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How much should I expect to pay for a pekin bantam

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Happy Easter,

 

Please could I ask how much one would expect to pay for a pekin bantam?.

 

I saw the most gorgeous buff coloured pekin today - I think it was love at first sight for both of us!. Then I saw the price tag on the hen house of £45.00 (just for the pekin!!)

 

I am new to keeping chickens and am not sure what the average costs are for this breed.

 

Thoughts appreciated

 

Thanks

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That is a heck of lot for a single pekin - you can get a breeding trio for that price! Unless it is of show quality and good parentage, and you want it for that reason, that's a rip-off price IMHO.

 

I paid £25 each for my pekins earlier this month (one black, one lemon cuckoo), which is the most you should pay for a pure-bred pet quality pullet (I paid the same price for my wyandotte bantams a couple of years ago). They are lovely little birds as well:

 

http://club.omlet.co.uk/gallery/main.php?g2_itemId=25158

 

http://club.omlet.co.uk/gallery/main.php?g2_itemId=25160

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When I got mine from Norfolk I was quoted £32 each, but after phoning another breeder I got them for £8 each - however, being a novice to chicken keeping didn't realise what bad condition their feet were in - so word of advice from someone who has now learnt - check their toes as you can;t see them easily because of their feathers!

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I paid £25 each for mine yesterday, I got a Millefleur Sable Poot and a Blackrock Sable Poot. I must admit I was quite surprised how much they were, but everywhere I phoned said they wouldn't have any until May.

 

If anyone knows where we can get a couple of Frizzle Pekins, please could they let me know! I am in Dorset and would be willing to drive about an hour or so in any way to get them!

 

Wendy

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Something to bear in mind is that it depends on age - many breeders will charge x pounds per bird, plus y pounds a week over the age of z weeks, to cover their cost in feeding them. So a POL pullet will cost more than a 12- or 16-week-old, for example. Less than a tenner and you're probably being sold a wrong 'un, as Boris found out - but anything over thirty quid is probably too much as well!

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