Contact Hook Farm

Hook Farm
London Road
Hook, Hampshire
RG27 9EQ

Click here for directions from Google Maps

Opening Hours

We are open weekdays in the evenings from 6.30pm. We are closed during the day from Mondays to Fridays.

On Saturdays we are open from 11am to dusk.

We are closed on SUNDAYS and BANK HOLIDAYS.

Boarding in and out is after 6.30 each weekday evening and after 11am on Saturdays.

Course Dates

For full details of all the course dates and locations click on the Courses tab at the top.

Incubators for Sale

We have ex-hire Smart incubators for sale. They are fully automatic and are in good working order. They are £100 each.

Cream Legbar Fertile Eggs

We have fertile Cream Legbar eggs for sale at £1 each. Email to check availability.

Testimonials

1st Aug 2010

Dear Alison

Just to let you know that I enjoyed your course very much last Sunday. It has answered a lot of questions about chicken keeping for me and filled me with enthusiasm to get on and get some chickens of my own.

As we were all chatting about everything I didn’t get to comment on my scrambled egg breakfast which was absolutely delicious. The whole colour and taste was totally different from the scramble I make with shop bought eggs. Also my compliments to the chef as everything was beautifully prepared and presented.

The whole course was informative and fun and I may be back for a refresher once I get my own chicken.

Thank you again and best wishes

Gillian

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 £9.50 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, to Hook Farm, London Rd, Hook RG27 9EQ.

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Kill, Pluck, Gut and Bone Course £75

If you have raised meat chickens, or are thinking of raising them, then this course is an absolute must. Alison is a DEFRA registered poultry slaughter woman and we run practical, hands on courses where we kill, pluck, gut and bone Hubbard meat chickens. The courses run on Saturday and Sunday mornings and sometimes on weekend afternoons. Participants take home one chicken ready to cook and eat and a second to finish preparing a few days later, together with the Meat Chicken Keeper book. The courses are relaxed and numbers are limited to keep the sessions informal and friendly.






For more details of the course and to check course dates click on the Courses tab at the top and select the course on the left hand side. You can book online from the date link and we very much look forward to seeing you on a course soon.

Course in Preston

We ran a Kill, Pluck, Gut and Bone Course in Preston at Goosnargh Village Hall, Church Lane, Goosnargh, PR3 2BH in 2009 and think it is probably time to do so again. There will be start times at 11am, 12.30pm, 2pm and 3.30pm and each session lasts about 2 hours. The cost is £75 and £110 if a couple shares a place. It is planned to do one on 23 September 2012,but we will need to know interest in the course before booking the hall. Email alison@chickenkeeper.co.uk to register your interest and the time slot you would prefer. As soon as there are 6 poeple interested the course will be booked, so don't delay! Contact us now!