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HYBRID POL (POINT OF LAY) HENS

WEBPAGE UPDATED 5th MARCH 2010

Listed below are all of the hybrid POL hens we have for sale here at Merrydale Farm any of these hybrid hens can be mixed together giving you a wonderfully colourful flock, Unfortunately we cannot take reservations for the hens, if you find that the chicken you would like is sold out, email us with your requirements and we will send you an email when they become available again. Email Us.

We generally have new flocks of POL hens available at the end of every month. When you collect your hens please dont forget to bring either a box, (a crisp size box will hold two hens) or a suitable pet carrier. We also stock pet carriers suitable for two hens £2.50 each. Feathers can be trimmed if required, and we are only too happy to show customers how to do it in the future, or you are more than welcome to bring your hens to us to be trimmed for free.

POL hybrid hens are 15+ weeks old, generally they will begin to lay at approx 20 weeks.

ALL HYBRID POL HENS ARE REARED TO FREEDOM FOODS AND LION CODE STANDARDS WITH A COMPREHENSIVE VACCINATION AND BLOOD TESTING PROGRAMME (SEE BOTTOM OF PAGE FOR DETAILS).

NOTE: WE DO NOT SELL MEAT BIRDS -
ALL HENS ARE COLLECTION ONLY - WE DO NOT DELIVER
WE CANNOT RESERVE HENS AS WE DO NOT HAVE FACILITIES TO KEEP THEM SEPERATE - PLEASE DO NOT ASK

PS.. NO NEED TO BRING WELLIES OR WORRY ABOUT THE WEATHER, ALL OUR POL HENS ARE KEPT INDOORS

OPENING HOURS:

Monday & Tuesday - CLOSED
Wednesday & Thursday 9.30am til 5.00pm
Friday - 9.30am til 6pm
Saturday - 10.30am til 5.00pm
Sunday - 10.30am til 4.00pm

MERRYDALE RANGER
These amazing birds are capable of laying upto 340 light brown eggs in their first year and are the standard commercial bird. These birds can be from the following strains: Warren, Hisex, Hiline or Lohman.
Price per Hen £12.50

DAY OLD CHICKS AVAILABLE NOW MERRYDALE RANGERS NOW ALSO AVAILABLE AS DAY OLD - ALL FEMALES - £5.00 EACH.

MERRYDALE SWEETIE
One of the most docile of hybrids we sell, very inquisitive and a real "sweetie", making
her a real family favourite. Lays approx 300 eggs in first year.
Feather colours vary from a pure cream to a speckled brown

Price per Hen £12.50

MERRYDALE COPPER BLACK
A Copper Black Maran based hybrid, with a large percentage laying a dark brown egg. She is very attractive bird whose black feathers shine a petrol green when out in the sun.
Lays approx 300 eggs in first year.

Price per Hen £14.00

MERRYDALE BLUE
A beautiful blue hybrid which is one of the largest hybrids in the range. She will lay a creamy brown egg.
Lays approx 280 eggs in first year.

Price per Hen £14.00

MERRYDALE SNOWBELL
A prolific layer of pure white eggs, she is the smallest of the hybrids making her a little easier to handle by children, although they are lighter on their feet, making her somewhat harder to catch !!!! Lays approx 300 eggs in first year.

Price per Hen £14.00

MERRYDALE CUCKOO
This beautiful looking hybrid has plumage which feels like velvet. She will lay a light brown egg, approx 280 eggs in first year.

Price per Hen £14.00

MERRYDALE PIED
Another good looking hybrid hen with a thick unusual plumage, she will lay a light brown
egg, approx 280 in first year

Price per Hen £14.00
LAST FEW REMAINING

MERRYDALE SUSSEX
A Striking hen bred from the utility strain of the popular Light Sussex. Lays approx 280
eggs in first year.

Price per Hen £14.00

MERRYDALE CRESTED
The crested, bred from a cream creasted legbar is still being developed as a commercial blue egg laying bird.programme, involving the use of traditional British bloodlines gives a varied coloured hybrid. A Breeding programme, involving theuse of traditional from cream or tan through to blue and grey, or mottled feathering, often with a lighter hue to the breast.
A proportion are crested and comb size varies.

A good sized bird, with 80% laying a blue/green, medium to large egg, the remainder lay a range of pastel shades. Lays approx 280 eggs in first year.

Price per Hen £25.00

VACCINATION PROGRAMME

AGE	DISEASE	ADVISED VACCINE
DAY 1	MAREKS	HATCHERY INJECTION
DAY 1 OR 2	SALMONELLA	LOHMANN TAD VacE*
DAY 5-7	COCCIDIOSIS	PARACOX
DAY 20	INFECTIOUS BURSAL	INTERVET GUMBORO D78*
DAY 28	INFECTIOUS BURSAL - GUMBORO	INTERVET GUMBORO D78*
WEEK 5	CLASSICAL INFECTIOUS BRONCHITIS/ NEWCASTLE DISEASE	INTERVET MA5/CLONE*
WEEK 6	SALMONELLA ENTERITIDIS	LOHMAN TAD VacEweek *6
WEEK 7	VARIANT INFECTIOUS BRONCHITIS	INTERVET IB4/91*
WEEK 8	AVIAN RHINOTRACHEITIS	MERIAL NEMOVAC*
WEEK 10	CLASSICAL INFECTIOUS BRONCHITIS/ NEWCASTLE DISEASE	INTERVET MA5/CLONE 30*
WEEK 11	VARIANT INFECTIOUS BRONCHITIS	FORT DODGE IB PRIMER (D274)
WEEK 13	AVIAN ENCEPHALOMYELITIS	INTERVET NOBILIS AE*
WEEKS 15 OR 16	SALMONELLA ENTERITIDIS	LOHMANN TAD VacE*
BEFORE DELIVERY	INAC NEWCASTLE/INFECTIOUS BRONCHITIS/ EGG DROP SYNDRONE 76	INTERVET IBmulti+ND+ED(INAC)

* ADMINISTERED BY DRINKING WATER

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