Waterfowl: ducks and geese

The orchard is home to the geese, which allows them to gorge freely on windfalls in the autumn and to keep the grass between the trees beautifully cropped and fertilised the rest of the year. They are fed mixed corn during the winter but in summer their diet is just grass.

Ducks are reared for both meat and eggs. After years of duck keeping, a duck egg is now far preferred to those of the hen, and for their taste, not through sheer greediness for their superior size. At the moment there is a small flock of Aylesburys, a magnificent meat bird, and not slack on the egg front either.

We usually have pure Aylesbury duck hatching eggs for sale.  At the moment, a lot of customers are giving me feedback that the eggs are proving 100% fertile; we must be doing something right! 

Poultry housing and runs: We make poultry and waterfowl arks and runs in a variety of shapes and sizes or to suit your requirements; we even make a tortoise box for giving outdoor tortoises shelter when not in hibernation.  Click here for a brochure.