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Livestock => Poultry & Waterfowl => Topic started by: benkt on March 05, 2014, 11:34:21 am

Title: Wanted: Aylesbury Drake
Post by: benkt on March 05, 2014, 11:34:21 am

As per subject - I want an Aylesbury drake! I've just called off a test hatch from our small flock as after three weeks nothing has happened in any of the eggs :(
Wasn't expecting a massive hit rate this early in the season but zero is a bit too low so if anyone in the Cambridge-ish area has spare drakes I'd like to buy one please!


Thanks,
Ben

Title: Re: Wanted: Aylesbury Drake
Post by: HesterF on March 05, 2014, 11:42:22 pm

Don't despair yet! I had a couple of dud broods this time last year from the Silver Appleyard drake but he was going great guns later in the season.

Title: Re: Wanted: Aylesbury Drake
Post by: benkt on March 06, 2014, 12:33:40 am

Thanks for the encouragement!
I'm going to pop down to the auction near Mildenhall next Wednesday as a friend wants to buy some chickens and I said I'd show him round so might pick one up there if there's anything decent as I've enough girls at the moment to run two.