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Poultry Market,
The Racetrack, Swaffham. PE37 7QE.
Eldon
Farm,
Holywell Row, Nr. Mildenhall, IP28 8NA
TEL: (01760) 440284
Mobile 07774 295510 |
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Fabien
Eagle's family has been involved in
poultry farming for over a hundred years |
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Fabien R Eagle stages monthly poultry
auctions at Elveden Farms on Sundays throughout the summer
months as well as at Holywell Row, Mildenhall every Wednesday
and Swaffham Poultry Market every Saturday throught the
year.
Most of the buyers come from Suffolk and
Norfolk.
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can buy everything from a tiny bantam to a 30 inch high
Brahama chicken. Brahamas have feathered legs and a gentle
disposition and surprisingly, for the size of the bird,
lay quite small eggs.
A chicken can sell from as little as £1 to say £20 for
a Aracana, that lays green and blue eggs.
Fabien Eagle's family have been involved in poultry farming
since 1892, but now the auction side of the business has
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Fabien
says each breed of chicken has a different character and
you get the most noise from small
cockerels.
It's not just chickens that are on sale, there are ducks
and geese too.
And don't assume all ducks quack the same, because some
breeds "coo" a bit like a pigeon!
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