The Poultry Keeper

Henwife · Joined: 31 Jan 2006 Posts: 3222 Location: Monmouthshire

I went in to Hereford this morning with some hatching eggs. Before going, I had emptied an incubator into the hatcher. I have come home with a tray of 30 unidentified hatching eggs - varied shades of supermarket brown - but @ 50p a dozen who could resist. Oh, and I did buy a very young Welbar cockerel from somebody who'd bought all three trios, and he was the best of the welbars anyway. Both the isolation cages are ocupied by growers so he's residing in the biggest cat carrier for the time being. He's a bit young to be out on his own anyway.

debcat · Posted: Wed May 07, 2008 3:58 pm Post subject:

henwife, you are dangerous at a sale Shocked

I love the way you emptied the incubator before going Laughing

CP · Posted: Wed May 07, 2008 4:31 pm Post subject:

there's no hope....! Embarassed

bronskibeat · Joined: 09 Sep 2007 Posts: 1613 Location: Clawddnewydd

Brilliant, please dont ever come up to north Wales, I've managed to bankrupt myself on eBay so if we ever met up things could take a decided turn for the worst Laughing

NannyP · Posted: Wed May 07, 2008 6:54 pm Post subject:

I can remember a time whe you seemed so practical and careful, I reckon you're gettin soft in your old age

james419 · Posted: Wed May 07, 2008 8:07 pm Post subject:

And this from someone who cannot bear to se the incubator empty for more than a few hours!!!!

Henwife · Joined: 31 Jan 2006 Posts: 3222 Location: Monmouthshire

Me? Practical and careful? I just can't resist a bargain, and nobody else bid for them.
When my parents lived in Pentrellyncymmer I used to come north quite frequently.

Tracey Morris · Joined: 04 Nov 2007 Posts: 289 Location: South Wales

Is hereford market on next week? I am off for a week and am looking to attend a market ( not necessarily animal ..........!) yeh as if Very Happy

NannyP · Posted: Wed May 07, 2008 9:05 pm Post subject:

sunnyside · Joined: 06 Oct 2005 Posts: 245 Location: Birmingham

no hope for you : )
glad its not just me who can't resist cheap hatching eggs! -and can't look at an empty incubator!

Chris Kurzfeld · Joined: 29 Oct 2007 Posts: 1392 Location: Carmarthenshire

I've 10 2 week old chicks in the living room, 2 broodies sitting on 6 eggs apiece and another hen just gone broody. I am so tempted to give her some eggs but I'm running out of space, I've no broody cage for her and I've even got to build another coop for the chicks I already have (and will, hopefully, be) - what a waste, anyone want a broody hen? Laughing

CP · Posted: Thu May 08, 2008 9:13 am Post subject:

No thanks, got enough of my own & we're not even hatching any eggs! Rolling Eyes

Henwife · Joined: 31 Jan 2006 Posts: 3222 Location: Monmouthshire

Hereford is the first and third Wednesday of the month (also the 5th if there is one). But......they have a pure breed sale on July 5th which is a Saturday. Oh, and there's one in Ross on June 14th.

vanessa · Joined: 24 Sep 2005 Posts: 1235 Location: Correze

50p a dozen? I think you can be forgiven for your "moment of weakenss" Henwife! Laughing

Even if they're "only" fit for table birds, it's a real bargain!!

Woodburner · Posted: Sat May 10, 2008 10:39 pm Post subject:

So cheap!! Heck, eggs for omelettes cost more than that!! Laughing