you wanna wait till they become more available , your being robbed if they are charging you £50 for a few birds . look in the area for someone who has chickens and buy thiers . £4 a bird is more than enough . they are now charging stupid money becasue they have seen the " newbies " getting into the grow your own thing , buy them as young 10 weeks old or even younger to about 6 weeks is fine you just buy crumb and have the enjoyment of seeing them come on ,,,, i repeat do not pander to greed .be patiant i sell my birds for that kind of money ,even my true stock are only £5 a bird