Our Life with La Fleche (Part1) - Cherry Tree Rare Breeds

Our story with poultry started in 2006 when Chloe then ten, announced “can we keep chickens?’’ That simple question has taken us from a collection of 4 hybrid layers to an established flock of rare breed La Flèche within ten years.

- C, S & S Davies

The question wasn’t entirely out of the blue – my father had bred horses for many years and as a family we never missed the Royal Cornwall Show or the poultry tent. So it was no surprise when a year after obtaining our hybrids whilst viewing the poultry on display Chloe announced “we could do this!’’

Doing “this” was obviously not going to happen with hybrids so the decision was made to obtain a pure breed to learn the ropes. Large Marans met our first criteria of laying large attractive eggs and being hardy, enabling us to keep them outside.