Comments & Reviews

Hi All

I just wanted to write and say a HUGE thank you to all our lovely customers for all of the below comments.  Please keep emailing me your thoughts on us and updates on how you and your girls are getting on and I will always post them below.  

Also if you could send me some pictures of your girls I will put them on our POL hen page. 

Again a MASSIVE thank you for all of your fantastic feedback, and for all future customers who are thinking of buying hens from us, please read the below as we have some amazing reviews.

To send us your comments or pictures please send an email to heidi@heidishappyhens.co.uk

I hope you enjoy reading the below as much as we do.

Heidi, Danny, William, Harry and Jack xxxx

I have been a 'garden' hen owner for a couple of years now and I certainly wouldn't be without my girls!  Due to the tragic loss of Gladys, I desperately needed to find a couple of new friends for Gertie who was pining.

After a Google search I located Heidi's Happy Hens. What fantastic service!  Whilst I was waiting looking around at the POL chucks, a young family with two small children were choosing their first hens.

Heidi guided them through the process, advising them on suitable breeds, equipment etc. The children were having a wonderful time playing on the climbing frames, looking at the pony, playing with the kittens and checking out the hen houses.

When they left Heidi presented the girls with a bright pink egg box complete with fresh eggs.

Then Heidi helped me choose the POL hens and then gave me very sound advice as to how to introduce them to Gertie.

I wish I had found HHH's before, it is a fantastic set up and certainly a happy experience visiting. The hens all looked very healthy and the personal service is very special. I will be back soon for a bunny!

Thank you once again, Maggie

  

  The best picture I have ever been sent love it. xx

 

Hi Heidi & Danny

Just wanted to write to say a massive thank you for all your help and guidance in choosing our lovely chix, and for answering what seemed like very silly questions!!!!  They have been named by Lewis and are 1 x Amber - Edith, 1 x Coucou - Winnie, 2 x Copper Blacks - Kiev and Marmite. 

They seem to be settling in very well, Carl is even building them an additional run for theirs to give them more space when we can't let them out - will send photos once complete! 

I can sit and watch them for hours, they have so much individual character - Winnie is defnitely the boss and Marmite is just hilarious - freaks himself out very easily and flits all over the place - its funny, we have had loads of fun watching them explore - they are getting a little braver in the garden - finally venturing out from the laurel bush?

I have no problem with recommending you to anyone if they want a chicken or 2 or 3 or 4........its addictive!!!

We will come and see you soon, and they are looking forward to their holiday in August!  And we are eagerly awaiting our first eggs!!!!

I have attached a photo of Lewis feeding them corn, we keep it in the tin just like you said Danny and give it a good ole shake and they come running from wherever they are in the garden.  Great tip!!

Thanks again for everything.  Take care of yourself.  See you soon.

Amanda, Carl, Lewis and the Chix! x

Dear Heidi and Danny

It's been four weeks today since we came to select four hens from you. The children were very excited on the day, fortunately you managed to fit us into your busy schedule and still found time to make us feel relaxed with our selection of chickens. You also helped us chose the most child-friendly breeds.

The chickens have been great fun so far, they were a little timid for a day or two but now they flock around us whenever we go out into the back garden. They have even managed to perch themselves on the outside window sill of the living room a nd stare at us from the garden tapping on the window with their beaks.

To anyone who is looking to get chickens Heidi's Happy Hens is a great choice.

 Regards John, Alison, Evie , Sam and our four new additions Tilly, Elvis, Sherbet and Tracey.

Dear Heidi (and family!)

I just wanted to say a massive THANK YOU for our gorgeous birds.  Our beautiful cockerel, named Jeremy Clarkson by Jedd, our son, is just about the most handsome bird I have ever seen (goodness knows why he called him Jeremy!). 

Hi Heidi

Thankyou so much for my two new Copper Blacks.  They have already settled in after a short pecking order debate with my other chicken and ducks.

Hi all,

Well we just wante to say we are home and our girls have all been named!! Is allowing the children to name them the best idea? I'm not always sure but we have:

Barney brown - our ranger girl
Santa - our cuckoo girl
Fern - our blue girl.

They were so well behaved and loved exploring their new home. At bed time they have gone away lovely and and closed up for the evening now.  We are all excited to wake in the morning to let them out.

We loved your Farm an felt very welcome. The children loved it an macie is in love with bumble bee the gorgeous pony. Sadly the garden isn't big enough for a bumble bee but I may have to bring her back to see you.

Well will keep you posted and once again want to thank you for all of your help. The emails, welcome calls and then our visit.

We would recommend Heidis Happy Hens to anyone who wants to get some hens, your set up is lovely.

Love Kim, Martin, cooper, macie, Barney brown, Santa and fern.  xxxx

Hi Heidi, Danny and the kids......not forgetting the dogs, chickens, horses, pigs, and ducks etc

We wanted to take this opportunity of thanking you and the team for not only the wonderful condition of the girls but also all the lovely advice and care taken when we were choosing our new pets.  Our Children are excellent carers and spend every waking moment in their "wellies" talking, feeding, cuddling and checking for eggs....! 

I think Danny your tip about putting corn in a tin is a genius idea, Kian and Keely have bets to see whos chicken gets to us first, its a great way of the kids interacting with the chickens. 

'Our Girls' have various names ranging from Steve to Amelia...!! (All named by the children..... promise!)  They have all settled in really well and we are already having as many as 7 eggs a day ! They are completely happy in their new environment and eating us out of house and home..!! 

We would like to recommend your Chickens and service to anyone who is looking to embark on a new chicken venture as you have looked after us so well and our girls when they came on their free holiday over Christmas.

Look Forward to seeing you all soon as you know the kids love coming up to se you all.

Lots Of Love

Rupert, Angela, Kian and Keely

Dear Heidi and Danny,

  

Hi Heidi,
 
When I first came to your premises I was taken back by how friendly you all were as well as seeing what a very neat & caring operation you'd got.  They always say 1st impressions count & it is very true, I knew that buying any chickens from your enviroment would be very safe.
 
The help you gave me and the information you supplied was first rate and I would have no hesitation in recommending you to friends or in deed anyone.

Dannys "top tip" about keeping the corn in a tin and shaking it before feeding it to the girls has made them so friendly.
 
The four hens I bought from you were in fantastic condition & the advice you gave on the type of supplies I might need was very good.  Everyone who has come round to see the chickens remark on how healthy they look, they were obviously looked after well by you, as within a day they were laying.
 
Again, thanks for all the help, especially looking after them free for 4 weeks, that is an exceptional service & I would sign off by saying congratulations on having such a professional setup.
 
Kind Regards - Andy Smith
 

Hi Heidi and Gang

Just wanted to send you an email to thank you for supplying us with 3 lovely hens that have just started laying us some tasty egss.

We were very impressed with your service and your happy, healthy hens.

Thank you and look forward to seeing you all soon.

Love

Mandy

Hi Heidi,

Just wanted to drop you a line to say a huge thank you for all your help and advice in our first time chuck keeping and of course for our lovely ladies who have settled in very well as these photos demonstrate!

They're so funny, all have their own little characters and enjoy playing with our 2 border collies Fudge & Sky, who are always on hand to help us round them up at bedtime!

Nugget is like the naughty toddler of the group and Tikka loves to climb - the 2 of them are definately partners in crime!

There is no doubt that Kiev is the boss, whilst Chowmein is quite chilled and likes to do her own thing!

It's just coming up for 4 weeks since we got them, but already it's like they've always been here and we can't wait for those lovely fresh eggs to start coming!

Thanks again, take care and wishing you every success with your fab business!

Ali & Steve.  (Not forgetting Nugget, Tikka, Kiev, Chowmein, Fudge & Sky)
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Hi Heidi, Danny, William and Harry

We would just like to say Congratulations!! to you all on the birth of your new baby, I hope you are all well and getting some sleep, but I am sure you are all working as hard as ever!!

I can’t say how grateful we are for all the advice and help with our first venture into keeping chickens, I wish we had done it years ago!! After collecting the chickens, they were laying within the first week and have been consistent every day, which is great with 3 growing lads to feed. It never stops being exciting going down the garden to collect the eggs.

Thanks again Sara Marek George William and Edward

Hello  Heidi, Danny, William and Baby Harry  

So glad to hear of the safe arrival of your son Harry.

My hens; Onyx, Snowflake Obsidian and Galena (named after crystals) are all doing well. 

We had a few escapees when I brought them home but I have now raised the wire around the enclosure. Snowflake still thinks she is Houdini and you have to be fast getting through the gate or she will sneak past your ankles to eat my plants.

I can't thank you enough for the fantastic service; choosing my new pets, collecting them and boarding them for the holiday. 
The only trouble is whenever I have visited I want to take home more hens. 

I will certainly tell everyone about you and have put up a poster at work.

I hope to see you soon.

Take care, Alison and the 'girls'.

 Hi Heidi

Just a quick e.mail to thank you for all your help last week when we bought our 6 hens from you.

They have all settled down really well.

You have a lovelly small holding and all your pets seemed really happy and content and living in lovelly surroundings.

We will keep you informed of progress and will see you again when we book the girls in for a holiday.

Kind regards

Chris & Jacqui Shenton

Hi all

Just to let you know we have had our fist egg today from the copper black hen ( Francesca ) it tasted great both her and blue haze ( roberta ) have settled in great and are now both part of our family the kids love them.

I have even heard my wife talking to them thank you again for all the help and advice you gave me when I came over and for taking the time to answer my sons questions hope to come back for more hens soon ( if wife let's us)

Scott Timson

Hi Heidi,

We recently bought 5 hens and a hen house off your website.

We have called the hens Lizzie, Marion, Janet, Gail and Dilly-Anne (although as there are 5 of them we like to call them the Spice Girls!). They're doing really well and we've already had 3 eggs! They love it when we give them corn as a treat and they like to eat it out of our hands. We love them all and they each have their own unique personality and character especially Lizzie and Janet who like to intimidate our cat Archie by flapping their wings and clucking at him through their hen house! 

We would like to say thank you for all of your help and advice and for supplying us with 5 wonderful hens and a brilliant hen house which they all love. We will recommend you to anyone who wants to start their own little flock. 

Best wishes from the Parry family ( Gill, Bernard and Liz) and the Dixon family (Mary and Ivor).

Hi Heidi & Danny

We hope you are all well and keeping busy (Danny I'm sure Heidi's keeping you busy!!) 

We wanted to write a few words to thank you both for helping us start our new chicken family. We had considered having a couple of chickens for a few years and after a simple phone call the thought finally became a reality. It's been a real pleasure in meeting you and we feel that if we have any problems or questions we could call you straight away and you'd help us without a second thought.

We can't thank you enough for all you have done, you both made everything so easy for us. You guided and helped us without ever making us feel pressured or stupid and after meeting you and asking a load of questions we never had any more doubts. We've now had the girls (Mo & Marge) for 2 weeks and their doing well, they've really settled down and getting use to us more & more.

We never realised how easy they are to keep and we love it when they take themselves off to bed!!   We have started letting them out into the garden which has been lovely to watch them roaming around in the evenings, (certainly beats watching Eastenders!!) they go mad for the blossom and love sweetcorn.

We can't wait for them to start laying, it will be a truly momentous occasion - Im thinking about on the same lines of the new prime minister!!

Anyway we want to wish you all the best with the chickens, pigs, rabbits, horses, dog, husband, son & bump (seriously do you have any time for you?) 

Thank you so much once again and we would recommend Heidi's Happy Hens to anyone,

Cheers

Julie & Ben xx

Heidi, Danny, William and bump!

Hi Heidi,

Just to let you know we picked up our gorgeous hens on saturday and they have settled really well.  They soon started scratching about and we had a lovely surprise on sunday morning our first egg !!! Then this morning (2nd day) 2 eggs, they must be happy hens !  Thanks for all your help and advice and after sales support its very comforting to know we have somewhere to go if we need help.  Also the fact you offer holiday homing is great it will certainly save us the stress of finding someone suitable to look after our girls we know they will be stopping at a 5 star hotel with you.  

Thanks again and good luck with the new baby

Amber, Adrian Poppy and Willow Markham

Heidi

Just wanted to drop you a line to say thank you so much for letting me come and get three new girls last night, straight after your delivery, so I could get them back to meet my lonely Suzie as soon as possible. 

We were really impressed with the set up that you have, all of the chickens looked fantastically healthy and alert even though they had only just arrived from their road trip.

The good news is that Suzie made more noise and was more alert in the hour after we brought Aggy, Cally and Jazz home than she had been since Lulu died last Friday. The bad news is that as expected she is bullying all of them, particularly Jazz, I guess because she is the biggest. 

We feel awful that we thought we were going to give our three new girls a lovely home and now it feels like we have taken them from your very happy hen house to a war zone! They did all sleep together with no problems last night but no such luck during the day. I guess we just have to let nature take its course. After a bit of pecking last night when we got home, she is more intimidating now, chasing them etc.

Thanks again for the antibiotics for my sick hen (not from you) and the tips on worming etc, trying to get Suzie to drink is clearly going to take some doing but I'm sure we will get there in the end and when they are all running round being happy hens together we will have forgotten that all this nasty business ever happened. 

So thanks once again, good luck with the impending birth for both you and the piggies!

Deana & Mark

Hi Heidi

Just an update for you on the four hens, two ranger and two copper blacks,we bought from you in June, on our daughters birthday (3rd) and also to ask if we can take advantage of you free holiday care service.

Our four hens are adorable and quickly settled into life here. We each named one of them and they have all developed such amazing personalities. We are lucky in that we always get four eggs a day, and some of the eggs are the biggest i have ever seen. Our four hens are named Gretel, Alice (the copper blacks), Dorotthy and Matilda (the rangers). Dorothy was the hen you were going to keep for yourself as she was so social. She continues to be very social and very adventurous. Gretel is without doubt in charge, and Alice lays the
biggest eggs which are more often than not double yokes! Matilda was the smallest and has only recently started laying. She is, in many ways the most street wise and will often chase our cats off when they go into the garden.

They are all realy wonderful and we are really pleased to have them. Thanks very much for giving them such a great start to their lives. They are certainly happy Hens.

Thanks very much again for such wonderful hens,

Regards,

Chris Pollitt

Hi Heidi

Hi Heidi,

Thanks for all your advice and kind attention. We really did feel more confident about keeping chickens knowing you were "on call". Our three have settled in well and been laying eggs since they arrived last Saturday which is a bonus on top of the entertainment they provide.

Thanks once again,

Philip & Sheila

Hi Heidi & Danny,


We bought 4 hens off of you 2 weeks ago today (seems like we've had them for months-in a good way).  Well just to let you know they settle in instantly. 

We named them Harriet, Ella, Ben (sorry our son insisted a hen could be called Ben), and wait for it....Attila the Hen - sorry again to the hen, but this one was Cam's choice he spent a night choosing between that and nuggets!  Harriet is the cheekiest (the ranger) and she'll come right up to you whenever she sees you, she's also the first to eat my sunflower plants and escape out the run if you turn your back for a second. 

Ella (white speckled ranger) is as soft as muck and loves being stroked on her back.  Attila (the blue) is quietly confident and the largest,

Ben (the amber) is fast.  They love to sunbathe and when they were out in the garden the other day we looked up to see them all stood at the patio window watching us eating our lunch.  They're ever so funny, though the way they quizzically look at us I
think that feeling is mutual.

Any news on the baby?  Hope everything is going well for you.

Take care,

Andrea J Greenwood

Hi Heidi

Just wanted to say a huge thank you for our hens we were going to go to Merrydale Poultry but they have now stopped selling POL chickens and I am really pleased because that made us find you.   All of your birds are of exceptional quality and value. The 6 month
guarantee gives you great peace of mind. The birds are settling in fine and started laying eggs the day after we got them home!

Thanks for your support.
Luke, Leicester

Hi heidi and Danny,

Just wanted to say a huge thank you for all the advice you gave Arron and I when we came to see you. Heidi you were very honest and told us to ring you anytime ,which for me was the next day!!!

We left with 4 very happy, healthy chickens who have settled in very well as Danny saw when he dropped some supplies off to me today. If we ever decide to expand our flock we would most definately come back to you and would recommend anyone else to  go to you aswell.

Take care and good luck with the birth of your second son, and please tell William we think Archie is great 
Regards Leigh and Arron x 

Hi Both,

Hope you are doing ok and the piglets have settled in.  

Just wanted  to let you know that all 9 chickens have settled  now.  We did have a couple of days when the new 5 young ones got picked on  a little bit  and i did wonder and worry whether things would settle down.   Thankfully they have and we are getting roughly 3 eggs a day at the minute -  which is great.  Taylors loving having them and spends alot of time in the  coop with them.  Shes certainly proven to us that she was ready to look  after chickens, bless her its only taken 3 years to persuade me!!!

Thank you so much for taking the time with us when we came to see you - it  made it alot easier. I have put up the posters you gave me and raved about  you guys so hope that brings business your way.  

Take care - Jo and Nobby Clarke

Hi Heidi ,

As first time chicken owners we would like to thank you for your  constant help and advice , its great to know you are there with the answers!

Our three girls - Bluebell , Lily and Dotty have settled in nicely and are now Sarah and Johns happy hens !!!!

They really are beautiful healthy birds with plenty of character , each one of them being very different ! 
We would definitely recommend you to any budding chicken owners and  intend to continue using your services ourselves for advice , free holiday care  - which we think is just great and also for any additions to our brood  !

We hope you are keeping well and wish you well with your soon to  be new addition to the family !

Looking forward to our first eggs !
Sarah and John Finch xxx

Hi Heidi,

I had to write to let you know how pleased I am with the pair of amber hens you delivered for me.

They are very beautiful hens, so placid and serene, they are into a routine already and were very easy to train alot easier than other pets in our household

They are a beautiful colour, when the sun hits them they seem to have silk running thru their feathers and they have an amber glow, they look alot like swans and seem to glide round the garden

Your service was excellent even delivering to me as i am disabled so all in all i rate you 10/10 and would highly recommend you and your hens,

Hugs liziann, am looking forward to my first gifts of lovely fresh eggs. xxx

Hello there,

We just wanted to let you know how well our six hens we got off you have settled in, the ladies as I call them are all real characters , we named them Doris, Florence, Patricia, Sunny, Stella and Ginger, Doris is one of the amber stars and she really is very placid.  The good news is we now get 4 eggs a day!

And we have been lucky enough to have 3 double yoked eggs so far! Danny was right about the spaghetti they love it! And as they get to rome around they garden they find some tasty bugs to eat too. We wanted to say thank you for waiting patiently for us as we tried to find you! And also thanks for all your advice; we will definitely recommend you to other people. Hope all is well and we will send some pictures to you soon.

Many Thanks
Wayne , Jo  and children ( from Leamington Spa )

Hi Daniel & Heidi

Laura & David here, we bought 9 chickens from you a few weeks ago and we wanted to thank you for providing them. All 9 are healthy and happy and have settled beautifully,our Bluebell laid her first egg on Saturday and one a day since then. Hopefully the others will soon get the idea and all our friends and family will be enjoying fresh eggs before long. We will probably want a few more in the new year and won't be going elsewhere. I have recommended you to other potential buyers who are still considering it.

Thanks again for your help.

Hello Heidi,

I'm dropping you a brief note to just say a big thank you for all your valuable advice, help and for the six healthy hens we bought from you. The one hen, an Amber which we call Florence is now laying one a day and the others look as though they are going to follow suit any day now. They all have a character of their own and its great fun watching them all roaming around in our garden.

So once again thanks for your continual help and advice, to us the pupils and you the teacher.

Kind regards,
Robert from Solihull

Hi,

Many thanks for your help yesterday the girls are gorgeous and so friendly! They have settled in nicely would certainly recommend your chickens to any future buyers we come across. 

Mick and Julie

Hi Heidi,

Our 4 new residents have settled in very well and are full of curiosity about the garden.  Both the Rangers are eating out of my hand and the other two are tempted!

We'll  keep you up to date!

Martin

Hello Heidi

Good news we got an egg this morning, two very happy children :) 
Thank you
Steve

Heidi and Danny

Thank you so much for the birds, they are beautiful and very friendly, they have been free range this afternoon, eating grass and bugs! All are now tucked up safely in their new house. I'll send you photos as they grow!
Thank you again, glad we had the rhode island red, she is so sweet, thanks once again

vicki and miles xx

Hi Heidi

Just to let you know that our hens have settled in nicely.  The blue one my son chose on it's jumping abilities likes to stand on top of the run and hurl herself off!  Mine, the white one, is a little more sedate!  They seem to get on with each other after some initial arguments, and now follow each other around the garden.  They even take themselves off to bed at night. 

Thanks for the tip on spaghetti, they do like that.  I was really worried about my cat, due to the fact that she is not adverse to dragging a wood pidgeon or magpie through the catflap.  However, after some initial curiosity is now treating the new arrivals with utter disdain. 

Thank you for being so friendly when we came and all the advice, which we really appreciate.  Tracy, Zak and Kellie (and Phoebe and ebay - the hens.)

Hi Heidi,

I'm just dropping you a note to say it was a pleasure to come back and buy another few hens from you to extend our little flock to six.  They are settling in well, getting to know the others through the fence of their separate little run, we plan to put them in together in the next couple of days. 

We were all impressed with your new facilities and Adam commented that not only was he spoilt for choice, when choosing his three hens, but how clean the facilities were kept and how happy and healthy all the hens were. 

And of course as it was Easter Saturday we couldn't resist taking home two of the 4 day old chicks you showed us.  Tulip and Daffodil and doing amazingly well, we cannot believe how fast they grow.  Their wing feathers and tail feathers are now well defined, and they eat and cheep away all day and enjoy sleeping close to the heat of the Aga at night.  

Wishing you the best of luck with your venture and of course you're expanding family.  Please let us know when the micro pigs arrive.

Best Wishes
Shân

I will never forget the excitment of taking my three children Hannah, Tom and Frankie to choose and reserve their chickens from Heidi.  I had read books and websites all about keeping chickens and was still a little nervous about.   But with advice form Heidi we settled our 3 girls into their new home, and what joy they bring.  Within days they were eating corn out of hands GREAT TIP DAN about putting it in a tin and following us around the garden they are even best friends with our Springer Spaniel, Bailey.  Tom aged 8 is our Chief Chicken Keeper and it still makes me laugh seeing him walking around the garden with a chicken under his arm.  I think the first few weeks the hens had forgotten how to use their legs!!!

Hens - they are just the best pet - they provide endless entertainment just watching them.  No other pet keeps your garden weed and slug free, eats your left over veggies and provides you with BEST EGGS EVER every morning - believe me you will never ever want to buy eggs from shops again.

"Heidi's Happy Hens" have definately made us happy and the best thing is that I know that Heidi is always there to give advice if we need it.

Catherine Mander 

Hi Heidi,

Nice to meet you and Danny today.  Thanks for your help choosing hens.  They travelled home very quietly and we have put them in their new home.

Sharon and Mark

Hi Heidi,

Hope your ok, I got 5 chickens from you last year and I wanted to update you on how they are doing- They are brilliant, didn't realise what good pets they would make!

They are called Daisy, Camya, Rhoda, Katie and Davina. 4 out of them are laying, they are so much fun and my son loves them as well. I've recommended you to a few people as well.

So thank you 
Nicole

Hi Heidi

Thank you for the care advice. They settled in their new coop fine last night and this morning we had two eggs (one white, one brown). They have been out roaming the garden with us today. They are much quieter than we expected!

Thank you, Emma and Stuart

Hi Heidi,

just to tell you the girls are doing brill, 2 of them gave me lovely eggs today.
thanks again for all you have done. 

Paul.

Hi Heidi

3 gorgeous hens have settled in very well.  We were given a rather nice white cockerel yesterday, so now have quite a collection!.  Thank you very much.

Anna

Hi Heidi...just a quick note to say that all is well...the chickens have settled into their new 'pad' and have had a good time in their new run. They have a really big open run...Steve is building a sheltered area. The dogs for some reason won't come into the house ....no idea why..LOL...but I will take some photos in the morning to show you their house and run...which has two apple trees in it...so it's nice and big!!

Our grandchildren can't wait to come to see them and my dad has already been round!

Thanks so much

Jenny and Steve

Hi Heidi

The 4 hens we had of you last November are doing great ,2 dozen eggs a week without fail,and their so friendly they have all made friends with my dog,and its fantastic to know when i go on holiday you will board them free,if we decide to have a few more hens in the future we will definately be giving you a phone call,fantastic,

Kind Regards Neil (rugby). 

Hello Heidi

We came to you 5 weeks ago to purchase 2 chickens to add to our collection.  We were really impressed with how healthy your chickens were, and in the end went away with three (Having seen them I wanted 4 but my husband put his foot down!)
 
You asked us to let you know how they are getting on....

We have named them Emmeline(Pankhurst) Anais (Nin) and Alice (Walker), all strong and influential women of their time. 
 
We put them into a coop with 3 established bantams and a light Sussex ..... and another hen that we introduced the same day from another farm.
 
We had bought another coop so they would have a new coop to themselves. The layout is a large run with a coop at ech end.  Our intention was that they would eventually share the large run that is between the two, but to start with we put a bit of fencing across so each group could use only half, but see each other and get accustomed to each other first.
 
What a laugh.  They did everything they could to get together, climbed up the fencing, tried to dig under - so we gave up and put them together in the end - they then insisted on sleeping all 8 of them in one coop.  They have got on really well. its really crowded in the coop at night, but we are not worrying as they do it out of choice not necessity.  they now use the other coop for laying. 
 
Emmeline and Anais are more timid, so we can't get to pick them up for love nor money, but Alice is unbelievably tame.  She comes for cuddles (if we have food in our hand!)
 
We have just had an egg from Emmeline, and are waiting for the other two to start laying. 
 
Thank you Heidi for providing us with such strong, healthy, and affectionate hens. 
We will soon be back for more, if we can extend the coop!
 
Kind regards
Naomi and Rob
Halesowen

We found our three lovely hens via a website advertising pets. We first met Daniel who gave us plenty of time to choose the hens we preferred. We chatted quite a long time, and he kindly gave us 6 eggs from his hens. 

Within a few days, one of our hens seemed a bit off colours and several times I rang Heidi who gave me very good advice and was ready to send my some of her own medication by post, and she was ready to exchange our sick hen for another more healthy. But I wanted to keep "my hen" and she recovered very well, thanks to Heidi and her advice and medication. We drove instead to their home and were given not just some medication but a very warm welcome and more advice.

Next we were stuck at the last minute with no "pet-sitter" available just a few days before going abroad. We rang and Heidi very kindly again said she would have them "on holiday" for the time we were away ourselves. We were so relieved not to have to give up our "three ladies" as we call our hens because of holidays.  We left knowing they would be looked after in their previous environment, so not stressed.

We would like to say a BIG THANK YOU to both Heidi and Daniel for their "after sale" unique attitude. We sincerely are very grateful. Regards, Chantal & Chris

Hello

Just wanted to say a big thank you to you and hubby for this morning. He was so patient, gave us loads of information and even helped me to pick my chix when I had'nt a clue which ones to go for!!

Much appreciated and thanks for holding them while we sort a coop out.

Love your lil Shetlands too.

Warm regards

Sue White

I just wanted to say we have brought 4 hens from Heidi and they are great they settled in straight away and the children were able to pick them up and stroke them. Heidi and Danny were more than helpful as we were new to having hens, they took time to explain the different birds and

talked us through the care and management. We were also able to purchase the food. I would recommend buying hens from Heidi.    We will keep in touch.

Thank you again

Sarah, Mike and the children.

Hi Heidi,

Hope you are all keeping well. We had our first (double yoked) egg yesterday - what excitement - and they have all settled in well (in
fact, one, named Primrose, is very cheeky!).

We will always recommend that people buy hens from you.

Take care,
Nikki

Hi, Heidi, we just want to say thanks for our two gorgeous girls! We can`t believe how tame they are, they already eat out of our hands!
I`m so grateful for all your advice. We can`t wait to get a couple more now!
Hope you are well. My sister and baby Phoebe are both doing fine, little Phoebe is totally gorgeous.

Kind regards, Sarah.

Dear Heidi, Danny and William

We have just checked your website for news and found out that a baby is on his way. We wish you all the best and a safe arrival to baby in August.

We are still very happy with Specky, Amber and Greeny. Specky had a close encounter with a fox whilst rummaging in our garden, and Chris gave such a cry that the poor fox got frightened and dropped Specky, who ended up shaken and with less feathers on her backside, but safe. Now they stay in our soft fruit cage which is about 5m by 4.5m. They don't seem to eat the redcurrant
which is a plus as I do my jellies and ice creams with them every year. At night they go in their shed.

That's it for today. You take care, and we shall keep an eye on the news on your website again.

Best regards

Chantal & Chris

Dear Heidi,

Just wanted to say thank you for all the help getting the chickens, they seem very happy and will already eat out of our hands (for boiled pearl barley anyway!)

Thanks

Chris

Hi Heidi and Daniel,

I just wanted to say a big thank you, for our 4 feathered friends we collected from you last week, they have settled in really well and 2 out of the 4 are already laying great eggs.  Many thanks,
Dee xx

Dear Heidi and Danny

Tracey and I collected  an Amber hen and a Cou Cou from you Three weeks ago this coming Monday. just to let you know they are doing fine and go down a storm with the Grandchildren and Nieces. (actually there are a couple of our sons friends who are quite in awe of it all as well)

Thank you both for such happy hens.

kind regards Kevin and Tracey Wagg