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Making sure the eggs were the tastiest around ... Alan Evans retires after 50 years working with laying hens

ALAN Evans, the Clarence Court farm manager at Tremayne farm near Camborne, Cornwall, has retired after a staggering 50 years of working with laying hens.

Clarence Court eggs are favourites with the foodies. Indeed chefs like Jamie Oliver, Rick Stein and Mark Hix (who has created a series of seasonal recipes using the eggs) are huge fans of these ethical eggs because happy free-range hens lay tastier eggs, and use them in their restaurants.

Alan, without doubt, is a breed apart and has been able to use his expertise to look after a wide variety of birds and ensure that customers enjoy the best eggs around. Having worked with poultry for over 50 years - he began helping out on a local chicken farm at the age of 14 - there is very little that he does not already know about laying hens.

With such an enthusiasm for all things fowl, it is no surprise that Alan should spend his last years before retirement working with Clarence Court, an ethical egg producer which champions the production of free range eggs laid by rare and traditional breeds of hen.

As the farm manager at Tremayne, one of Clarence Court's producer farms, Alan has been able to use his expertise to look after a wide variety of birds and ensure that they lay the tastiest free range eggs around.

From maintaining the surrounding environment so that it is clean and has adequate shrubbery to feeding the flocks with the finest vegetarian non-GM based cereal, Alan cares for around 1,500 hens.

He has not just been responsible for the welfare of the Clarence Court hens, however. He has also played a vital role in expanding the range to include more exotic laying birds such as pheasant, bantam and quail. In helping to develop a natural environment for these hens, Clarence Court has been able to offer seasonal alternatives with a difference.

"Recognising the importance of egg quality rather than quantity means that every Clarence Court hen is able to live out its natural instincts of roaming, perching, bathing and communicating. No wonder the eggs taste so good," said Alan.

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