Does no one in Staffordshire have barnevelders?

pretty normal prices for pure breeds.
Have you looked at these pages?

http://www.poultry.allotment-garden.org/poultry-suppliers/index.php

Price usually depends on age and quality the near to POL the more expensive.  A bird from a known good showing strain you can expect too pay significantly more for.

£15 is cheap for a POL bird (18 to 21 weeks) and £25 to £30 for a reasonable quality bird not to be unexpected.  £40 - £50 is what you might expect for a documented high quality pedigree or a garden centre priced bird the average small breeder will be nearer £25.

Why not hatch some eggs?

HF

excellent thank you.

I have considered hatching, but being so new to it thought it best to maybe get used to the hens first and make sure i could look after them before i tried raising chicks, probably a bit too over cautious although my main concern was the cockrel issues.

I will keep looking and maybe be a bit more patient

Thanks again for the advice.