The Accidental Smallholder Forum
Community => Marketplace => Topic started by: taz08 on October 20, 2012, 08:51:04 am
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any1 know where to get exbats hens or ducks in angus aberdenshire or farms getting new stock and selling hens???
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Hi taz .... exbat hens are in short supply in Scotland .... I've had my name down for some .... for the best apart of 6 months ... it's due to the changes in the law over cage sizes .... hens are being kept for longer .....
... are you signed up with BHWT ....???
Cheers
Pete
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I THINK YOU WOULD GET SOME LOCAL AS PEOPLE GIVING UP WITH THE PRICE OF FEED WINTER ETC
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it's due to the changes in the law over cage sizes .... hens are being kept for longer .....
Why's that then? Try as I might, I can't figure out why it should make a difference?
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Happychicks have some. wev had ex-coms from Farmlay before.
we have 16 white sussex hens for sale. :wave:
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whare are you and how much
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Womble haws things at the mo iv had 3 phone calls this week 6 hens free and the house take away 2 young pigs and 1 horse free. its the west coast 60 miles away . i used to mix corn and bruised barley and sell 30 kilogram bags for £5 naw all barley has been sold and the price has gone up to £10 . mixt grain average 20 kil bag £9 wood shavings £6 naw gone up to £10. so on 10 hens the cost has gone up £9 so with the wether as its been £21 for 10 hens feed twice a day £5 a week to keep 10 hens no eggs and lots of work .......its not good
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well i can take birds if you get stuck but they would have to deliver to laurencekirk i dont drive
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Hang on. We may be back on the punctuation debate here. I can not understand what on earth someone is trying to tell us here ( and neither can the OH).
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Have you tried Lembas? I know they have in the past sold ex-freerange organic layers... Don't know whether they still do, or whether they have any at the moment. (Actually, it might be their neighbours who do the eggs - can't remember their name. They cooperate on many things.)
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Hang on. We may be back on the punctuation debate here. I can not understand what on earth someone is trying to tell us here ( and neither can the OH).
costs have gone thru roof and s**t profit.
its interesting to hear business side of things from other people cos not everyone on here is a hobby farmer.
our freerange farmlays were 50p each. but did bring redmites which took ages and ages to get rid of, cost alot in potions, then they started eating the eggs and used to invade the vegie patch with a passion. shame, wouldnt get them again. but goodluck with finding some.
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MAK (http://www.accidentalsmallholder.net/forum/index.php?action=profile;u=23438) i wosent with it this morning just a bad day to much to do all the best
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No problems Victorian farmer. I hope all is well.
If you have a spare 3 hours can you let me know the weather forecast for my area for the next 5 months ? ;D Just teasing.
Martin
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No problems Victorian farmer. I hope all is well.
If you have a spare 3 hours can you let me know the weather forecast for my area for the next 5 months ? ;D Just teasing.
Martin
Yes we could do with VF over here couldnt we MAK?
Im sure he'd do a much better job than Meteo who change their minds every couple of hours! Mind you, if they are to be believed, I will be able to do my outside chores during the next few days rather than hibernating like we have been doing this past week! Did you have any high winds?
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Wind ? I was up all night ! ;D Yes but they were from the SE so warm - T shirts still. It has rained at night though.
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normandy mary i did not realize you was in france so i will get you to forcast the wether this link will take you to a page http://www.wetterzentrale.de/ (http://www.wetterzentrale.de/) click on the second box dawn it will give you a GSF forcast this will take you till the 29 of october you click on this everey 2 days and its dead on forcast and you can see the cold in blue happey days .il do a long range for you
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Thanks so much VF you are a real star. I believe we have a few members who live in France so hopefully they will pick this up too. Meteo France were wrong again about today, its horrible with very heavy rain. Our farmers have had to work into the small hours of the morning to get the maize in. Its been very noisy with all the cutting equipment and the tractors with huge trailers attached. Now the cut fields are like mini lakes and our roads are extremely muddy.
Im actually looking forward to the colder weather to kill the bugs off and to freshen the air. I would much rather see to the animals when its cold and frosty rather than warm and wet.
Thanks again for looking after us this side of the channel VF.
Mary.
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thanks mary yes its been hard with the rain no summer ,We had a good start then it went dawn hill from april i said if i could fence the big field and have a new roof on the barn that would be christmas for me .well its all been done and i still have 300 lambs to sell .would like a new start in france i have no morgage and own the 2 houses and all stock tractor etc .iff the wether is as bad its not worth thinking of that .I do think the cold will come next week i just hope its not the winter started lamb for lunch so happey days iv put pictures where i live ,so have a look all the best.
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Thanks so much VF you are a real star. I believe we have a few members who live in France so hopefully they will pick this up too. Meteo France were wrong again about today, its horrible with very heavy rain. Our farmers have had to work into the small hours of the morning to get the maize in. Its been very noisy with all the cutting equipment and the tractors with huge trailers attached. Now the cut fields are like mini lakes and our roads are extremely muddy.
Here it's the tatties that have been lifted in fields with standing water... I don't expect much for the quality of what they got out - but still better than letting it all rot. :( Can't be good for the soil, either.
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Sorry folks, I think you've misunderstood what I was trying to ask.
I was commenting on this post:
Hi taz .... exbat hens are in short supply in Scotland .... I've had my name down for some .... for the best apart of 6 months ... it's due to the changes in the law over cage sizes .... hens are being kept for longer .....
I absolutely understand that costs are going up, and the weather means that production is also down (hey, don't I know it on both counts!). What I don't get is why the new cage sizes would mean farmers keeping their stock for longer? Apart from using more sawdust (?), how does that affect the calculations?