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Community => Marketplace => Topic started by: Templelands on July 05, 2012, 08:05:23 pm

Title: POL Hens and Ducks
Post by: Templelands on July 05, 2012, 08:05:23 pm

Hi All


I'm in South Lanarkshire - can anyone recommend a good place to buy Point of Lay Hens & Ducks?


I've sourced a few places but they are looking for £25 each!


Cheers  :wave:

Title: Re: POL Hens and Ducks
Post by: Victorian Farmer on July 05, 2012, 08:21:45 pm

haw meney do you need iv got   http://www.johnstonspoultry.com/sussex.html (http://www.johnstonspoultry.com/sussex.html)      £15 EACH LAYING GOT YOUNG DUCKS TO

Title: Re: POL Hens and Ducks
Post by: Womble on July 06, 2012, 08:04:16 am

Hiya, Try Harmony Poultry (http://harmonypoultry.co.uk/) in Dumfriesshire - possibly not too far away from you?

However, is £25 really that wide of the mark?  I've always thought £15 for hybrids and £20 for pure breeds, but feed prices have also been going up recently..........

Title: Re: POL Hens and Ducks
Post by: ellied on July 06, 2012, 08:45:27 am

Mike Black at Newton of Collessie in Fife has POLs regularly, I was speaking to him Wednesday and he's got several breeds in just now and some Friesian (?) coming in a couple weeks - I made jokes about them being black and white and producing milk instead of eggs but apparently they're orange and white barred and I'm quite tempted by them plus Speckledys and cream Legbar he mentioned.  I don't think his are necessarily pure show quality breeding stock but I had 4 pullets off him a year ago and would definitely have more if/when I can get another coop/shed to the top of my financial outlay list ::)

Title: Re: POL Hens and Ducks
Post by: CameronS on July 06, 2012, 12:55:46 pm

have you got a contact number for him ellie?

Title: Re: POL Hens and Ducks
Post by: tobytoby on July 06, 2012, 01:44:38 pm

Gibbs of Galston usually have a varied amount of hybrids.
If you phone Cripps mill at Waterfoot near Eaglesham, i was in there this morning and someone has put an ad in for Marans & Warrens at POL  i am sure they were £15 each or trios.

Title: Re: POL Hens and Ducks
Post by: ellied on July 06, 2012, 02:02:30 pm

Will pm you Cameron :)