bantams
Sablepoots, Pekins, Japanese, Ardennaise, Belgians
Bantams/Miniatures
Silkies, Polish,
Padovana, R.I.R.,
Brahma, Wyandottes
Light Large
Vorwerk, Araucana, Appenzeller,
Silver-Campine
Heavy Large
Brahma,
Wyandottes, Buff Orpingtons
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