Our Girls

The Lohmann and Isla brown hens live in up to 4 groups of approximately 600 chooks with movable sheds, that provide laying boxes, roosts, water and protection from the hot sun, wind and rain. The sheds along with the chooks are slowly moved around the bio-dynamic cropping paddocks and grazing pastures of Powlett Hill.

Our laying chooks are feed whole wheat, bran from our flour mill, seaweed meal and shell grit, all separate and free choice, as well as being pasture raised and moved on regular basis to allow good access to bugs, worms etc.

The Farm

Chicks are purchased as day olds so that the first food they receive is certified Demeter bio-dynamic. The chicks are raised in a brooder shed until old enough to forage. At approximately 3 weeks of age the chicks are given access to pastures in a predator proof pen that is also able to be moved around, until ready for the larger shed and open paddock.

Chicks are grown their own special little crops to ensure a good diversity of fresh green pick to forage.  Chicks are fed a mix feed prepared onsite. The mix includes, rolled oats, wheat, peas, linseed, sunflower, barley and cod liver oil.

Safety

For predator control out in the paddocks there are Maremma dogs that are bonded with the chooks to guard them. Movable electric fence netting is also used when required for extra protection.