Step 1
We grow the grain
Wheat and barley, right here on Bowalley land.
157 Bowalley Road · North Otago
Welcome to the farm
Step off the road and onto green pasture. The air is fresh, the hills are rolling, and somewhere ahead — you can hear the chooks.
↓ Walk the farm
North Otago · big sky country
The land
Green, open, and alive
Bowalley sits in the heart of North Otago — wide skies, cool clean air, and pasture that stays green and fresh through the seasons. This is where your eggs begin — not in a factory, but out here on the land.
Six free-range sheds sit along Bowalley Road near Herbert. Each one opens onto range areas where the hens can roam, scratch, and do what chooks do best — outdoors.
The chooks
There they are — free to roam
Walk a little closer. These are the hens that lay your eggs. They're true free range — smaller flocks, room to wander, fresh pasture underfoot. You'll see them scratching for grubs, sunbathing, dust-bathing, and clucking away with their mates.
We don't lock them away. We built this farm around how chooks actually want to live — and we're proud enough to let you see it for yourself.
Free range
Outdoors on fresh North Otago pasture
Smaller flocks
More space, less stress, happier hens
Grain from here
Wheat & barley grown on our own land
Family cared
Four generations checking on the chooks daily
Paddock to plate
From our grain, to your breakfast
Everything happens here on one farm. We grow the grain, feed the hens, and collect the eggs — fresh, the same day. No long truck rides. No mystery feed. Just honest eggs from chooks you can watch on camera.
Step 2
We feed the chooks
Free range hens eating what we grow.
Step 3
Fresh eggs for you
Laid today, on your table tomorrow.
"You'll taste the difference — rich yolks from chooks that live well."
The eggs
Fresh, golden, and full of flavour
Crack one open and you'll see it — a proper golden yolk from a hen that's lived outdoors on good feed and green pasture. That's not marketing. That's what happens when chooks are cared for properly.
Boiled, scrambled, or fried — however you like them — Bowalley eggs taste like eggs should. Because the chooks behind them are happy hens on honest land.
The people
Four generations caring for these chooks
The Craig family has been poultry farming in North Otago since 1958. Today, David, Linda, Brent, Bridget, Tim, Jess and Anna still gather eggs, check the sheds, and walk the range — just like their grandparents did.
Follow Anna and her dogs Beau and Pearl for daily life on the farm at @bowalleyfreerange.
Read our full storyKeep walking with us
Daily photos and videos from the farm — chooks being chooks, life on Bowalley Road.