Wells Poultry came into existence when Louise was given 2 chickens as a birthday present ( Everyone has one of Aunts that gives somewhat unusual gifts) which needed a home. Very quickly the first “Wells Poultry” chicken house was built and as most chicken keepers know, 2 quickly become a flock of 6 hen which soon become 12. All requiring chicken coops
We quickly grew from using the corner of the garage to using the whole garden. Within a year we had moved house, primarily to have more room for the chickens and the growing business. But this was still not enough space and we quickly moved to the first of our industrial units, rapidly followed by a second unit dedicated to build our chicken coops and runs leaving the first for our mail order department.
We now confidently boost that we have one of the largest ranges of poultry supplies and equipment supplying everything from a single leg ring to chicken feeders up to our large walk in chicken coop and run.
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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.
