Fiona Fryar talks about the farm, which
produces thousands of eggs every day
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Fiona Fryar talks about
the farm, which produces thousands of eggs daily |
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Why the eggs
they produce are so healthy. |
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Fiona tells us about
the special guard dogs that protect the laying hens. |
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Fryar's Kangaroo Island Free Range Eggs
Location: “Rangen’em”,
Hog Bay Road, Kangaroo Island
Telephone: (08) 85539097
Email: kifre@kin.net.au
The chickens at Fryar’s Kangaroo Island Free
Range Eggs are living the good life.
Basically they do as they please. They reside on one of Australia’s
great unspoilt islands in mobile sheds, they roam outside whenever
they want and eat whatever they like.
It’s hen paradise – a stress-free lifestyle
that benefits consumers as well as the chickens, with fresh eggs
that are rich in flavour and protein. Fryar’s Kangaroo Island
Free Range Eggs has been operating since 1992 when Tom and Fiona
Fryar decided they wanted to establish the ultimate free range
chicken environment.
They started with 400 hens and have been struggling
to keep up with consumer demand since.
Today the farm covers more than 1200 hectares with 30,000 hens
spread between 30 sheds. These are mobile so they can be easily
moved to areas of fresh pasture, and the hens’ diet is supplemented
by a mixture of grains that are grown, harvested and crushed on
the farm. The hens even have their own “guardians”
– Italian Maremma dogs that bond with their bird friends
as pups and become fiercely protective. The island is free of
foxes, and feral cats and eagles have learnt to keep away. It
means the chickens are never locked in their sheds, which remain
open at all times.
The farm is regularly audited by Animal Liberation
SA, and the grading and packing areas are registered by the Australian
Quarantine and Inspection Service.
About 14,000 eggs are gathered daily and stored
in a cool-room to ensure a product of excellent freshness and
quality. They are sold in shops on the island and at selected
supermarkets across Australia. Look out for the Fryar name on
the carton and the yellow Animal Liberation accredited sticker.
From Emu Bay to American River can be found
some of the Islands premier food producers. The sheep milk dairy
at Island Pure offers visitors
the opportunity to observe milking, cheese production, tastings
and sales. Ferguson
Australia produces some of the world’s finest lobster
and prawn products. At their holding shed in Kingscote you can
view live king crabs, lobster and if your lucky some creatures
just for the kids.
Kangaroo Island Ligurian
Honey’s processing factory and Fryar’s
Kangaroo Island Free Range Egg Farm, which produces 19,000
eggs per day are also located in this area.
The towns of Kingscote and American River offer
many accommodation and dining options with picturesque locations
on the waters edge. Don’t miss the wonderful views around
Bay of Shoals winery, just
behind Kingscote.
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