We know that our customers are care deeply about the environment, for many of them this is the reason they keep their own poultry at home.
We also care and wherever possible build our chicken houses using materials that have been source to minimise their impact on the environment.
Our timber is largely source in Scandinavia from managed forests and the small amount of plywood we use comes from eastern Asia, again from managed forestry.
Our timber suppliers are committed to only supplying timber that is harvested legally without violating the rights of the indigenous population.
They are members of the PEFC who ensure and certify the sustainability of the timber supplied by their members. The timber we use is treated with Tanalith E , a waterborne product based on copper triazole technology. Copper is derived from recycled sources and triazoles are organic biodegradable biocides, commonly used to protect many of the food crops we eat. They may even help keep red mite away from our chicken coops
The plastic we use for our nest box lids is made from 100% recycled plastic. One of it’s main constituents is the plastic waste produced on farms that is used as bale wrapping and feed and fertiliser sacks.
The corroline roofing we use is a mixture of natural fibres and bitumen.
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Once upon a time, not so very long ago Auntie Bev arrived at Louise's 16th birthday clutching a rather tatty box, full of holes and tied up with orange baler twine. Louise opened the box and out sprang two chickens. (And also the birth of Wells Poultry but we didn't realise until later)
Louise thought this was great although Lesley (Louise's mum) was not impressed to say the least.
Now, a cardboard box isn't the best home for a pair of chickens so next morning I was off to that well know DIY shop in search of timber with a vague idea of what a chicken house looked like. And so our first chicken house was created.
Sadly these first two chickens were swiped by a fox within a few weeks so we bought a trio of birds from a local breeder. I'm sure that is a familiar story to a lot of people - 2 chickens become 3 and then 3 become 6 and then you need more housing.....
Suffice to say, six months later I was building chicken houses full time in the back garden of a terrace house in Reading. Another year on and we moved to Wales for more space and the business continued to grow. We're now preparing to open our new workshop which will double our current space and allow us to take on more staff....
We attribute much of our success to the fact that we are very similar to many of our customers, we're content to keep a few chickens in the back garden as much for amusement as the eggs they produce. We don't have acres of land so know the limitations a back garden flock. And we firmly believe that the only time you'll need to buy another chicken house is when you need a bigger one not because it's fallen apart.
