[cantcookwontcook]

hi to everyone. i am pretty new to the forum scene  :blink: anyway i am wanting to buy some chickens (pol hens for my back garden) but havent found any where cheap ish in durham. i would like 8 hens and all help would be greatly apreshiated. thanks. newbie x




modified to change the writing to black as some people struggle to read certain colours.

[AL Hathaway]

have you had a look at these links?

try preloved,trade it or a local auction


http://ads.allotment-garden.org/

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

[Goldfinger]

Can I add, there's a guy in Throckley (Northumberland) that does POL's, he isn't listed in the advert web link thingy, only has one of those roadside boards at his entrance.  :blink:

All the lotty peeps' around me go only to him (I didn't know about him when I bought mine), and I've seen some of the hens people have bought off him, and they are clean healthy and happy.

Think they only paid about a £5 per bird too 

[sandra d]

There`s a stack of chicken adverts in the Ad Trader magazine. 72 of them in Durham. I get it on line. adtrader.co.uk.

[ANHBUC]

I got 4 black rock hens from High Spen which is not too far.  Here is a link with the details, just click on the map near Newcastle to get the contact details.

www.theblackrockhatchery.co.uk/agents.htm

[cantcookwontcook]

hi thanks for your all of your help  sorry about the colour of the writing. i have had a look in the ad trader but i want to keep birds that have been vaccinated (not because i'm worried but i have quite "too doo" neighbours) thanks  
ps i was also considering getting ex batery hens. ny advice on this? thanks

[compo]

 Our hens are from here, there was lots of good advice for us as newbies too with good after sales.
http://www.durhamhens.co.uk/

[cantcookwontcook]

i did look into buying them from durham hens (tow law) but at £12.50 a hen it is going to work out quite expensive for 8. i brought the coop quite cheap 30 pounds but my dad has made me a walk in run 10ft by 8ft which has came in at around 100 pound+ for materials. as i am quite new to this i would prefer to probably spend about 5-6 pound a hen. thanks x

[loam ranger]

I recently got some R.I.R pullets from Potters at Thirsk, they were 16 weeks old, they cost  about £6.30 each.
If you are interested please PM me and I will send you the phone number.
Geoff.