Farm News

Sunrise Eggs gentle giant farming robotic machinery.

See our gentle giant in action

4th August 2016

It’s the gentle touch with our gentle giant here at Sunrise Eggs…from robotic farming machinery. A revolutionary robot has proved the perfect end of line solution for packing our eggs, our very own gentle giant! The system we had recently installed at Sileby is capable of moving 70,000 eggs per hour onto pallets. The system features a four tray […]


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Sunrise Eggs gentle giant farming robotic machinery.

The gentle touch…

2nd August 2016

It’s the gentle touch here at Sunrise Eggs…from robots.  A revolutionary robot has proved the perfect end of line solution for packing our eggs. The system we had recently installed at Sileby is capable of moving 70,000 eggs per hour onto pallets. The system features a four tray pickup robot head, capable of picking up and […]


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Announcement on runny eggs

28th July 2016

We welcome the Food Safety Agency (FSA) announcement on runny eggs. Managing Director Phill Crawley, a member of the NFU’s Poultry Board, commented: “I’m delighted that, after more 25 years of debate, research and sometimes alarmist news coverage, the FSA is able to announce that pregnant women, babies and older people can eat their eggs […]


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Perky Peckers

Our Perky Peckers’ hens have the last laugh

8th July 2016

We freely admit our Perky Peckers range was only launched as a bit of fun. But now, after selling more than one million six-egg packs our light hearted gamble is paying big dividends. When we introduced the Perky Peckers brand, it was a slow starter, but now it’s a firm favourite with independent retailers and foodservice […]


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New Vehicle Signage

17th December 2015

We’re spreading the word…our new livery has been hitting the road over the last few months. The vehicles carry our locally produced Perky Peckers Free Range brand as well as Leicestershire, Shropshire, East Anglian and Midlands Farms Free Range, and Fresh ‘n’ Tasty, Big British and Big Ten enriched colony eggs to customers all over the […]


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New solar panels installed

15th December 2015

Multiple Systems ranging in size from 30 kW down to 18 kW Salop energy was approached in July to install multiple photovoltaic systems for the renowned free range egg producer Sunrise Poultry Farms Ltd, the clause was to set to work and commission these systems before the August 1st 2012 deadline enabling our client to […]


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Sunrise Poultry Farms plans to grow business by 20%

14th July 2015

Annalise Lovett, Phill Crawley, Ady Crawley and David Hastings A Leicestershire poultry farm is aiming to grow its egg packing and turnover by 20 per cent after investing in new machinery. Sunrise Poultry Farms, of Sileby, has invested in a £1.4 million machine, manufactured by Dutch company Moba, which sorts, processes and packages more than […]


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