Kilduncan Eggs

Kilduncan Eggs new flock of free range hens at Coal Farm are now fully free range! With super views of the Firth of Forth, they are lucky birds indeed.

History of Coal Farm

In 1947, Donald Peddie (not the present one) was persuaded by his sons, Andrew and Peter, to build a new byre to milk 42 cows on an area of ground that had been used to keep hens. Eggs were never forgotten by the Peddies, and the hens were moved to Kilduncan near Kingsbarnswhere eggs have been laid and sold since 1960. Battery cages came (and are now to be phased out) and set new standards for cleanliness in egg production. The byre at Coal Farm, meanwhile, underwent several upgrades, and the number of cows milked rose to 100. In 2007, his grandson Peter decided that the he could no longer produce milk at the prices that it was selling for. Earlier this year, Peter  and Donald (his brother) returned Coal Farm to egg production. Modern free range equipment means that today’s free range eggs are just as hygienic as cage ones and our lucky hens have terrific views from their field overlooking the Firth of Forth in St Monans, along with their grass and fresh air. 

Kilduncan Eggs is Expanding!

Farm News

Kilduncan Eggs has teamed up with Brian Blyth, an egg farmer with 30 years experience of looking after hens, to house 900 free range hens exclusively for Kilduncan Eggs.

· Dr Helen Sang, of the Roslin Institute in Edinburgh, has genetically modified hens to lay eggs that contained medicinal proteins similar to the drugs used to treat multiple sclerosis, skin cancer and arthritis. It is hoped that this may become a source of  cheaper and easier cancer-fighting drugs. For more information: BBC News: GM hens

· A farmer in Essex has increased his laying production by piping Radio 2 into his laying shed. For more information: BBC News: Radio hens

· It appears that quite a few kids in Britain think that cows lay eggs! Wonder how the cows feel about that. Sky News

Kathellan Fine Foods near Kelty has been taken over by one of Scotland ’s great companies, Baxters Food Group. They are still using our Free Range Eggs in their restaurant kitchen, and we hope they will soon be selling our Free Range Eggs and Quail Eggs in their shop.

Moira Henderson, who had been producing and selling eggs from Ring Farm near Chance Inn,  Cupar, has retired. On the 1st March, Kilduncan Eggs took on her customers in the East Neuk of Fife, Cupar, St Andrews, North Fife , Central  and Tayside areas. Our aim is to deliver the same high quality of service and excellence in egg quality we offer our existing customers.

Kathellan Fine Foods

Eggs in the News

More Free Range Eggs

Expansion with Ring Farm

Here are a few pictures of Coal Farm:

We’re rearing our own quail

Kilduncan Eggs has teamed up with a neighbouring farmer to hatch our own quail. There are now over 400 little bundles of fluff that should start laying around Christmas. Keep checking this space!

Award Winning Eggs—Fresh from Fife’s Golden Fringe