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Where to buy chickens, ducks, etc in the South East??????

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VVVExcitedAboutChristmasQV · 22/12/2007 12:18

Anyone?

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DuckyLover · 22/12/2007 12:31

Try Capralama in Bethersden, Nr Ashford, Kent. They have a website - at this time of year they also have a fantastic reindeer grotto !

VVVExcitedAboutChristmasQV · 22/12/2007 12:33

oooh thank you! I'm Essex/Hertfordshire/London Borders.

How much can I expect to pay for them, roughly?

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Alambil · 23/12/2007 20:13

as in for pets?

Try the RSPCA - am pretty sure the South Mimms one had a duck last time I was there

VVVExcitedAboutChristmasQV · 23/12/2007 20:18

Oh, yes, that's a jolly good place to start!

Mind you...Willows farm is also quite close......

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TheChristmasFaggot · 23/12/2007 20:31

Mumbles Farm in Borough Green, Kent.

Hens are around £8-£10 each, they usually have a few breeds available. Cockerels are free.

Ducks are probably a bit more expensive (and a lot more trouble & mess).

You'll need a large cardboard box with air holes cut in the side to bring them home in.

Glad to see someone else getting some birds. They're fab!

tortoiseSHELL · 23/12/2007 20:41

My aunt got some from Southmead Poultry here - she would recommend them. We got ours from Cotswold Chickens here - again they are very good.

How much to pay - really depends on the type of bird - for a hybrid could be £8-£15, for a pure breed then £10-£30.

It might be best to wait till it warms up a bit - they are happier in the spring!

sophierosie · 23/12/2007 20:44

How about rehoming some battery hens?

The battery hen welfare trust has a coordinator in Essex.

VVVExcitedAboutChristmasQV · 23/12/2007 21:07

Oooh i didnt know they had such a huge rehoming programme going on with battery hens!

Have I heard right, that some MNers have hatched their own with supermarket eggs???

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TheChristmasFaggot · 23/12/2007 21:12

I can't remember if that was PPH or Megalegs although I'm pretty sure they were trying to get Buford Browns or Cotswold Legbar varieties from Waitrose!

And you need a broody hen to sit on them.

VVVExcitedAboutChristmasQV · 23/12/2007 21:21

oooh thank you.... i'll see if i can search archives rather than pester them!

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CountryGirl2007 · 23/12/2007 22:00

definetly consider a rescued battery hen! the poor things really deserve a good home rather than becoming someone's dinner after spending their whole life in a tiny little cage.

tortoiseSHELL · 23/12/2007 22:01

Megalegs tried with some cotswold legbars.

VVVExcitedAboutChristmasQV · 24/12/2007 15:10

DH is warming to the idea ........

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Ledodgy · 24/12/2007 15:11

Did Ocado forget to deliver your turkey VVV?

VVVExcitedAboutChristmasQV · 24/12/2007 15:24

nah, i'm not doing christmas dinner this year so dont need to worry about it.

I am thinking ahead to next year though....

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CountryGirl2007 · 24/12/2007 23:56

also try www.thehenshouse.co.uk and www.practicalpoultry.com (go to the forum, there are several people on there who have rescued battery hens and there is a gallery section with before & after pics of them)

VVVExcitedAboutChristmasQV · 27/12/2007 00:14

ooh thank you!

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smeeinachristmastreeinnit · 27/12/2007 23:01

so glad you started this thread vvv,im in the same area by the sounds of it and we were just today talking about getting chickens, let me know if you find a good place!

VeniVidiVickiQV · 28/12/2007 01:10

Will do

saff · 28/12/2007 18:05

you need to check with your local council, they removed ours after a lovely neighbour reported them as they were attracting vermin? something i never saw

VeniVidiVickiQV · 28/12/2007 20:27

Really? You werent a council tenant too were you?

smeeinit · 28/12/2007 22:14

oh! thats not good. i bet my neighbours would complain too!

CountryGirl2007 · 28/12/2007 23:37

As long as you don't get a Cockeral, Hens are usually quiet and as long as you get rid of any food scraps before dark they should attract vermin either.

saff · 29/12/2007 08:50

yes we are council tenents and the arrived like sas with masks all very pathetic we only had two. But we got ours from igloo or something like that they came in fox proof home. But like i said was council got em in the end

saff · 29/12/2007 08:50

yes we are council tenents and the arrived like sas with masks all very pathetic we only had two. But we got ours from igloo or something like that they came in fox proof home. But like i said was council got em in the end

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