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Community => Marketplace => Topic started by: sarah angus on July 08, 2016, 08:23:02 am

Title: SHETLAND FOWL FOR SALE
Post by: sarah angus on July 08, 2016, 08:23:02 am

PAIR OF 2015 HATCH SHETLAND FOWL. LOVELY FRIENDLY BLACK PULLET AND BLACK N RED COCKEREL. SHE LAYS DAILY, CREAM , MEDIUM EGGS. PLUS 4 , FIVE WEEK OLD SHETLAND CHICKS, FROM GREEN EGGS , UNRELATED TO THE PAIR WITH DIFFERENT MARKINGS. LOOKS LIKE 2 FEMALE AND 2 MALES. SHOULD MAKE A NICE LITTLE BREEDING GROUP IN THE FUTURE.
SHETLAND FOWL ARE THOUGHT TO ORIGINATE FROM AMERICAN INDIAN BLUE LAYERS CROSSED WITH BROWN LAYERS THEN SHIPWRECKED ON SHETLAND. TYPICALLY GREEN EGG LAYERS, WITH FLUFFY TAPPITS AND LARGE EYES. INQUISITIVE AND INTELIGENT BIRDS, LIGHT LARGE FOWL.
SUITABLE HOME SORT FOR THIS SPECIAL LITTLE FLOCK. COLLECT FROM FORFAR AREA. £65 FOR THE 6 BIRDS.

Title: Re: SHETLAND FOWL FOR SALE
Post by: irenemcc on July 12, 2016, 10:34:02 pm

Would love to have these. Biggest problem is it would be a 6 to 7 hour round trip to pick them up. Can't see myself actually being able to get away for that length of time at the moment.