Allotments 4 All

hi poeple, i am thinking of getting a few chickens for the allotment. but i dont where i can get any point of lay chickens around here.

any idea of where i can look?

cheers
patrick

Patrick - why don't you consider ex battery hens?  They are only 50p each (donation) and they will be back in lay pretty soon and need to be given a life!

They are roughly 18 months old so should lay for a few years yet.

They have never seen natural daylight, grass, or even been able to flap their wings.

There is a site called Battery Hen Welfare Trust on t'internet.

Good luck with whatever you choose!

Old Bird
;D

wow what a good idea, i will read their caring for ex bats then i will contact my local co-ordinator.

cheers for that.

Does anyone else on your allotment have any? Maybe they'd sell you some - or swap?

Battery hens is a good idea, or you could by from day olds to point of lay prices vary.
A lot of breeders sell eggs for hatching on Ebay, check if any are close to you. you could pick up some point of lay or younger.
Its great seeing so many breeds of hens.

i have emailed the bhwt just gonna have to wait to here back. i phoned a few places today just incase i couldnt get any ex bat hens. and the cost of a point of lay hybred hen is about £10 OMG  :o

yeah a people has some on the allotment. if worst comes i will ask them if they wana swap or sum thing.

Really hope you are able to get some ex batts patrick as Old bird has suggested. You will be helping the hens to have a much better way of life and they will repay you with some wonderful eggs......
On the Battery Hen Welfare Trust whilst having a browse around I noticed they suggested an 6 x 4 shed would house up to 12 - 15 hens.... this then got me to thinking about your other thread asking about chicken housing... could you not lay your hands on an old second hand shed that you could do up for your hens to be???

                                         

A Tenner sounds cheep (hahahahhaaaa) to me, some pure breeds go for much more!

Jon

I got mine from here via one of there oulets:
http://www.poultryscotland.co.uk/

You may find this site of interest:
http://www.keepchickens.info/index.php?pageid=6

Quote from: aromatic on April 25, 2008, 16:26:23
Really hope you are able to get some ex batts patrick as Old bird has suggested. You will be helping the hens to have a much better way of life and they will repay you with some wonderful eggs......
On the Battery Hen Welfare Trust whilst having a browse around I noticed they suggested an 6 x 4 shed would house up to 12 - 15 hens.... this then got me to thinking about your other thread asking about chicken housing... could you not lay your hands on an old second hand shed that you could do up for your hens to be???

                                         

i replied to this post in my coop topic - http://www.allotments4all.co.uk/smf/index.php/topic,41335.0.html

patrick we have chickens look in the yellow paper. we got ours from there had to goto long stratton though think he charged us £5.00 or £5.50 for hydred hens.

hi, cheers for the help.
i just ordered myself 4 hens from anglian poultry in eye at £7.50 per bird. they are black rock chickens.

Black Rock they should be good layers what age are they for that price sounds good.

Quote from: patrickking04 on May 01, 2008, 21:08:46
hi, cheers for the help.
i just ordered myself 4 hens from anglian poultry in eye at £7.50 per bird. they are black rock chickens.

Where we live they are £10 each now at point of lay.  I have 6 at 1 year old now.  I only get 3 eggs daily from them, sometimes only 2.  My 6 white leghorns give me 5-6 eggs daily. 

Quote from: ktlawson on May 01, 2008, 22:30:32
Where we live they are £10 each now at point of lay.

Yeah the local places around here cost £10 per chicken at P.O.L . My sister is traveling back from london, and i have roped her in to collect the 4 hens for me.