Hello again,
Does anyone out there know where we could buy some chickens? (non frozen) as we would like to have some for eggs and possibly some for meat birds.
thanks in advace for your help
Stuart
(Mon-26-01-2015, 10:38 AM)stuart Wrote: [ -> ]Hello again,
Does anyone out there know where we could buy some chickens? (non frozen) as we would like to have some for eegs and possibly some for meat birds.
thanks in advace for your help
Stuart
Yes we used to get ours from the Florist Shop in Lathus on the high street near the post office,
(yes i did say the Florist) you go and order them and she will tell you when they will be there for collection. Always found hers to be the best quality, they take a little while to get going but if you go for the common brown ones you will get one egg per day from each easy.
Or if you are sure you won't be tempted to buy a Donkey or 10 Baby Geese
You will find a lot of selection at Les Herolles market 29th of each month
(if it's sunday it moves to monday.) The animals are at the top end of the market and that's the first entrance. Be warned it's massive with around 400 stalls. I found their chickens OK but you will need to look at all the stalls to see the best, and watch out for what they actually put in the box we got home once and found one only had half a beak. Here is the website:
https://www.foire-des-herolles.fr/
Fred.
Hiya,
The gardem centre at L'Isle Jordain sells chickens.
In a lovely sort of way you can view before you buy because the little buggers are happily running round clucking away to themselves.
About 10€ for a big fat brown one.
Other than that, I know nothing about chickens. Other than they're nice to eat. Especially in a curry.
(Sat-14-02-2015, 16:26 PM)Admiral Wrote: [ -> ]Hiya,
The gardem centre at L'Isle Jordain sells chickens.
In a lovely sort of way you can view before you buy because the little buggers are happily running round clucking away to themselves.
About 10€ for a big fat brown one.
Other than that, I know nothing about chickens. Other than they're nice to eat. Especially in a curry.
Hi Admiral (or should that be "sir"?)
Thank you for the info we will go and have a look at the feathery ones I must whole heartedly agree with both your comments because I know nothing about chickens and they do indeed taste good in a curry !
Many thanks
Staurt
Big Boy,
I have no idea if your search for chooks was a triumph in old fashioned shopping.....but I happened to notice on my meanderings around the area that the new(ish) garden centre next to SuperU sells chickens.
Sadly, you can't see the blighters
before you buy because it's a place your order, pay and collect later jobbie.
There is a notice on the cash desk giving weights, types and prices if you're interested.
Bonne chance.
PS: You don't have to call me "Sir". Just "Your Holiness" will do because I'm quite modest in these matters.
Dear your holiness, (and Fred )
Thank you very much for the info on the egg laying machines, the maison de poulet is coming along nicely and should be ready for habitation soon. So visits will be taken to the above named sources of feathery things.
Nothing better than your own fresh eggs, I think we are going to have to get some more this year as the ones we are buying aren't a patch on what our own were.
Many thanks to all concerned for the info. We found out the other day from our French nieghbour (arent there a lot of those here?) that we can buy chicks and chickens from France Rurale which, as it happens is just around the corner from us and they are around €2 to €3 a bird depending on it's age. So another place to go and pick up birds
(Sun-19-04-2015, 16:52 PM)stuart Wrote: [ -> ]Many thanks to all concerned for the info. We found out the other day from our French nieghbour (arent there a lot of those here?) that we can buy chicks and chickens from France Rurale which, as it happens is just around the corner from us and they are around €2 to €3 a bird depending on it's age. So another place to go and pick up birds
That's a good price Stuart is that the price for eating birds or layers? We paid €7 but they were starting to lay.
As far as we can ascertain they are layers
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