They lay lots of fresh eggs and make children laugh. Chickens have become a trendy item in the Belgian countryside. At the Limal farm, the owners still can't get over the number of customers who knock on their door. "It's madness," says Christopher Denis, who took over the activity of his mother, local notoriety nicknamed "Poulette". "Normally we can sell 200 hens on a Saturday, there we can go up to 500-600 hens," says the breeder.
Sold at a first price of € 13, laying species are becoming rare. "You have those, at the very beginning, who were afraid of not having to eat," explains Martine Denis. “They came to get chickens to get eggs. Then you have those who planned to make a chicken coop, and since they were at a standstill, they took the opportunity to come. "
Accompanied by her son, Nancy Fernandez returns to the farm less than a week after buying two layers, this time to buy two ornamental poultry. "We were already talking about it, but it was just a project, because with the life we have, the job, the children ..., it was not for now, we thought that we would do that during the summer holidays, ”explains this ex-city girl who moved to the countryside six months ago. “Because of the confinement and since we are blocked at home, we said to ourselves: we're going to have fun . "