This is what Steve and Emma Brooks, owners of Castel Farm Eggs, do rain or shine every single day of the year.

You may be led to think picking up 14,000 eggs a day would put you off but Steve confirms he’s still a big fan.

He said: ‘I love eggs! I could eat them poached all day long – that’s my favourite way to have eggs.’

How did a couple from the UK end up breeding chickens in Guernsey? 

The couple originally worked for a company in Winchester and had supplied the Channel Islands with eggs for more than 30 years before moving across the water to Guernsey.

It was a holiday to Guernsey which shortly changed Steve and Emma’s lives and they were soon running their own farm.

Steve said: ‘I went to Guernsey on holiday with my wife and I popped up to see Martin. Martin was running an egg farm and was someone I knew from dealing with him for a number of years. He had a sign up saying he was looking to sell the farm.

‘My wife suggested that I should buy it and moving to Guernsey might provide a nice change of life.’

The rest is history. Steve and Emma now run their own farm, deal directly with suppliers and make sure the Channel Islands have a constant supply of free-range eggs.