Where is the best place to buy chickens?

Question

we live in mansfield which is in nottinghamshire uk we dont mind traveling but not too far we have an allotment and want to buy some chickens does anyone know where we can buy them from ? and how much are they normaly ?

Answer 1

Dead or alive?

Answer 2

Try KFC

Answer 3

A FARMER MIGHT BE A GOOD IDEA.

Answer 4

Try a farmers market, dont know how much they cost or look in the local press, they sometimes sell them

Answer 5

"Murray Mcmurray" sells many different varieties of day old chickens and other fowl.  They have some really neat looking birds if you are just raising them for a hobby.  I've had great luck with them the past 5 years.

Answer 6

I have some eggs going in an incubator this week, sadly all the chicks are spoken for already.

Have a look on: http://www.adtrader.co.uk/ and look in the livestock section.

Expect to pay about £8 to £10 for a good variety.

Another way of getting hens is to look for 'Chicken Rescues' where battery farm hens are no longer wanted by the farm. They are often 'renewed' every 18 months to keep egg production up but a good hen has about five years of eggs in her.

Answer 7

Netto !