Wanted: Hens in South Lancashire/North Cheshire area.

[mattw]

The chook run on the allotment is all but finished apart from one essential ingredient - Some chooks!

We are ideally looking for around six traditional/rare/old breed hens to start with. Trying to find a breeder on t'internet in my area is proving to be quite difficult. Of the ones I have called I have only had one callback telling me that they are sorry but have nothing until spring!

We are in the South Lancashire/North Cheshire area. If anyone can help of point me in the right direcion then it would be greatly appreciated (esp by the chooks - it's quality accomodation)

Thanks,

Matt.

[Alison]

Not too sure how helpful this is but they always have a load of rare breed ones at the Abbey Leys Farmers Market, near High Legh (www.abbeyleys.co.uk, tel 01925 753465). Think they're more for information than anything else but could be worth you getting in touch. The market is the first Sunday in every month but there's a farm shop there all the time so hopefully they could give you some pointers.

Sorry, don't know anymore as don't keep chooks - garden's too small, have a couple of cats and my mum is terrified of birds (I know, it's irrational but there you go!).

Let me know how you get on.

[mattw]

Not too sure how helpful this is but they always have a load of rare breed ones at the Abbey Leys Farmers Market, near High Legh (www.abbeyleys.co.uk, tel 01925 753465). Think they're more for information than anything else but could be worth you getting in touch. The market is the first Sunday in every month but there's a farm shop there all the time so hopefully they could give you some pointers.

Sorry, don't know anymore as don't keep chooks - garden's too small, have a couple of cats and my mum is terrified of birds (I know, it's irrational but there you go!).

Let me know how you get on.

Thanks Alison,

I've sent them an email.

Matt.

[annie trip]

Hi mattw,I am near preston and this year got 2silver spangled hamburgs+2 buff pekins(from Blackburn) 2 white sussex, 2 cream legbars and just got 2 marans locally. Have a look in the classified section of the farmers guardian or if you are near clitheroe auction they have a sale every wed pm (you have to be carefull what you buy there tho.

You will become addicted they are great stress busters..

[yoanbob]

hi mattw will pm you my breeders number, hes in huddersfield, he usually has birds all year round, its pot luck what you get, but he has a selection, some farm birds some for shows he breeds different ones every year.

[Alison]

Hiya Matt - how you getting on in your chook hunt?

[mattw]

Hiya Matt - how you getting on in your chook hunt?

Hi Alison,

Thanks for asking. Well, still no chooks but Andy knows a farmer near Macclesfield who reckons he can sort us out with some of this years pullets so just waiting on that lead.

Matt.