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| MissKimberley |
on Sun 21 Mar 10, 1:12 PM to MissKimberley's blog.
Ok, so I like having a mini farm in my garden. I want three hens for fresh egg purposes (doh) but I have no idea where to get them. There are no farmers' markets, I don't know anyone with chickens, there are no breeders or anything nearby (after extensive googling) so where the hell do you buy chickens?
| 21 Mar 10, 1:17 PM dominalush UK(RG), 5 yrs |
Im going to be getting some too!Is it a Domme thing lol.It depends where you live but often chickens are advertised in the yellow"free-ads"paper under pets/livestock.Good luck,let me know how you get on...perhaps we should set up an i.c."chicken-keepers forum! to give pain is my pleasure...... | ||
| 21 Mar 10, 1:31 PM MissKimberley NL, 8 yrs    |
Maybe an IC home & garden forum Will keep an eye out, have also thought about hanging up a little ad in local supermarkets. Wonder if that will work? “During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act” - George Orwell | ||
| 21 Mar 10, 1:38 PM BikerButch UK(ST), 6 yrs |
Do a google search for your nearest large scale egg producer! Rescue battery hens! what better way to start? Once they start laying less than 4 or 5 eggs a week they kill them.... yet they can keep laying for years! Often if you smile nicely you will get them completely free. Good place to begin your search > http://littlehenrescue.co.uk/default.aspx Edited 21 Mar 10, 1:40 PM by BikerButch | ||
| 21 Mar 10, 2:09 PM OllieVW  2 yrs |
http://www.perfectpoultry.co.uk/ Just google chickens for sale in your local area and youll find something alot easier than you think. "denil isnae just a riva in Egypt" Terry Lawson - Glue by Irvine Welsh Edited 21 Mar 10, 2:15 PM by OllieVW | ||
| 21 Mar 10, 2:43 PM little_belle UK(E), 3 yrs  |
Oooh I know! I know! http://www.omlet.co.uk/homepage/ Not joking. My brother decided to buy chickens to keep for eggs, so he got 4 chickens* and a eggloo and they get 4/5 eggs a day, he loves it. This company came round to my parents house with the hutch and the chicks and taught my bro everything he needed to know. *Mavis, Doris, Agnes and Gladys...my bro is weird. Hewwo! I make nylon whips. Take a peek at my profile if you'd like to buy one. | ||
| 21 Mar 10, 3:10 PM MissKimberley NL, 8 yrs |
I have been hunting a little more, no 'free the chickens' stuff to be found here. I have suggested it to a few websites that do a lot of animal protection and pro-organic work, I'll wait and see what comes from that.
I have also gone to something like ebay where pet sales are allowed and found a local farmer selling some chickens for 8 euros per hen so will give him a ring too. Will need the pup to get working on the hen house and run, after he's finished my raised beds “During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act” - George Orwell | ||
| 21 Mar 10, 3:27 PM MisterBear UK(WA), 8 yrs  |
Well you know what they say. "Kinky is using a feather, perverted is using the whole chicken."
Keep up the good work. I always behave. I just don't specify how. | ||
| 21 Mar 10, 4:46 PM brat_MP UK(EX), 5 yrs |
www.bhwt.org.uk the only registered uk charity that recues and rehomes ex battery chickens all over the country xx 'There came a time when the risk to remain tight in the bud was more painful than the risk it took to bloom' Anais Nin | ||
| 21 Mar 10, 4:58 PM Qwoin UK(S), 10 yrs |
Hmmmm I wonder if they have giant chickens
Don't be afraid of dying, be afraid of not living. | ||
| 21 Mar 10, 6:57 PM brat_MP UK(EX), 5 yrs |
'There came a time when the risk to remain tight in the bud was more painful than the risk it took to bloom' Anais Nin |
then I can blog about seeds and compost making etc too 
