[tedsdad]

it's not local to you but our local egg producer sells POL hybrids for £7.50 each - you could try contacting any local to you to see if that is an option.  It worked well for us when we were starting out as chicken owners as they came vaccinated, not too expensive and we had the feel good factor of pre saving some battery hens! 

P.O.L. Hensdon't all go to batteries,overwhelmingly they now go to free range units,please dont ignore one of the few battles we've actually won!

[tesni]

the supplier I used is a battery farm, breeds his own hybrids but will sell them at POL also