The Hatch Shed

10/08/2026

❗️Fully stocked❗️

See our selection of hybrid hens below

https://thehatchshed.com/collections/hybrid-hens

Had these made ages ago and never managed to get them up. Setting up for a busy weekend so finally got around to it. Happy with the results

Hopefully easier to people to select their breeds.

Let me know what you think?

09/08/2026

🖤Hybrid hens🖤

Available now!

Fully Vaccinated

Point of lay (19 weeks old)

Includes Dark, Green, Blue and White layers.

We keep a selection of hybrids all year around so there's always some available every weekend for collection. Drop us a message for a current stock list.

Some breeds sell out very fast so take the opportunity to reserve yours now.

💙 Skylines (blue egg layers)

🫒 Olive Eggers (Green egg layers)

🟤 Burford Browns (dark egg layers)

⚪️ Light Sussex

🩶 Silver Sussex

🧡 Goldlines

❤️ Welsumer stars

💛 Lemon cuckoos

💙 Bluebelles

❤️ Millefluer leghorns (white egg layers)

🩶 Silver partridge leghorns (white egg layers)

🖤 Speckledys

💛 Ambers

💜 Lavender Splash Rocks

https://thehatchshed.com/search?q=hybrid+hens

📍Chalkney mill, white Colne, Colchester Co62pr

📞 07715359243

📩 for a current stocklist

Thanks Lewis

09/08/2026

🐔 Keep your chickens happy, healthy & entertained! 🐔

Bored chickens can quickly develop unwanted habits such as feather pecking. Our range of high-energy pecking blocks helps keep your flock busy while encouraging natural pecking and foraging behaviour.

Choose from:
🫐 Mixed Berry Pecking Block
🌿 Seaweed Pecking Block
🌱 Grazer Block
🌾 Treat Seed Block

✅ Helps reduce boredom
✅ Encourages natural foraging
✅ Great enrichment for chickens of all breeds
✅ Made in Britain 🇬🇧

Perfect for the run, coop or covered pen – simply place the block in a dry area and let your chickens enjoy hours of pecking fun.

Shop the full range here:
🌐 https://thehatchshed.com/products/pecking-block-boredom-busters

📍 Chalkney Mill, White Colne, Colchester CO6 2PR

08/08/2026

Who's paid us a visit at our new location? It's been a busy year all round, it's been great seeing everyone so far, the feedback has been overwhelming, much appreciated 🙌

08/08/2026

🫧🧽🧹Summer ready🧹🫧

✅Chicken chips✅

Now in stock

A Great product to refresh your runs for the spring

Ideally to keep the pens nice and fresh and the birds out of the mud. These hard wood chicken chips not only look great they do keep the pens cleaner and smelling fresher.

The bags are 60 litre and cover a square meter

Pictured is a pen of ours that's 3 square meters so you can see how it looks after 3 bags were added.

In stock to pick up on the day or you're welcome to order online

£14.75 a bag

10 for £125

https://thehatchshed.com/products/chicken-chips

Thanks Lewis

07/08/2026

🦆 🔥 AYLESBURY DUCK SPECIAL OFFER 🔥 🦆

Thinking about adding ducks to your flock? Now’s the perfect time!

Our beautiful Aylesbury ducks are on a fantastic limited-time offer:

🎉 Buy 4, Get 2 FREE
🎉 Buy 6, Get 4 FREE

All at point of lay (18-20 weeks) some have started laying

Whether you’re starting out or growing your flock, this is an offer that’s hard to beat.

✔️ Healthy, quality birds
✔️ Friendly, hardy breed
✔️ Ideal for anyone looking for traditional white ducks

⏳ Available whilst stocks last – once they’re gone, this offer ends!

Reserve here

https://thehatchshed.com/products/aylesbury-ducks-at-point-of-lay

The Hatch Shed
📍 Chalkney Mill, White Colne, Colchester CO6 2PR
📞 07715 359243
💬 Please message for a full stock list.

Thanks Lewis

07/08/2026

06/08/2026

🦆🐥🪶CURRENT STOCK🐔🐣🐓

🐥Day old🐥

Indian runner ducklings

Week old

Polish bantams (including frizzles)
Pekin bantam (inc frizzle)
Silver campines (white egg layers)
Gold/Silver Appenzeller
Mottled Ancona bantams
Exchequer leghorns (white egg layers)
Zombie (white egg layers)

Geese (sexed) 8 weeks - 16 weeks old

🪿Chinese
🪿Embden
🪿French grey

Week old - 10 weeks old

Guinea fowl keets (pied, pearl)

🐥4 week old female ducklings 🐥

✅ Indian runner
✅ Magpie
✅ Cayuga

10 week old

✅ Mini Silver Appleyards
✅ Aylesbury
✅ Khaki Campbells

8 week old

🐹Female guinea pigs🐹

💪🏻A selection of growers💪🏻

Large fowl and bantam 6-14 weeks old

🦆 Aylesbury females 8-18 weeks old 🦆

Point of lay hens

Quail (pol)

🪶 Japanese - various colours
🪶 Chinese Painted Quail

🐔Bantams hens🐔

✅ Pekins - black, black mottled, lavender, lavender mottled, cuckoo, Millefluer, buff, white,

✅Polish - black white crested, lavender white crested, cuckoo white crested, buff laced, red white crested

✅USA Silkies - Black, Splash, Red, cuckoo, white

✅Sablepoots - Millefluer, cuckoo

✅Rumpless Araucana - plenty of colours

✅Japanese - Black tailed white

✅Wyandotte - silver partridge, gold partridge

✅Brahma - lavender Isabella

✅Salmon faverolle

✅Appenzeller - black, gold spangled, silver spangled, chamois

🐓 Hybrid laying hens (point of lay)🐓

💙 Skylines (blue egg layers)

⚪️ Light Sussex

🩶 Silver Sussex

🧡 Goldlines

❤️ Millefluer leghorns (white egg layers)

💙Blue Parridge leghorn (white egg layers)

🖤Mottled Leghirn (white egg layers)

🩶 Silver partridge leghorns (white egg layers)

💛 Lemon cuckoos

Pure breeds - Large fowl hens

✅ Salmon Faverolles

✅ Lavender Araucana

✅ Vorwerk

✅ Silver Campine (white egg layers)

🦆Ducks🦆 (point of lay)

✅ Aylesbury

✅ Indian runners

✅ khaki Campbells

✅ Cayuga

✅ Magpie

We stock a range of supplies including….
💧Water Drinkers
🌾Feeders
🐥Chick Starter sets
🛏️ Wood chip Bedding
🪳Mite Treatment
🪱Wormers
🌾Golden YolkLayers pellets and other feed/supliments for your poultry

We also are available for any advice for aftercare you need 🐣🐥

📍 Chalkney Mill, White Colne, Colchester Co62pr

📞 07715359243

📩 for a full stock list

Thanks Lewis

04/08/2026

🌟 Miniature Silver Appleyard Females Available 🦆

We have 10 beautiful Miniature Silver Appleyard females now available!

These attractive bantam ducks are a fantastic choice for anyone looking for a friendly, active breed that’s perfect for smaller gardens, ponds or mixed waterfowl collections.

📍 10 females available

https://thehatchshed.com/products/mini-silver-appleyard-ducklings

The Hatch Shed
📍 Chalkney Mill, White Colne, Colchester CO6 2PR
📞 07715 359243
💬 Please message for a full stock list.

Thanks Lewis

03/08/2026

🐓 Pekin Bantam Hens – Point of Lay (18–24 Weeks)

We currently have a lovely selection of Pekin Bantam hens available and ready for their new homes.

Available colours include:

🐓 Lavender Pekin
🐓 Buff Pekin
🐓 Black Mottled Pekin
🐓 Black Pekin
🐓 Cuckoo Pekin
🐓 Blue Pekin
🐓 Millefleur Pekin
🐓 White Pekin
🐓 Lavender
🐓 Buff mottled

Pekins are one of the most popular bantam breeds, known for their friendly nature, feathered feet and compact size. They make excellent pets and are ideal for smaller gardens while still laying a good supply of small eggs.

Healthy, well-grown birds available now at point of lay.

📩 Message for availability and prices.

The Hatch Shed
📍Chalkney Mill, White Colne, Colchester CO6 2PR
📞 07715 359243
💬 Please message for a full stock list.

Thanks, Lewis.