fairy&cake Posted September 11, 2007 Share Posted September 11, 2007 (edited) I want to get some more chooks, im not sure weather to a: get more Hybreed Lohmans [gingernuts rangers] £7.00 each and get 4 of them or try something new ...... b: get a 22 week old Cream Legbar/ Brahma / rhode island £38.00 each c: get 4 pure bred auto sexed chicks and buy a heat lamp and a house for them. d: stick to what ive got and wait for Beauty to pop out some fertile eggs from beast. And get a incubator??? With ross going back to Uni full time and a baby and a hefty morgage to pay for its hard to make a decision. ! This time last yr i would have got 22 week old pure breds and got 10 of them. LOL at £380! Money money Money!!!! What do you think? Edited September 12, 2007 by Guest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christian Posted September 11, 2007 Share Posted September 11, 2007 Get the Lohmann Browns! Good layers and reasonable. (can't believe i said that, if it was me it would be pure breed orpingtons at least 3 of them) If you need eggs then i would get the hybrids. C x x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rona Posted September 11, 2007 Share Posted September 11, 2007 If money is going to be tight you have to add: e. Is this something the family really needs or just something I want? Sorry if I sound a killjoy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lovemychooks Posted September 11, 2007 Share Posted September 11, 2007 Oooh decisions decisions !! I would definately go for the 4 Gingernut Rangers (but mind you I would say that, i'm a big big fan of Gingernut's ). Good luck with whatever you choose though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fairy&cake Posted September 11, 2007 Author Share Posted September 11, 2007 If money is going to be tight you have to add: e. Is this something the family really needs or just something I want? Sorry if I sound a killjoy there for my 21st birthday Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Helen&Lee Posted September 11, 2007 Share Posted September 11, 2007 Not sure how deep into Shropshire you are... We got our Cream Legbar and Brahmas from Pinvin (between Pershore and Worcester) they were £20 each but a bit younger than those. Lovely lady - absolutely nuts about chooks and very friendly. Let me know if you want more info - the Dark Brahma is just so friendly... My O/H tells me that Brahmas will lay through the winter - I think if money is going to be tight you should go for some that give a regular food source and (going out on a limb here) don't the Gingernut types have a shorter laying span than the others??? Could be wrong on that - I am wrong sometimes but don't tell the O/H Helen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinnamon Posted September 11, 2007 Share Posted September 11, 2007 Hi Gingernuts are not the only hybrids - there are heaps of lovely hens,all different colours & all good consistant layers out there Try Medowsweet ,as they have agents all over the county (& some of their hens lay blue eggs ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JellyB Posted September 11, 2007 Share Posted September 11, 2007 How about some ex battery hens instead?? You'd be giving them a happier life and it's rewarding to see them go from scraggy things to lovely healthy hens and you'll get the eggs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparkleeeeee Posted September 11, 2007 Share Posted September 11, 2007 there must be some pure breeds near you cheaper than that!! have you had a look in the adtrader online? (it is also out tomorrow) i paid £10 each for all of mine except the silkies which were £7 at 14 weeks. my cream legbars were 17wks and norfolk greys 10wks. also the smallholders association usually have tens advertised for sale and all of my chooks were from members of the norfolk smallholders. dont the pure breads lay for longer and live longer than the hybrids but lay less eggs per year, my leghorns were great layers one used to lay every day and one used to lay two every three days and they were big pure white eggs. i am still awaiting the cream legbars eggs. isnt there a hybrid that lays all sorts of different coloured eggs?, i am sure i saw it in my new chook book Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 11, 2007 Share Posted September 11, 2007 Hmmm... if I were you I would probably choose option "d: stick to what ive got and wait for Beauty to pop out some fertile eggs from beast. And get a incubator???" That's what I do now! Wait for my cockerel to plant his seed and then stick the eggs under a good broody which also saves the cost of an incubator! That way you will have more money to spend on other stuff... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karen & co. Posted September 11, 2007 Share Posted September 11, 2007 How about Garden Poultry and a pic-nic in Delamere Forest rolled into a day out to pick new hens I'm sure they are cheaper there? or the same with the Wernlas Collection? I don't know how far either are from you, but may be worth a look My geography is dreadful and I always asume Shropshire is much closer to Cheshire than it probably is karen x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fairy&cake Posted September 11, 2007 Author Share Posted September 11, 2007 wernlas is £38.00 a 20 week for a chook im thinking of waiting for beauty to lay and getting more gingernuts Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tweety Posted September 11, 2007 Share Posted September 11, 2007 Wernlas chooks are expensive, but they are very special and most suitable for a 21st birthday present! Even if you decide against them, it is worth a day out there anyway just to have a look at them and they can't be too far away from you if you live in Shropshire. I am going to collect 4 bantams from there on Thursday and am so excited! Good luck with your new chooks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karen & co. Posted September 11, 2007 Share Posted September 11, 2007 wernlas is £38.00 a 20 week for a chook Oh that's a shame Rescue chooks are wonderful karen x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craftyhunnypie Posted September 11, 2007 Share Posted September 11, 2007 I would go to Wernlas & get just one chook at £38.00. Perfect birthday pressie! There is so much choice there, you will be spoilt! But I would be tempted by a cream legbar & you'd be getting another pressie at a later date.......a blue / green egg. How amazing would that be???!!!! If it is eggs you want, then hybrids. Take a look at my new chooks in my gallery. They are all lovely natured and my white leghorn is going to lay pure white china eggs, which I'm dying to see! OOOOoo decisions, decisions....! Get a cream legbar £38.00, then hatch some of beauty's egg in the Spring....little easter chicks! That way you get the best of both worlds! I think I'm getting pekins for my birthday - but I'm erm a lot lot older than you dear! Emma.x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinnamon Posted September 11, 2007 Share Posted September 11, 2007 OOOOoo decisions, decisions....! Get a cream legbar £38.00, then hatch some of beauty's egg in the Spring....little easter chicks! That way you get the best of both worlds! Emma,you are a bad influence Where are Wernlas exactly (I am tempted myself.............) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fairy&cake Posted September 11, 2007 Author Share Posted September 11, 2007 its in Ludlow. Which is a 20 min drive for us. there post code is your a sat navver is SY7-9BL I am thinking i will get a special chook from Ludlow Wernlas . Which are the chooks that are black and white and very striking? Love L xxxxxx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bronze Posted September 11, 2007 Share Posted September 11, 2007 silver laced wyandottes? they are gorgeous thanks to pictures on here I now have 4 of them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christian Posted September 11, 2007 Share Posted September 11, 2007 iWhich are the chooks that are black and white and very striking? Is it these? they are light Sussex and OH really likes them! We sat going through breeds the other night, just for info only here is a silver laced wyandotte Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chelsea Posted September 11, 2007 Share Posted September 11, 2007 Wyandottes were my bird of choice and I would settle for nothing less as they are stunning, that was until we went to the breed centre and saw all different chickens....needless to say, my mind changed pretty quickly! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fairy&cake Posted September 11, 2007 Author Share Posted September 11, 2007 the 2nd one Christian! Im also thinking of getting some battery hens. im just going to ring up loads of places! Show on a map Printer friendly results Refine your results 10 results for Egg Producers Packers in Shropshire or find your nearest R.A.C Heal Eggs Ltd Packing Station, Hazeldene, Stanton Upon Hine Heath, Shrewsbury, Shropshire SY4 4ET Tel: 01939 250359 Egg Producers & Packers Map/Directions to R.A.C Heal Eggs Ltd (1) Send R.A.C Heal Eggs Ltd's (1) details to mobile Save R.A.C Heal Eggs Ltd (1) to address book A Evans & Son Station St, Bishops Castle, Shropshire SY9 5AQ Tel: 01588 638227 Egg Producers & Packers Map/Directions to A Evans & Son (2) Send A Evans & Son's (2) details to mobile Save A Evans & Son (2) to address book JF & AP Heath Bolas House, Great Bolas, Telford, Shropshire TF6 6PQ Tel: 01952 541202 Egg Producers & Packers Map/Directions to JF & AP Heath (3) Send JF & AP Heath's (3) details to mobile Save JF & AP Heath (3) to address book Fenemere Free Range Eggs Fenemere Manor Poultry Units, Baschurch, Shrewsbury, Shropshire SY4 2JG Tel: 01939 261680 Egg Producers & Packers Map/Directions to Fenemere Free Range Eggs (4) Send Fenemere Free Range Eggs's (4) details to mobile Save Fenemere Free Range Eggs (4) to address book R.T Jones Hayford Farm, Westbury, Shrewsbury, Shropshire SY5 9PF Tel: 01743 885248 Egg Producers & Packers Map/Directions to R.T Jones (5) Send R.T Jones's (5) details to mobile Save R.T Jones (5) to address book Oaklands Farm Eggs Ltd Oaklands, Edstaston, Wem, Shrewsbury, Shropshire SY4 5RF Tel: 01939 236747 Egg Producers & Packers Map/Directions to Oaklands Farm Eggs Ltd (6) Send Oaklands Farm Eggs Ltd's (6) details to mobile Save Oaklands Farm Eggs Ltd (6) to address book DD Engineering Unit 27, Wem Business Park, New St, Wem, Shrewsbury, Shropshire SY4 5JX Tel: 01939 235287 Egg Producers & Packers Map/Directions to DD Engineering (7) Send DD Engineering's (7) details to mobile Save DD Engineering (7) to address book Team Valley Supplies Hall Farm, Brampton Bryan, Bucknell, Shropshire SY7 0DH Tel: 01547 530262 Egg Producers & Packers Map/Directions to Team Valley Supplies ( Send Team Valley Supplies's ( details to mobile Save Team Valley Supplies ( to address book J Hodnett Lea Farm, Petton, Burlton, Shrewsbury, Shropshire SY4 5TH Tel: 01939 270260 Egg Producers & Packers Map/Directions to J Hodnett (9) Send J Hodnett's (9) details to mobile Save J Hodnett (9) to address book Nick's Chicks Eaton Manor Farm, Eaton Under Heywood, Church Stretton, Shropshire SY6 7DH Tel: 01694 722782 Egg Producers & Packers Map/Directions to Nick's Chicks (10) Send Nick's Chicks's (10) details to mobile Save Nick's Chicks (10) to address book Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christian Posted September 11, 2007 Share Posted September 11, 2007 They are gorgeous!!! And pure breeds (which is what i am looking for) Let us know when you get them and post lots of piccies! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fairy&cake Posted September 11, 2007 Author Share Posted September 11, 2007 sorry for such aq loooooong postie pops! i spose it is my thread! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fairy&cake Posted September 11, 2007 Author Share Posted September 11, 2007 We are getting them on Saturday!!!! Well the posh one. Love L xxx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
feemcg Posted September 11, 2007 Share Posted September 11, 2007 38 quid for a Cream Legbar - I have a gold-mine in my utility room Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
