AJuff Posted June 24, 2008 Share Posted June 24, 2008 My first three hybids cost me £10 each, the next two £8 but they were 12wks not POL. The next two cost £20 each as they were blue/green egg layers. I have found some welsummers for sale but they are £23! Is that a fair price or have lived in the North too long???????? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted June 24, 2008 Share Posted June 24, 2008 It is the Hugh and Jamie effect I'm afraid, added to normal cost of living rises. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hen Watch Posted June 24, 2008 Share Posted June 24, 2008 It is the Hugh and Jamie effect I'm afraid, added to normal cost of living rises. I think so too. My hybrid Amber Star was £9 last April 07 from a Meadowsweet agent. Same agent selling them now for £14 each. That's a 55% price increase in 12 months......... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superjules Posted June 24, 2008 Share Posted June 24, 2008 At our local poultry centre, I think normal hybrids are £12, skylines are £15 (when they've got them!) and pure breeds are £25. They are all vaccinated though and they are very helpful so I don't mind paying their prices if it means I've got somewhere to turn to. I took Marigold there when I knew she was dying and they euthanised her for me. I gave the guy who did it a jar of chutney a few weeks later by way of thanks as they wouldn't take any money. Everybody is talking about rising feed costs and these have to be taken into consideration when you are raising a bird to sell. Small breeders used to charge £1 per week of the bird's age, but prices are creeping up and some breeders, as Egluntine says, are cashing in on the current trend and charging whatever they can get away with. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowy Posted June 24, 2008 Share Posted June 24, 2008 The welsummers are a pure breed, so more likely to be around the £20 mark. I think £23 is quite reasonable for a pure breed welsummer! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJuff Posted June 24, 2008 Author Share Posted June 24, 2008 If welsummers are a pure breed does that mean they only lay in the summer and go broody often? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nuggywoo Posted June 24, 2008 Share Posted June 24, 2008 I paid £10.00 each for 3 x 8wk olds then £14 each for 2 x 12 wk olds. The breeder I bought them from is based in Devon and I would highly recommend her to anyone and everyone! She breeds rare breeds (sheep & pigs too) and has just about anything you could ask for - a whole variety of different coloured egg layers. Her chickens are beautifully looked after and she is into conserving the rare and dwindling breeds (and wildlife). Take a look here - http://www.southyeofarm.co.uk/poultry/index.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welsh sarah Posted June 24, 2008 Share Posted June 24, 2008 hi my hybrid goldlines cost £5.50 last july (18 weeks ) i think he is selling them for £7.50 this year he sells pure breeds for £25 sarah Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chelsea Posted June 24, 2008 Share Posted June 24, 2008 thats cheap! I paid £38 each for my cochins at 14 weeks from the Devon Traditional breed Centre. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrsm_jones Posted June 24, 2008 Share Posted June 24, 2008 thats cheap! I paid £38 each for my cochins at 14 weeks from the Devon Traditional breed Centre. Bet they're gorgeous and SO worth it though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJuff Posted June 24, 2008 Author Share Posted June 24, 2008 thats cheap! I paid £38 each for my cochins at 14 weeks from the Devon Traditional breed Centre. But like I say I think I've lived in the North too long!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaun Posted June 24, 2008 Share Posted June 24, 2008 50p each from the BHWT! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevie Posted June 24, 2008 Share Posted June 24, 2008 £10 from poultry breeder or free-a friends workshop is over run with chickens from neighbouring farm and farmer said to help himself! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StephanieSB Posted June 24, 2008 Share Posted June 24, 2008 Yep, the Jamie and Hugh effect. Actually, you'd think more people getting into chicken keeping would mean more of a market, prices going down. Maybe that will happen over time, but for now the market is taking advantage of huge rise in interest. One breeder near me is charging about £40 per bird, though some of his Meadowsweet-like hybrids are £28. When I first looked into getting an Eglu last year, Omlet was charging £10 or £12 per bird, and now I believe they are £14 or £16 each. It's a big hike for just one year... but it is happening almost everywhere. I'm hoping to get my own on Saturday, and have been told that £16-18 per Meadowsweet hybrid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJuff Posted June 24, 2008 Author Share Posted June 24, 2008 My Meadowsweet hybrids are costing me £10.50 each, that's for four. I couldn't pay £70 for four Welsummers . . . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogs and chickens Posted June 24, 2008 Share Posted June 24, 2008 My Omlet girls were £10 each and have just checked the web site and they are still £10. My White Stars (Meadowsweet - Bledlow Ridge, high Wycombe) were £12.50 each (In March, no idea if still at that price) and my pure breeds were £25 each. I do think pure breeds are stupidly expensive. My pure breeds are lovely and I love all my girls but next time round, I will only go for hybrids as price is a huge factor for us ! Michelle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cooks Posted June 24, 2008 Share Posted June 24, 2008 hybrids £12.50 here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StephanieSB Posted June 24, 2008 Share Posted June 24, 2008 My Omlet girls were £10 each and have just checked the web site and they are still £10. Hmm...? well, when I ordered my cube (due tomorrow by the way!!) the chickens were listed in my shopping cart as £14 each (I eventually cancelled them off the order, so I could get my own from a breeder). And my new brochure, right here, has a new price sticker over the old -- £14. Maybe the website info is not updated?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yolky Posted June 24, 2008 Share Posted June 24, 2008 My booklet said £14 on a sticker too but I was charged £10 for each when I ordered the eglu just over a week ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gamebird Posted June 24, 2008 Share Posted June 24, 2008 In East Sussex back in March this year I paid £12 each for my hybird Light Sussex, Bluebelles and Ginger Rangers. I have no idea how much they cost now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogs and chickens Posted June 25, 2008 Share Posted June 25, 2008 My Omlet girls were £10 each and have just checked the web site and they are still £10. Hmm...? well, when I ordered my cube (due tomorrow by the way!!) the chickens were listed in my shopping cart as £14 each (I eventually cancelled them off the order, so I could get my own from a breeder). And my new brochure, right here, has a new price sticker over the old -- £14. Maybe the website info is not updated?? How weird, I stand corrected! However last night I went in Omlet shop and added a eglu and a pepperpot to my order and the pepperpot was £10 Does that mean the price at check out would change to £14 I don't understand ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craftyhunnypie Posted June 25, 2008 Share Posted June 25, 2008 My Omlet girls were £10 each = £30 My magpie, leghorn & black rock were £8 each from Creag Mhor Poultry= 16 Gold laced Wyandotte & Gold legbar from Wernlas = £65 for the two Welsummer & Cuckoo Maran (local ads paper) £9 = £18 Black Rock & Amber star £6 Baileys at Weston = £12 Cobar egg & Partridge cochin egg (Wernlas) £5 = £10 Total = £151 spent on chickens + their housing But in my opinion they are priceless! Emma.x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cliveb Posted June 25, 2008 Share Posted June 25, 2008 I paid £7.00 each in feb this year for my two hybreads ,but as stated previously they are both priceless to me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beach chick Posted June 25, 2008 Share Posted June 25, 2008 my 3 silkies and 1 light sussex were £8 each aged 8 weeks, at end of May. my leghorn and maran were £15 each, allegedly POL, early June. roughly this time last year, I paid £12 each for 2 sussex and 2 bluebells from the same man I got the leghorn and maran from. but as everyone says, everything is going up - feed in particular, so I guess the prices get passed on along the line. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
surferdog Posted June 25, 2008 Share Posted June 25, 2008 £17.50 each for the Bluebelle and Silver and £15.00 for our little red hen. That was in Hampshire in March and there was a shortage which meant we couldn't have our original choices. I assume that's what's driving the high prices. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
