We run a multi-age site meaning all our 6 or 7 flocks are different ages. This gives us a more consistent supply of all sizes of eggs so whether its large eggs in pre-packs for local shops or our farm gate or medium eggs in trays for our catering customers, our supply is constant and consistent throughout the year! We can’t control the many natural aspects such as the weather which affect production, but we try to manage our flocks to maintain a constant flow of quality eggs of all sizes from small to Extra Large!

The Great British Weather
As you all know we aren’t always favoured with the driest of weather. Hens are simply not designed for cold wet weather, so when the weather turns, our hens also turn to go indoors. Our hens live in 7 spacious houses that keep them safe, warm and dry!

Traceability and Quality Assurance

Government regulations state how many hens each of our sheds can house and how big an area we have to provide for each flock to range in. At Southview we choose to reduce our house stocking rates to provide more room for our birds inside the shed for feeding, drinking, laying eggs in the nest boxes and perching. We rotate our flocks around the ranges to ensure each new flock has fresh pasture and allow time to re-seed and manage the ranges to maintain a thick grass sward.

All our hens are fully vaccinated when they arrive with us at 16 weeks old, and in accordance with the government’s national salmonella control programme, our flocks are all regularly tested for salmonella.

All our eggs are printed with a code unique to our farm and all eggs packed for delivery to local businesses are labelled with our specific packing station number, enabling our customers to trace where the eggs were laid, graded and packed…100% traceable!

Did you know that Free-Range eggs are a modern Super-Food?

• Protein – most of use are aware that eggs are a wonderful, tasty source of protein which is an important building block of bones, muscles, cartilage, skin, and blood.
• Energy – We all need it energy. It’s incredibly important to help us survive, grow, stay warm and keep active. Mostly, energy is provided by the fats, carbohydrates and protein in the foods we consume and eggs is needed to grow, stay alive, keep warm and be active. Energy is provided by the carbohydrate, protein and fat in food, all of which can be found in free-range eggs.
• Fats – An essential and the rich source of dietary energy, Eggs provide Omega 3 fatty acids, mainly as DHA, which contributes to normal brain function and vision.
• Iron – Iron is an important component of haemoglobin which represents about two-thirds of the body’s iron. If you don’t have enough iron, your body can’t make enough healthy oxygen-carrying red blood cells.
• Vitamins – Just one egg can provide 13 of the essential vitamins and minerals we need for red blood cell production, a healthy nervous system and energy release.

And there’s more… Eggs also give you zinc, Phosphorus, Iodine and Selenium – so these free-range eggs are packed with lots of good stuff, and taste great too.