Add a hen to your family

O’REILLY POULTRY – IRELAND’S NO 1 POULTRY SUPPLIER IN THE WEST

Why choose O Reilly Poultry, we are a family run business with many years’ experience in livestock, our hatchery in Ireland has over 60 year experience in breeding, hatching and rearing poultry, Using the latest technology, high standards of hygiene and best practices in hatchery management.

 

Browse CollectionContact us

Arrange Collection

rearing a Hen

Why keep hens I believe anyone with a small holding or garden should have the experience of rearing hens, its great fun if you have kids. Creating responsibility for children in looking after livestock is such an important life lesson. 

Knowledge

This also provides them insightful knowledge of where their food source comes from. Keeping hens are not just for the young, they provide a therapeutic and stress relief for all that own them. Every hen has her own personality and it’s wonderful watching her grow.

10 live poultry BREEDS

Featured Hens

BLACK ROCK

310 brown eggs per annum

NEW HAMPSHIRE

characteristics with its forebears

WHITELEG HORN

commercial strain of white egg

BROWN LEGHORN

white egg l

What we do

Our Services

HYGIENE

Using the latest technology, high standards of hygiene and best practices

KNOWLEDGE

Advantage of knowing you have the full back up of our years of knowledge in poultry.

HATCHERY

Our hatchery in Ireland has over 60-year of experience in breeding, hatching

HEALTH

Get the strongest, healthiest hens possible, rearing a healthy hen is of the upmost importance

What Drives Us

Our Mission

Creating responsibility for children in looking after livestock is such an important life lesson. This also provides them insightful knowledge of where their food source comes from. Keeping hens are not just for the young, they provide a therapeutic and stress relief for all that own them. Every hen has her own personality and it’s wonderful watching her grow.

O’reilly Poultry

Click on Hen to Purchase

SPACKLE MARAN

popular breed, Lays brown eggs

NEW HAMPSHIRE

characteristics with its forebears

LIGHT SUSSEX

300 + eggs in its first year

WHITELEG HORN

white egg layers

BROWN LEGHORN

white egg layers

DAISEY BELL

300 brown shell eggs

BLUE BELL

310 eggs per year

BUFF BARRED

310 eggs per year

BLACK ROCK

310 brown eggs per annum

Learn

Care Notes

It is very easy to keep hens, it is however important to have the correct setup. Good fencing is vital when keeping poultry to keep predators out at all times. There are plenty of smart predators that will take the opportunity to get into your flock

My recommendation is PVC coated welded wire mesh, it’s a perfect fence for poultry keepers. Having plenty of water is crucial for their quality of life, egg production and overall health. Keeping their water clean is also very important. It helps to ensure your chickens stay healthy by drinking the water you provide and avoiding disease caused by bad water