[naturesparadise]

been looking around and i have seen chooks at £19 each this to me seems a bit pricey

how much should i be paying for them and also i have found they wont deliver them this is a problem as i dont have a car

ill have to have them amtrak to me  :cry:

[babe]

prices vary, a ex batt is a 50 p per chook donation.

last years POL hybrid £1 each

anything else is £5 upto £30/35

depends what you are looking for, age etc etc

[GrannieAnnie]

POL's last year a £1 Babe?  where?  The cheapest I've ever paid is £3.95!

[babe]

POL's last year a £1 Babe?  where?  The cheapest I've ever paid is £3.95!

thats what i paid for cow, chicken and duck last year, my 3 warrens (cow and duck got by foxy)

its a local place, they buy in new POLs each year and sell last years £1.

i did think it was a bargain, as they still lay an eggy nearly everyday and are so cuddly.

[SnooziSuzi]

THat's how much I paid for my 1 YO hybrids too.

NP if you're paying that much then I'd say the birds are already laying and are a speciality breed - what breed are they?

[mercury]

POL, £4.50 up here in Yorkshire, the high priced birds will be pure breeds, why they should be so expensive i don't know, they only eat the same as hybrids, unscrupulous breeders are deliberately keeping the prices high, to line their own pockets, therefore denying those of us who are a bit short of money the pleasure of keeping pure breeds, if any of the big breeders can explain to me why this is so, then fair enough, i keep RIRs, and i sell them for £5 each, if i can do it, so can everyone else, sorry for going on folks, but its a bugbear of mine  

[babe]

i cant say it bothers me, i paid £15 for bluebell my blue brahma last week, and she's a POL.

i fell in love with her and will happily pay for a chicken i want. i trust the breeder and will go back to him for more.

[SnooziSuzi]

Mercury, I've heard that RIR's are good table birds as well as layers is that right?

I might well be popping down the A1 soon if yours are so inexpensive!

[GrannieAnnie]

Oh I see what you mean Babe, I thought you meant last year (as in 2007!) POL's were £1!!!!  What you meant were year old laying hens are £1.  They are not POL if they are a year old, they are spent chickens!!!  Well they are considered 'spent' by the commercials.

We used to get our one year old ex free rangers from Bill Rhodes at Free Chooks Farm at Earl's Colne They were £1 too!

[Selkie]

We paid €200 for our two, including their little house which was made especially for our hens.

We are going to get a couple more hens this year so I'll see how much they are; ours came from a small scale keeper so we didn't mind paying alot for them.

[babe]

Oh I see what you mean Babe, I thought you meant last year (as in 2007!) POL's were £1!!!!  What you meant were year old laying hens are £1.  They are not POL if they are a year old, they are spent chickens!!!  Well they are considered 'spent' by the commercials.

We used to get our one year old ex free rangers from Bill Rhodes at Free Chooks Farm at Earl's Colne They were £1 too!

doh.. well i knew what i meant, i think sideways :?  a spent chicken, my new phrase for today, nice to learn something everyday.  

[WG.]

thats what i paid for cow, chicken and duck last year, my 3 warrens

I'm beginning to think you missed out on a few of the My First Reading Book series, babe.

Maybe I need to rethink the next Picture Round in the quiz  :?

[naturesparadise]

Prices for 2008

Bantams                6 - 12 weeks old             Over 15 Weeks old
                     From £17.00                 From £22.00
 Large Fowl              From £19.00                 From £24.00

[mercury]

Mercury, I've heard that RIR's are good table birds as well as layers is that right?

I might well be popping down the A1 soon if yours are so inexpensive!

I hope to have some spare this summer snoozisuzi, i've a cockerill spare now, if anybody wants one, yes, they're decent layers, and decent table birds, they're fairly placid too

[babe]

thats what i paid for cow, chicken and duck last year, my 3 warrens

I'm beginning to think you missed out on a few of the My First Reading Book series, babe.

Maybe I need to rethink the next Picture Round in the quiz  :?

they were cute names waggy, chicken chicken knows her name too.

i never claimed to be normal