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Smiles Sensory & Family Farm

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Chickens

Goldie

Goldie

Goldie

Goldie is a female Cochin chicken, she is approximately 3 years old (they live 5-10 years), she came to the farm in 2025.


She was re-homed  from a couple along with Billy and Bella the white Runner Ducks.


  The Cochin is a breed of large domestic chicken.  It derives from large feather-legged chickens brought from China to  Europe and North

Goldie is a female Cochin chicken, she is approximately 3 years old (they live 5-10 years), she came to the farm in 2025.


She was re-homed  from a couple along with Billy and Bella the white Runner Ducks.


  The Cochin is a breed of large domestic chicken.  It derives from large feather-legged chickens brought from China to  Europe and North America in the 1840s and 1850s. It is reared  principally for exhibition. It was formerly known as the Cochin-China.    

Olive

Goldie

Goldie

On Wednesday 2nd September 2026 we had the privilege of welcoming little Olive.


Olive  has been a much-loved family chicken, but sadly over the last few years  her family have gradually had to say goodbye to the rest of their  flock, leaving Olive as the last  little chicken on her own.


After  caring for their chickens for so many years, ma

On Wednesday 2nd September 2026 we had the privilege of welcoming little Olive.


Olive  has been a much-loved family chicken, but sadly over the last few years  her family have gradually had to say goodbye to the rest of their  flock, leaving Olive as the last  little chicken on her own.


After  caring for their chickens for so many years, making the decision to say  goodbye to Olive wasn’t an easy one. But they knew that chickens need  companionship and wanted to do what was best for her — giving her the  chance to become part of a new flock and have a new chicken family  around her.  

Robin

Goldie

Robin

Rescued from Summers rescue in 2025


The ISA Brown is a cross-breed of chicken,  ISA stands for Institut de Sélection Animale, the company which developed the crossbreed in 1978 for egg production as a battery hen. In 1997, the ISA Group merged with Merck & Co., forming Hubbard ISA, so the variety is sometimes called Hubbard Isa Brown.

Chick

Rescued from Summers rescue in 2025


The ISA Brown is a cross-breed of chicken,  ISA stands for Institut de Sélection Animale, the company which developed the crossbreed in 1978 for egg production as a battery hen. In 1997, the ISA Group merged with Merck & Co., forming Hubbard ISA, so the variety is sometimes called Hubbard Isa Brown.

Chickens can  recognise over 100 different faces. 


They dream like us REM 


They clean themselves with a dust bath    

Hilda

Myrtle

Robin

Rescued from Summers rescue in 2025


The ISA Brown is a cross-breed of chicken,  ISA stands for Institut de Sélection Animale, the company which developed the crossbreed in 1978 for egg production as a battery hen. In 1997, the ISA Group merged with Merck & Co., forming Hubbard ISA, so the variety is sometimes called Hubbard Isa Brown.

Chick

Rescued from Summers rescue in 2025


The ISA Brown is a cross-breed of chicken,  ISA stands for Institut de Sélection Animale, the company which developed the crossbreed in 1978 for egg production as a battery hen. In 1997, the ISA Group merged with Merck & Co., forming Hubbard ISA, so the variety is sometimes called Hubbard Isa Brown.

Chickens can  recognise over 100 different faces. 


They dream like us REM 


They clean themselves with a dust bath

Myrtle

Myrtle

Myrtle

Rescued from Summers rescue in 2025


The ISA Brown is a cross-breed of chicken,  ISA stands for Institut de Sélection Animale, the company which developed the crossbreed in 1978 for egg production as a battery hen. In 1997, the ISA Group merged with Merck & Co., forming Hubbard ISA, so the variety is sometimes called Hubbard Isa Brown.

Chick

Rescued from Summers rescue in 2025


The ISA Brown is a cross-breed of chicken,  ISA stands for Institut de Sélection Animale, the company which developed the crossbreed in 1978 for egg production as a battery hen. In 1997, the ISA Group merged with Merck & Co., forming Hubbard ISA, so the variety is sometimes called Hubbard Isa Brown.

Chickens can  recognise over 100 different faces. 


They dream like us REM 


They clean themselves with a dust bath

Interesting Chicken Facts

Chickens love to play, run, skip and flap their wings. They also enjoy sunbathing.

Hens teach sounds to their chicks while they are still in the egg.

Chickens have  a profound memory and are able to distinguish between more than 100  faces of their species. They can also recognise people.

Chickens are  able to distinguish colours. They also see ultraviolet light and  iridescent hues. Their world looks more colourful than ours.

Chickens demonstrate REM (Rapid Eye Movement) when sleeping. That means they are capable of dreaming, just like us human beings.

Chickens can show empathy and hens can act as a ‘social buffer’ for their baby chicks.

The cognitive skills of chickens are similarly high to those of a dog or cat.

They can taste salt but not perceive sweet tastes.

Chickens understand that when an object is taken away and hidden, it still exists.

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