[Geo]

Just added another 4 hens to my flock. I went for 3 more speckledy and 1 bluebelle.
I went on a 200mile round trip to Cumbria to get them as the first lot of hens I bought local were poor layers.
Will try and download photo

[Geo]

The Bluebelle laid her first egg this morning.

[BobE]

I was in Notcuts today and they were charging £24 per hen.

[Geo]

£12 pounds each

[BobE]

£12 pounds each

Yes I thought they were expensive.

[ANHBUC]

Prices can vary which can be down to breeding and if birds are vaccinated that can be costly.

They look as if they have settled in well.   

[Geo]

I bought them from a supplier that is listed in this site. They buy them in and bring them on for a few weeks then sell them. They are from one of the big concerns that breed them.

[Epona_4]

what lovely looking girls 

[Geo]

Thanks Epona. They are really friendly birds but the other hens are giving them a hard time.
The hens that were introduced to the flock last year were bullied and now they are the bullys.
It can be really vicious at times.

[BobE]

It can be really vicious at times.

They used to be dinosaures.  Survival of the fittest, very terretorial.