morag's mom Posted August 8, 2007 Share Posted August 8, 2007 I was just wondering if Omlet sell chickens on their own if you already bought the eglu and want to replace the chooks that have gone on to a better place? I bought a couple from a local breader, but they aren't a good as the ones I got from Omlet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chocchick Posted August 8, 2007 Share Posted August 8, 2007 You could try calling them. It might depend where you are. I'm sure they would if you were local, or could collect them, or they are doing another delivery nearby anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arowland17 Posted August 9, 2007 Share Posted August 9, 2007 yes they do as I asked them, but they have to charge the £25 delivery ontop of £10 a hen as we weren't close enough to pick them up so it worked out a bit expensive for just 2 hens. They were also out of Miss Pepperpots and low on Gingernuts when I rung about a month ago but they may have more now... They did give us some recommended breeders in the area though, some of which were not on their website so we found a good one and are very happy with them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinnamon Posted August 9, 2007 Share Posted August 9, 2007 Try Medowsweet - they are a national company who sell hybrids very similar to the Omlet hens (in fact I think they are the same,but with different names) They have a website with all their agents listed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morag's mom Posted August 9, 2007 Author Share Posted August 9, 2007 Thank you everyone for your information. The reason I asked is because one of my girls has a "Cold" and I've done all that I can for her, but the vet cant guarantee that she will be fine in the end. I lost one of my Omlet girls to egg yoke paritonitis a couple of months ago. Since that happened, I'm a bit paranoid when ever the girls sneeze or look a bit off color. So if the worst does happen, and if I do need to replace my hens, I don't want to get them from the place I got the two new girls from again. I think dispite the expensive price, I actually rescued them. Hopefully everyone will be fine and I won't have anything to worry about. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arowland17 Posted August 9, 2007 Share Posted August 9, 2007 What is egg yolk peritonitis?? I've heard it mentioned on here a couple of times now and am a bit worried about it, is it common? how do you spot it and can it be cured? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morag's mom Posted August 9, 2007 Author Share Posted August 9, 2007 It's when an egg breaks inside the chicken and it causes and infection. Once the egg breaks, the vet said that even if you get antibiotic thearapy going right away, they don't survive. My Morag developed an extremely high fever after a day of complete lethargy. The day before she was eating and running around quite normal. I noticed that her legs had yoke on them in the morning when she was already lethargic. I took her into the vet as an emergency and she got anti inmflamitories and antibiotics right away as well as fluids, but she didn't make it. I was told that it is only a problem when the eggs they are making aren't developed properly, like jelly eggs, and they can't wistand the laying process, they break on their way out. So if your girls are laying good eggs, forget about it, they aren't at risk. Morag's eggs hadn't been normal since she molted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arowland17 Posted August 9, 2007 Share Posted August 9, 2007 oh that's awful sounds horrible for them. ours have only just started laying and after a soft-shelled egg we're putting grit in their feed so I guess not a lot else can be done to prevent it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
