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Rhodie

  • Joined May 2010
Where to source small numbers of broiler chicks.
« on: October 29, 2020, 04:13:59 pm »
Is there a hatchery which sells smaller batches of broiler chicks, 50 rather than 100?

Rosemary

  • Joined Oct 2007
  • Barry, Angus, Scotland
    • The Accidental Smallholder
Re: Where to source small numbers of broiler chicks.
« Reply #1 on: October 29, 2020, 04:45:45 pm »
Where are you?

macgro7

  • Joined Feb 2016
  • Leicester
Re: Where to source small numbers of broiler chicks.
« Reply #2 on: October 29, 2020, 07:41:18 pm »
Piggotts hatchery. Based somewhere near Milton Keynes of Luton.
They deliver all over the country.
There is another place near Wisbech
Growing loads of fruits and vegetables! Raising dairy goats, chickens, ducks, rabbits on 1/2 acre in the middle of the city of Leicester, using permaculture methods.

Richmond

  • Joined Sep 2020
  • Norfolk
Re: Where to source small numbers of broiler chicks.
« Reply #3 on: October 30, 2020, 11:48:49 am »
I get mine from Poulet Anglais in Lincolnshire. Usually white or brown Hubbards. Minimum 50 chicks. I split the order down between other people in our smallholder group as some people only want to rear 5 or 10 birds. I meet the delivery van somewhere en route when he does the Norfolk run (once a month) to bigger farms. I bring all the chicks back to mine and put them in my brooder and then people can pick up what they want from me at their convenience. It works well.

Possum

  • Joined Feb 2012
  • Somerset
Re: Where to source small numbers of broiler chicks.
« Reply #4 on: October 31, 2020, 10:12:36 am »
I wish I lived near to you Richmond. It sounds like a great arrangement. :chook:

Richmond

  • Joined Sep 2020
  • Norfolk
Re: Where to source small numbers of broiler chicks.
« Reply #5 on: October 31, 2020, 05:21:43 pm »
Do you have a smallholding group or society in your area? You may find they have a similar arrangement going on.

Rhodie

  • Joined May 2010
Re: Where to source small numbers of broiler chicks.
« Reply #6 on: November 04, 2020, 08:14:36 pm »
Where are you?
Somerset near Minehead.


Rhodie

  • Joined May 2010
Re: Where to source small numbers of broiler chicks.
« Reply #7 on: November 04, 2020, 08:18:17 pm »
Do you have a smallholding group or society in your area? You may find they have a similar arrangement going on.
Mostly large dairy and arable farms around here, recently moved and want to get started working towards self sufficiency again.

 

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