CHICKEN & TURKEY: HUGELY POPULAR AND VERSATILE
The poultry industry has moved on hugely from the time when every farmer and crofter kept a few hens to keep the family in eggs and the occasional chicken.
Scottish poultry producers now produce broiler hens on a large scale to feed the population’s appetite for this popular and versatile meat.
In recent years, many more farms have also diversified to rear high-quality turkeys for the Christmas market.
Fearn Farm, Dornoch Firth
MEET THE SCOTTS
The Scott family have farmed on the Dornoch Firth for four generations. Fearn farm’s diverse soil types make it ideal for a mixed farming business of which sheep are a mainstay. The Scotts produce lamb using the most sustainable modern methods, prioritising a diet of grass and forage crops.
Their flocks at Tain and another farm in Sutherland comprise the well-loved Cheviot and Cheviot-cross ewes - a native breed originating from the Cheviot Hills which straddle the Scottish Borders and Northumberland providing excellent meat as well as wool - and Aberfield and Texel-crosses, which bear sturdy lambs with plenty of lean meat and thrive on a diet of grass.
Fearn Farm has two new and beautifully furnished holiday properties, the Mill and the Wee End, which are ideal for families and groups of friends.
The Mill at Fearn FarmFARMS PRODUCING SCOTCH LAMB
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