09/08/2024
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Hybrid POL chickens, custom and standard coops, animal boarding, beekeeping equipment, supplies for small farmyard animals and pets. Rural training courses.
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Mantel Farm is a family run Garden Farming Business located in the heart of the East Sussex countryside. Our shop is open 2 days a week on Saturdays and Sundays 10am – 4pm. Selling poultry, beekeeping equipment, animal housing, animal supplies, feed and equipment. We provide animal boarding services for when you go away and run regular chicken and beekeeping training courses for the beginner.
08/08/2024
We've had a few messages recently asking how to deal with a broody hen. This article from our 'help and advice' page may be of use 🐣:
Before we attempt to get to grips with the above, a quick definition of ‘broody’ would be a good idea:
05/08/2024
We have just two more Intensive Bee Keeping Courses for this year:
6 and 7 September 🐝
12 and 13 October 🐝
An intensive course to get you started, explaining all about the honeybee, helping you choose your hive and equipment, how and where to set up your apiary, the bees management, and pests and diseases. Not forgetting when and how to extract that lovely honey. Full details on the website.
04/08/2024
Do you have a broody hen? A red mite infestation? Maybe you are considering adding more birds to an existing flock? Check out our Poultry Keeping help and advice section on the website. 🐓
https://www.mantelfarm.co.uk/category/poultry-keeping-help-and-advice/
02/08/2024
Our honey cake always goes down well with everyone on our courses🐝. Here's the recipe:
Our Honey Cake Recipe… We are often asked for the recipe for the honey cake served on our training courses,
30/07/2024
We had a lovely day on Sunday for our Bee Experience Day, with a great bunch of people! 🐝🌞🌻
Our next Bee Experience Day is on 15 September 2024. Limited offer £58-00pp
https://www.mantelfarm.co.uk/store/training-courses-workshops-and-events/bees-and-beekeeping-courses/the-bees-in-your-garden-a-bee-experience-day/
28/07/2024
We have a lovely flock of hybrids available, including White Sussex, White and Brown Rangers, Blacktails and Rhode Rocks. 🐓
https://www.mantelfarm.co.uk/product-category/poultry/hybrid-hens/
26/07/2024
Our new flock of hybrids have just started to lay their first eggs!
24/07/2024
We had a visitor here at the weekend!🐍
We were alerted by a commotion in the chicken barn and found this grass snake slithering along the corridor. It was very lucky to have escaped the chickens as they certainly would have killed it! It was excreting a very strong smell (resembling rotting flesh) which apparently they do when in distress🤮 We carefully removed it from the barn and placed it in the undergrowth in a quiet area of the farm.🐍
23/07/2024
Our next Garden Chicken Keeping Course is this coming Saturday 27 July from 9-30 to 4-30.
An informal day spent with others interested in chicken keeping. Our courses are limited to small groups and you will gain a wealth of information from a highly experienced chicken keeper. There is also a chance to see a sample of the different hens and equipment available, and you will receive a useful pack of course notes to take away.
https://www.mantelfarm.co.uk/store/training-courses-workshops-and-events/garden-farming-courses/beginning-your-chicken-keeping/
22/07/2024
https://www.mantelfarm.co.uk/latest-news/new-product-chicken-coop-cookies/
Treat you hens to our new treats Enrichment treats not only supplement your chickens’ diet with additional nutrients but also
21/07/2024
After a spell of sunshine we've got a bit more colour in our veg patch, including the lovely Evening Primrose, but have you noticed the shortage of insects buzzing round this summer?? 😬🙁🐞🦋
20/07/2024
The shop is open 10am to 4pm Saturday and Sunday for all your poultry-keeping needs! 🐓
18/07/2024
A few warm, sunny days in a year of late swarming could trigger a spike this week.
Keep a close eye on higher risk colonies.
17/07/2024
Don't forget you can board your rabbits and guinea pigs with us when you go away!
Rabbit ‘digs’From: £3.50Minimum charge: £42.00 Duration: Day(s) Qty: Animal: Start: Month / Day / Year End: Month / Day / Year Surcharge Preferred FeedExtra holiday TreatsWhen adding holiday treats during the checkout process, please use the additional notes field at the checkout page to add a...
13/07/2024
Our new flock of Hybrid hens are settling in nicely 🥰🐔
10/07/2024
Our latest flock of Hybrid Chickens has now arrived! 🐔🐔🐔🐔
If you've reserved birds from this flock you should have received an email from us to arrange collection for this weekend.
We do have extra birds so if you would like some we'd recommend popping in to the shop this weekend! 😊
06/07/2024
Tray of 24 Traditional 1lb Glass Honey Jars complete with a gold lid. £24-95
Please note this item is not available by post. Jars can be collected from our lockers or shop, or delivered locally.
05/07/2024
Our free delivery service for our most local customers is still proving popular, so, although offered as an end-of-year promotion, we’ve decided to continue with this service.
This is available free for customers up to 5 miles away and is generally on the Friday following your order.
Our delivery round extends up to 20 miles from site with orders from further afield welcomed, these are dispatched by courier, doing our best to get everyone’s items to them within 3-5 working days.
We deliver in our local area using our electric van. Please select local delivery at the checkout and add any special delivery needs to the comments box on your order.
Delivery charges are as follows and will be calculated once your delivery address has been added. Please add a different delivery address if applicable. The minimum spend per order for local delivery is £20.
Delivery 0-5 miles from Mantel Farm: Free
Delivery 5-10 miles from Mantel Farm: £10
Delivery 10-20 miles from Mantel Farm: £20
https://www.mantelfarm.co.uk/shop/
Where you can view our range of Garden Farming Courses, Workshops, Chickens, Beekeeping Equipment and Animal Boarding services. Based in the heart of the East Sussex Countryside.
04/07/2024
90% of bee species are solitary bees and along with other pollinating animals their hard work is responsible for at least one in every three mouthfuls we eat. However, like many species, they are under threat and need our help.
26/06/2024
Now that the weather is finally warming up Red Spider Mite can become a problem in your chicken pen. Our 'go-to' products to prevent and treat Red Spider Mite are Poultry Shield and Diatomaceous Earth (Diatom).
Our Red Spider Mite page on the website gives lots of help and advice for spotting and treating them, as well as links to the recommended products:
https://www.mantelfarm.co.uk/poultry-keeping-help-and-advice/red-spider-mite/
24/06/2024
We had lovely weather and a lovely group on our 2-day Intensive Beekeeping Course at the weekend! ☀🐝🐝
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Mantel Farm, Henley
Battle
TN339BN
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| Sunday | 10am - 4pm |
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Grass Snake rescue
We had a visitor here at the weekend!🐍 We were alerted by a commotion in the chicken barn and found this grass snake slithering along the corridor. It was very lucky to have escaped the chickens as they certainly would have killed it! It was excreting a very strong smell (resembling rotting flesh) which apparently they do when in distress🤮 We carefully removed it from the barn and placed it in the undergrowth in a quiet area of the farm.🐍
Our next Garden Chicken Keeping Course is this coming Saturday 27 July from 9-30 to 4-30. An informal day spent with others interested in chicken keeping. Our courses are limited to small groups and you will gain a wealth of information from a highly experienced chicken keeper. There is also a chance to see a sample of the different hens and equipment available, and you will receive a useful pack of course notes to take away. https://www.mantelfarm.co.uk/store/training-courses-workshops-and-events/garden-farming-courses/beginning-your-chicken-keeping/
We are open 10am to 4pm Saturdays and Sundays. Come and say hello to the chickens! 🐓🐔
Hybrids
Our new flock of Hybrid hens are settling in nicely 🥰🐔
Mantel Farm Quail
Have you ever considered keeping Quail? Our next flock are due to arrive mid May 🥰 https://www.mantelfarm.co.uk/product-category/poultry/quail/
Chicken Keeping Courses
Thinking of keeping chickens? Our next Chicken Keeping course is on Saturday 11 May. Join Jason to learn about the pleasures and perils of keeping hens in your garden, their suitability as pets, and the joys of having your own fresh free-range eggs. This course is aimed at all chicken keepers wishing to feel confident that they can care for and handle their hens in the correct way. https://www.mantelfarm.co.uk/store/training-courses-workshops-and-events/garden-farming-courses/beginning-your-chicken-keeping/
popcorn treats
Have your chickens tried our Popcorn Treats? https://www.mantelfarm.co.uk/product-category/animal-feed-bedding/poultry-treat-feeds-and-grits/
Something seems to have unsettled the ‘boys’ in the barn! Could it be the arrival of lots of new ladies?? 😂🐓 #cockerals #chickens #hens #poultrylife #poultrykeeping #pointoflay #farmshop #allotmentuk #countrylife #sustainableliving #fresheggs #chickensofinstagram #roosters #chickensaspets #countryliving #rother #1066country #henleydiwn }Catsfield
Hive Assembly Course
Our Beekeeping tutor, Oliver, will be joining us again on Sunday 7 April for our 'Build a Beehive' day. This is a fun, practical day spent learning how to assemble a beehive from a flatpack kit. All tools, fixings, and flatpack hive parts are provided. You will take home a fully assembled British-cedar national beehive and frames worth around £200! He will also be here for our popular Bee keeping taster day on Saturday 6 April. Full details available on the website. https://www.mantelfarm.co.uk/product-category/training-courses-workshops-and-events/bees-and-beekeeping-courses/ #beekeepinguk
Good morning! 😃🐔
Blue Monday
Here's a few chickens to brighten up your Blue Monday! 🐓🥰
We have two more Beekeeping taster days coming up this year - Sunday 24 September and Saturday 21 October 2023. This is a great day if you are thinking about keeping bees, we will discuss beekeeping today, the apiary set up, why bees and other pollinators are so important, look at different types of hives and take a look inside a working beehive. If you are looking to get a hive we also have a 'Build a Beehive Day' on Sunday 22 October, where our experienced tutor will guide you through building your own hive from a flatpack. Full details available on the website: https://www.mantelfarm.co.uk/product-category/training-courses-workshops-and-events/bees-and-beekeeping-courses/
RESPEGGT Hens
Our new RESPEGGT hens have now arrived! We are really excited to be one of the first chicken suppliers in the UK to offer RESPEGGT hens - These hens have been sourced through the new Respeggt programme, meaning the male chicks are not hatched thus saving them from an ethically questionable fate. Respeggt aim to substantially contribute to ending chick culling using the latest technology and the hens, eggs and products are already available under their trademark in Europe, however these are the first hens to be reared in the UK. We are therefore really keen to support and encourage this change to our industry, and hope you will join us by keeping our RESPEGGT hens. At the moment the only hens available under this programme in the UK are the Brown Pullets. These hens have always been our favourite, being great layers with a very good, docile temperament - perfect for back garden layers. If we all show enough interest in this important change then we hope next year to also be able to offer the coloured hybrids and pure breeds under the same programme. #respeggt
Mantel Farm Apiary - Did we have a June gap?
In the latest of our Mantel Farm Apiary videos Josh and Roger discuss the 'June Gap'.
Sadly, you are unable to see our birds at the moment when you visit the shop but they are all being very well cared for behind the scenes. We are just outside of the 3km Avian Influenza protection zone but we have moved all of our birds back in to the barn with a covered outside area for them to explore. Here's Josh giving them their evening corn 🐔🐓
Apiary notes 13 April 2022
Roger and Josh take a thorough look at our two colonies in the Apiary. 🐝🐝 #beekeeping #bees
Beekeeping with Josh and Roger 30 March
Josh and Roger check out the Apiary 30 March. 🐝 #beekeeping #bees
Apiary Inspection 17 March
Josh and Roger carry out a full inspection of the hives. 🐝
Have you considered keeping quail? They make lovely little pets 🥰. Our first flock will be arriving next month and we are taking reservations on the website: https://mantelfarmshop.co.uk/Poultry/Quail #quail #poultry
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Mantel Farm is a family run Garden Farming Business located in the heart of the East Sussex countryside. Our shop is open 2 days a week on Fridays and Sundays 10am – 4pm. Selling poultry, beekeeping equipment, animal housing, animal supplies, feed and equipment. We provide rural training and workshops as well as animal boarding services for when you go away.
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