Frank and Geoffrey Sykes were large scale Wiltshire farmers who started a free range laying unit at Tytherington during the war. A manager, Tom Curtis, was brought in to manage it and small sales were made to local farmers. A breeding program was started in 1947 using...
The Eskildsen breeding centre in Koningswartha, Saxony, Germany The Eskildsen goose breeding and production company is a family business started up in Northern Germany region called Dithmarschen. It is on the western coast of the Jutland Peninsula from the Eider River...
A visit by a Lohmann Party and Chunky-Fairbairn executives to the Fairbairn Chicpak factory in CarlisleFront: Mr G. B. Fairbairn (son of founder), Dr W. Hartman, Mr J. Nixon-Wiley, Herr H. Lohmann, Herr K. Lohmann, Mr M. Mahaffey. Second row: Herr Figge, Dr H....
The office of Dominant CZ within the hatchery and office of Lihen Studenec Ltd near Studenec The history of Dominant CZ is quite short in relation to many other companies with a similar company product trading objectives. However, three things stand out as significant...
The Old Pickard Farm, Littleton, Mass In 1916 Robert C Cobb after finishing one year at the Harvard Business School decided to go into farming rather than start a career in business. He borrowed money from his father and purchased the Old Pickard Farm in Littleton 25...
The hatchery and headquarters of Chunky Chicks Ltd and later that of Ross Breeders Ltd Abridged and edited from the story of “Fenton Barns and associate farms” by Rupert Chalmers-Watson 1923-1973. “In 1948 Rupert Chalmers-Watson attended the World Poultry Congress in...
