Poultry auctions

[petal]

I fancy going to one of these, just to snoop, of course... Is there a web page which lists them?

[MaureenHall]

Think it's a bit late in the year for auctions now (well it is here anyway). I'm planning on going to the next Penkridge one, but that's not until next April

[Suechooks]

I fancy going to one of these, just to snoop, of course... Is there a web page which lists them?

There was an informal list of sales etc on Practical Poultry forum.

[moola]

check your local paper and PP mag. If you do have a local sale - prices are very low at the moment. Breeders are selling off young stock that hasn't got exhibition or good breeding potential - they don't want to incur feeding costs over winter.

[dabsisme]

Penkridge is still on and will be on all over the winter so don't stop going I get some of my best buys this time of year when there are not so many people there to bid as its to cold to stand still.

[Bramble-Poultry]

Penkridge in the west mids is on every wednesday, leek in staffordshire is on every other saturday (Leek Auctions Limited), chelford is on most mondays and i think that there is a regular weekly one on at Hereford, but not sure. havent been for over two years so it might have shut down.

[Bramble-Poultry]

Penky cheap! i went there this afternoon - my god - i couldnt believe some of the prices!

hatching eggs (wrong time of year in my opinion) were going for silly prices. Some were really cheap (£2 for half a dozen light sussex) and then others were going really expensive (£12 for half a dozen copper maran)

As for duck eggs, no hatching eggs, but extra large eating ones were going for £1 a dozen

poultry prices were as variable - Welsummer cockerel 50p, welsummer hens £12, cream legbar chicks (6 weeks) £1.50 each, japanese quail £4 each, chinese quail £2 each!

you really took your chances with the prices today.

[Suechooks]

And what sneaked into your car jennie?

[Snadger]

I fancy going to one of these, just to snoop, of course... Is there a web page which lists them?

I've only been to two in my life.(Both at Hexham) The first was with friends where I didn't bid. The second was by myself where I bought a pair of black Minorca's!

I can thoroughly recommend it petal. The prices seemed to get cheaper as the day went on!

[Bramble-Poultry]

An English Game Hen - thats all i was a good girlie

[Bramble-Poultry]

Same at Leek Snadger - all the birds in the first hour of the auction go for silly money but if you are game enough to hang around for 3 hours they start to get cheap - really really cheap - i have got a box of mixed growers for 25p each and some pekin hens for just £2.50 each - but by this time I've usually been at the auction 6 or 7 hours!!!