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Pure Breed List
Updated 20th June 2008

This is the list of the main chickens we breed,(occasionally we do breed other types), I try to keep the website as up-to-date as I can but availability changes from day to day, please email or telephone for further information on whats available at the moment.

If you are considering buying some day old chicks, but have never kept them before check out our "Chicken Care" page which will give you tips and advice on caring for chicks.

Please note: we do not take reservations for hens but can add you to our mailing list and let you know by email when the hens you require are available. Email Us

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  • Silkies Chicks available - Hatched 16th June
Note: All livestock including chicks is collection only, we cannot deliver
Silkies
The feathers on silkies don't have barbs or quills, and the birds look and feel like balls of fluff!. Interesting characteristics of the breed are its 5 toes and black skin. Silkie hens are among the best to use as broodies if you want to hatch your eggs out under hens. They make wonderful mothers

Blue
Black
White
Splash
Cuckoo

Day old Chicks - £6.00 each
Hens - £25.00
Cockerels - £10.00
Breeding Trio - £50.00
Hatching Eggs - £1.50 each + P&P

Silkie - Merrydale Poultry
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Chicks Available - Hatched 16th June 2008

 
Cochins (Exhibition Quality)

One of the largest chickens, a full grown cock can reach 11 pounds, with the hens reaching 8 1/2 pounds. With their thick fluffy plumage, the birds look even larger. Their skin is yellow and they lay a brown egg. Although bred mostly for exhibition, they make a good meat bird. Cochins are usually very calm birds and easily made into pets. They are also excellent broodies.

Black
Blue
Splash
Cuckoo
Buff

Day old Chicks £7.00 each
Hatching Eggs - £2.50 each + P&P

Cochin - Merrydale Poultry
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Unsexed chicks available

 
Frizzle Pekin Bantams

White
Grey
Splash
Black

Day old chicks - £6.00 each
Hens - £25.00
Cockerels - £10.00
Breeding Trio: £50.00
Hatching Eggs - £1.50 each + P&P

Frizzle - Merrydale Poultry
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Nothing Available At Present
 
Pekins

These little birds are very popular both in the fancy for showing and with backyarders as pets. They are very tame and pretty. They are also popular as broody hens, being able to cover a fair number of eggs and sitting very tightly.

Lavender
Lemon Cuckoo
White

Day old Chicks - £6.00 each
Hens - £25.00 each
Cockerels - £10.00 each
Breeding Trio £50.00
Hatching eggs - £1.50 each + P&P

Pekin - Merrydale Poultry
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Nothing available at present
 
Rhode Island Red
One of the best known breeds, the RIR is a good layer of large brown eggs. The hens will rarely go broody and can produce around 260 eggs per year.

Rhode Island Red
POL hens - £18.00 each
Cockerels - £10.00 each

rhode island Red - Merrydale Poultry

SOLD OUT. Available Approx August 2008

 
Pekins
Hatched 27.02.08
Black & White Silkies
Hatched 25.10.07
 
pekins hatched 27th Feb 2008
silkies CLICK TO VIEW LARGER IMAGE
 
Gold & Silver Sebrights
Hatched 24.06.07
Blue Orpingtons
Hatched 23.06.07
White Silkies
Hatched 22.06.07
Sebright chicks CLICK TO VIEW LARGER IMAGE
Blue Orpingtons CLICK TO VIEW LARGER IMAGE
Silkie Chicks CLICK TO VIEW LARGER IMAGE

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