[fd01]

So my chicken keeping has rubbed off on my dad's best mate who went out and bought a trio of Light Sussex bantams at the weekend...£60  the best part is, they're 3 years old....if only he'd listened to advice given to him, ie don't rush and always ask our opinion before you buy!!

I paid £20 for my trio at a year old and get two eggs a day without fail.

He's still giving it the old "oh but they're 'pure' Light Sussex" to cover up the fact that he's been shafted 

Anyone else been in a similar situation or are we all switched on here? 

F

[splash101]

Crikey    Seems if people have their heart set on something specific the're prepared to pay for it, i bet the seller had a wry smile on their face

When you say trio is that 3 hens or 2 hens and a cockerel?  Here a trio is 2 hens and a cockerel, (which seems to catch a few people out) just checking thats the standard nationwide.

[fd01]

Yeah i'd only ever use the term 'trio' for two hens and a cock bird. But then others mean three hens, you can't win 

Thing is if he'd waited till my chicks were up and sexed, i would have given him a trio considering the amount of things he's given/lent us over the years.

How does the seller sleep at night  the same guy wanted £8 a bird for ex-battery hens......!!

[Geo]

I would reckon the seller gets to sleep at night counting his money zzzzzzzzz

[ANHBUC]

That is shocking, hope that he manages to get at least one egg out of them!!   

[lmpd]

Blimey, 8 quid a bird for ex-batts!!!

I gave a donation of £20 for 5 ex-batts at my local animal sanctuary (lost one early on) and have never looked back, even over winter when the laying slowed down - we never got to a point where we ran out of eggs!!!

[Little red]

When i started keeping chickens last year i got 3 hybrids - Blackrock.Speckledy + Magpie - and was charged £20 each
I now know they took advantage of me being naive