Aros Mains hope you enjoy their hens and produce as much as they do!
Maggie's Farm
Hens are wonderfully relaxing creatures who not only provide you with an amazing source of food, but also sooth you while you work or sit in the garden with their little song conversations.
Aros Mains Apartment and Castle Steadings Cottages are located at the end of a quiet road situated two miles North of the village of Salen. Our location is one of our strengths. We are placed very centrally on the island and we offer an excellent self catering base for sightseeing, touring, hill walking, bird watching and wildlife.
Life began quietly on Maggie’s Farm, when in 1993 a beautiful black Bantam, wild as the wind, refused to leave with the rest of the flock when the former owner of Aros Mains moved away. Brian and I tried not to have her, but to no avail. She set up house, under a bush in the front garden, and produced 28 eggs before we realised what was going on! That is how we became smitten and Henny Penny allowed us to share her home with her.
Hens are wonderfully relaxing creatures who not only provide you with an amazing source of food, but also sooth you while you work or sit in the garden with their little song conversations.
We now have a small mixed flock, numbering 11, of Orpingtons, White Sussex, Marans and Bantams.
The eggs are large, with fabulous orange yolks and wonderful flavour. They are gathered on a daily basis and placed in our little hen cabinet at the entrance of Castle Cottage.
Let Maggie know if you wish eggs. They are £1.20 per half dozen.
Mind you, you have to be quick though because these eggs are extremely popular.
We hope you enjoy the hens and produce as much as we do.