“Ingebra” is a small farm in Burra , 20 minutes from Canberra and is the home of a growing number of happy, thriving, free-range chickens.
Charlie has carried on the tradition of egg farming from her mother who for many years sold organic and free-range eggs at the markets.
Most of the eggs are sold to Canberra cafes who pride themselves in using fresh and local produce. We use a fixed shed which opens out on both ends
to three acres of 24 hour access pasture and rotate areas accordingly.
Soon we hope to have eggs available directly to the public at the southside farmers markets. Besides this, there are sometimes RETIRED chickens for
sale and manure. (please see hens page for details)
No pesticides are used in our paddocks and the hens are free to graze all day.
Apart from grazing, the chickens are fed a non meat meal pellet, vegetable scraps and fruit.
The chickens are protected from foxes with high 45degree angled fences and trees to offer shade plus chicken playgrounds for their interest.
Our mareema dogs are really no longer needed but dissuade fox presence.
Young chickens are kept in smaller outdoor paddocks until they are old enough to venture further out.
A white mesh canopy is being used to protect them from wild bird attacks.
We collect the eggs each day from their straw nests and place them in recycled trays in a dark insulated room.They are then
delivered as early as on the day of lay and no more than one week from then.
We do not refrigerate or clean the eggs to avoid possible contamination and sweating.
NB: HENS non AVAILABLE until end 2010
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