Welsh Poultry Centre

The Welsh Poultry Centre

About Us  

The team behind are Steve Merritt and Juliet Fay with their (beginning to be useful around the farm), 3 children.  We have over 20 years experience of keeping poultry in various different climates from Pacific Islands to wet West Wales.  

Known variously as S&J Organics in Wales for our Gold Award winning organic poultry including, table duck, guinea fowl and chicken; as S&J Organic Growers in Wiltshire for fresh organic eggs and vegetables which we produced for our box scheme in the 1990s.  In the foothills of the Himalayas Steve was known as the volunteer who built the agricultural college.  As the strands of our enterprise have changed, we felt it was time for a new name.  Today we are the Welsh Poultry Centre.

Llwyncrychyddod Farm sits above the small village of Llanpumsaint in north Carmarthenshire.  Formerly part of a larger dairy farm, now it is a 20 acre, southwest facing smallholding.  Here we have layer birds, pure breed poultry and a small free-range table bird unit, as well as our on farm abbatoir  and cutting facility.  The smallholding also boasts a variety of other livestock including cattle, pigs and some pet goats, Billy & Brian.

This was predominantly a dairy area, with a few herds still active around the village.  The relatively high rainfall and mild climate make it ideal for growing grass.

As well as running the centre Steve works as a freelance organic advisor accredited by the Institute of Organic Training and Advice.  Juliet accredited by The Institute of Copywriting also offers Marketing, Copywriting and Consultancy services  to rural businesses that need help promoting their goods and services.