Patridge bantam chicken poorly foot?

[Jules.]

Going on from the cost of layers pellets thread I thought I'd see if the cost of the hens has gone up over time! It certainly has in my case.

 

I bought Buzz & Poppy from a (then) Omlet recommended farm near Preston for the princley sum of £4 each. For 2 hens & a sack of layers it came to £12 altogether

 

My last 2 hens cost £12 each, & I was informed at the time that they were shortly to go up to £13 each due to the rising costs of feed etc.

[piptiddlepip]

Paid £14 for mine at Middle Farm in Sussex when they were point of lay.

[madchickenlady]

I paid 15 pounds each for my pekin pullets (9 weeks old at the time), and I'm about to pay 10 pounds each for two 6 week old chicks. I'm addicted!

[laurmurf]

We got ours from Glencroft Poultry Farm in Catterick, North Yorkshire: he does 'White House range' similar to Meadowsweet poultry.

 

The 'list' price was £10 each but the price got cheaper for 6+ hens. We got 6 and he charged us £8 each. An absolute bargain i thought! Lovely healthy birds raised to RSPCA Freedom standards, recommended by Omlet and oft mentioned here.

[sandyhas3chucks]

POL chooks £10 each down here!

[mostin]

Just paid £15 each for my new Amber Link and Black Rock, both at POL.

[Egluntyne]

I think I paid £15 for my Amber Link and £12.50 for the Bluebelles.

 

Can't honestly remember what I paid for the Fenton Blues....but they were only 8 weeks when I got them, so they were cheaper. Might have been a tenner each.

[moochoo]

Just paid £12.50 for my new POL girls from Merrydale poultry.

[Egg Lou]

Blacktail & Amber Star £12.50 each

Bluebelle & Pied £15.00 each

 

and Pekins hatched from "rescued" eggs so free!

[alexgirl73]

My first 3 I got free as they were given to me without much warning lol, and my new 3 cost me £1 each!!! from a free range farmer near here who was downsizing his flock. They were free range girls and about 30 weeks in age.

[Ain't Nobody Here]

£15 each at POL.

[HENthusiastic]

£10 each P.O.L. The best money Ive ever spent.

[Louise]

Nothing

 

Not bad for two pure breeds

[bellekatz]

£12 each for my last two girls at POL and only £15 for my legbar ( mind you she hasnt laid since january!!)

[RubyReckless]

3 1/2 years ago i paid £4 for a Warren and £6 for a Black Rock. They are now £8 and £10 respectively.

[welsh sarah]

£5.50 for goldlines july 07

 

pure breeds should be £25 each but a friend hatched them so they cost me eggs every time she visits a bargain i think

 

i dont think you can put a price on these funny girls, they are priceless to me

sarah

[Sandychick]

I paid £14 for my Amber Star POL. She's gorgeous, I'd have paid double that

[chelsea]

Ella was free (hubby brought her home from one of his farms - she was a runt)

 

Coco (maran) was £14 from a local farm

 

Misty and Star (cochins) were a staggering £38 each and were only 13 weeks old when we bought them

[mrsallen08]

Banty was a chicken of fate

Nuggets was £4

Exbatts £2 each

Marans £3 each and Wyandotte £3 each This was from a friends who had hatched them and we had them at 5 weeks HOWEVER - Im sure both marans are cockerels... and husband is not impressed!

Buying a black pekin bantam next weekend for £10 to keep Banty company!

[Maccbean]

I paid £11 each for my Snow White, Red Rocket and Sussex Comet, and a whopping £30 each for my Cream Legbars (although they were at 20 weeks when I got them).

[ruth1]

It Varied but from june - july

£20 for the orpington- 9weeks old

£15 for the Faverolle- 10 weeks

£12 for the maran- 12 weeks

£25 for the 2 legbars and leghorn all 9 weeks

£10 for the goldline pol

 

Worth every penny

[Yolky]

Tenner each from Omlet

[bokbokbok]

I'm so glad to see some high prices creeping in here - I thought I was the only prat to have paid *too much*!

 

I can't remember the individual prices but the pure breeds I got (see signature) varied from £30 to £35 and the two Isa Browns from the same guy were a tenner each. My first trip cost me £140 for six birds I have never admitted that to anyone else - especially my husband!

 

The light sussex cross was a fiver at a poultry fair and by far the prettiest girl - I almost wish I had paid more for HER!

[finger lickin good]

We paid £8 each for the warrens and £10 for the black rock all from Stoors poultry. I did see some in a garden centre and they were selling each one for £29.99 (what a rip off)

[Spike-J]

I got my 2 isa browns for a fiver each plus about 8 eggs. they were just past POL. that was about march this year