Our chickens

Our 1600 chickens have a substantial amount of space in Serwest, a village just a few kilometres from Brodowin, to reach maturity. When we started keeping layers (hens) in 2011, the animals were still scratching and pecking on the orchards in and around Brodowin. However, due to the special way of conformity, these areas soon became insufficient.

The special feature of our chicken husbandry, in which the University for Sustainable Development in Eberswalde (HNEE) is our partner, are our mobile chicken wagons. These stables move at regular intervals to ensure that there is always enough fresh greenery outside. Since each chicken occupies 6 of land and different areas are always lying idle for regeneration, this type of husbandry requires a lot of space.

Giving every animal a chance to live is the goal of our Bruderhahn (Brother rooster) project.
Since the aim of breeding layers, is above all, to achieve high laying performance. Neither rooster nor hen produce significant amounts of muscle mass. This makes the male chicks worthless from an economic point of view; many are “sorted out” immediately after hatching.
To avoid this and let at least some of the animals grow up, we have been raising a rooster for each hen in Brodowin since the summer of 2014. The brother roosters are between 14 and 16 weeks old and, like their sisters, can spend every day outdoors. A good solution, which will hopefully find many more imitators.