Our cockeral strutting his stuff!

Here at Saumort we have a small flock of chickens to provide you with fresh eggs for breakfast. We have a variety of interesting breeds including Sussex and Marans Hens and Silky Bantams.

Chickens live for 6-8 years and lay eggs (even without a male around) from age of around 5 months of age.

    4yr old Ellie holding her first chicken here at Saumort
  • There are more chickens than people in the world.
  • The chicken can travel up to 9 miles per hour.
  • The largest chicken egg on record weighed nearly 12oz.
  • The greatest number of yolks in one chicken egg is nine.
  • The longest recorded flight of a chicken is thirteen seconds.
  • The record for laying the most eggs is seven in one day.
  • The closest living relative of the tyrannosaurus rex is the chicken!!!