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Community => Marketplace => Topic started by: bib on February 24, 2010, 08:41:58 pm

Title: Black Rock Hens
Post by: bib on February 24, 2010, 08:41:58 pm

 - well, chicks at the moment actually, for sale!  They'll be 6 weeks old the weekend of 6th March, great layers, healthy, hardy & long lived !

   :chook: :chook: :chook:

Rhona

07709262345

Title: Re: Black Rock Hens
Post by: Wizard on February 24, 2010, 08:49:30 pm

Bib no axe to grind Lady Yarborough changed her wornout Pedigree Rhode Island Reds to Black Rocks I cannot taste any different in the eggs at all There are about 250 of them on just over an acre in the walled garden free range of course.

Title: Re: Black Rock Hens
Post by: bethjames on February 24, 2010, 09:31:33 pm

Hi,
Where abouts are you situated? And do you have any at point of lay?
Bethan James
www.cilwg.co.uk

Title: Re: Black Rock Hens
Post by: bethjames on February 25, 2010, 12:00:47 pm

Hi again,
Sorry we have found some close to home and are picking them up this afternoon  :)
Sorry to trouble you
Bethan James
www.cilwg.co.uk

Title: Re: Black Rock Hens
Post by: bib on March 03, 2010, 08:30:46 pm

Hi Bethan - no problem - they're 6 weeks old now, but you've got yours already.  There are still some left.

Hi Wizard - the black rocks should lay more eggs than the pure breeds tho! And lay better quality (ie no wrinkly shells etc dont know about taste I think that may have more to do with feeding, access to cropped grasses etc)  eggs for longer than the brown hybrids

bib
 :chook:

Title: Re: Black Rock Hens
Post by: bib on March 03, 2010, 08:35:01 pm

Me again - forgot to say Im in the Black Isle (north of Inverness, north-ish  Scotland for those who dont know), and who is lady yarborough??? Apart from being a wifey with a lot of hens .. ??   ;)

Title: Re: Black Rock Hens
Post by: Wizard on March 04, 2010, 07:25:37 am

Bib do look it up on Wikipedia