Fellside Posted February 26, 2023 Report Share Posted February 26, 2023 I’m being asked to pay somewhere between £6 to £7 per poult this year. I know the prices have risen….. however…..?! Has anyone else been given a price and how much please? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
London Best Posted February 26, 2023 Report Share Posted February 26, 2023 Dunno about poult prices, but commercially I have been offered days on one estate at the same price as last year, £40/bird, pheasant and partridge. Also, a friend has been told to expect poults to be up to 10% LESS than last year. Lots of places are talking about going partridge only as they don’t get bird flu the same as pheasants. What I wanna know is where are all the extra partridges going to come from? You can’t just make all the breeding partridges lay 50% more eggs. bird flu Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mgsontour Posted February 26, 2023 Report Share Posted February 26, 2023 3 minutes ago, London Best said: Dunno about poult prices, but commercially I have been offered days on one estate at the same price as last year, £40/bird, pheasant and partridge. Also, a friend has been told to expect poults to be up to 10% LESS than last year. Lots of places are talking about going partridge only as they don’t get bird flu the same as pheasants. What I wanna know is where are all the extra partridges going to come from? You can’t just make all the breeding partridges lay 50% more eggs. bird flu I don't know what has killed them but I've seen a lot of partridge carcass this last season but would agree pheasants ain't as tuff a partridge Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fellside Posted February 26, 2023 Author Report Share Posted February 26, 2023 7 minutes ago, London Best said: Dunno about poult prices, but commercially I have been offered days on one estate at the same price as last year, £40/bird, pheasant and partridge. Also, a friend has been told to expect poults to be up to 10% LESS than last year. Lots of places are talking about going partridge only as they don’t get bird flu the same as pheasants. What I wanna know is where are all the extra partridges going to come from? You can’t just make all the breeding partridges lay 50% more eggs. bird flu Thanks for that. Yes I have heard similar re this year’s prices - hence my questioning the £6 to £7 quote. Any news re prices from anyone - please chip in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jall25 Posted February 26, 2023 Report Share Posted February 26, 2023 I have not heard they are going down We have just paid a fiver - i paid 4.50 last year 2 local shoot 5.50 / each Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fellside Posted February 26, 2023 Author Report Share Posted February 26, 2023 10 minutes ago, jall25 said: I have not heard they are going down We have just paid a fiver - i paid 4.50 last year 2 local shoot 5.50 / each Thanks very much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jall25 Posted February 26, 2023 Report Share Posted February 26, 2023 Pleasure Wheat is coming down thank goodness Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fellside Posted February 26, 2023 Author Report Share Posted February 26, 2023 Just now, jall25 said: Pleasure Wheat is coming down thank goodness Yes that’s a help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fargo Posted May 2, 2023 Report Share Posted May 2, 2023 £6.10 from a very good farmer in East Sussex Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIDES EDGE Posted May 3, 2023 Report Share Posted May 3, 2023 £6.50 in Devon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weihrauch17 Posted May 3, 2023 Report Share Posted May 3, 2023 We were quoted £6.50 and no guarantee of supply. Given most naff off anyway due to the mild weather it is becoming unsustainable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fargo Posted May 3, 2023 Report Share Posted May 3, 2023 If anyone wants any my game farmer currently has >15,000 spare @ £6.10 but maybe a deal to be had. He does 250k a year and supplies some very nice shoots Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scolopax Posted May 6, 2023 Report Share Posted May 6, 2023 Lots of chicks and poults ‘advertised’ on various groups. There maybe more around this year than some expected, barring the Bettws Hall disaster. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
button Posted May 12, 2023 Report Share Posted May 12, 2023 £6.50 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charliedog Posted May 12, 2023 Report Share Posted May 12, 2023 On 06/05/2023 at 09:24, scolopax said: Lots of chicks and poults ‘advertised’ on various groups. There maybe more around this year than some expected, barring the Bettws Hall disaster. Intrigued, what is the Bettwys Hall disaster please? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen-H Posted May 12, 2023 Report Share Posted May 12, 2023 25 minutes ago, Charliedog said: Intrigued, what is the Bettwys Hall disaster please? Plus 1 I've seen something on social media pages but thought it was a fake post or some sort of scare mongering around the on going bird flu situation? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
London Best Posted May 12, 2023 Report Share Posted May 12, 2023 Bird flu. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jall25 Posted May 12, 2023 Report Share Posted May 12, 2023 On 03/05/2023 at 11:33, Weihrauch17 said: We were quoted £6.50 and no guarantee of supply. Given most naff off anyway due to the mild weather it is becoming unsustainable. Probably only lack of the right habitat that they do one really - or too much pressure from predators or shooting of course Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weihrauch17 Posted May 12, 2023 Report Share Posted May 12, 2023 7 hours ago, jall25 said: Probably only lack of the right habitat that they do one really - or too much pressure from predators or shooting of course I have been in the shoot 25 years and we have great habitat and shoot 10 days a year. The last 2 years have seen shocking returns as have other local shoots due to the mild winters we have had. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jall25 Posted May 12, 2023 Report Share Posted May 12, 2023 26 minutes ago, Weihrauch17 said: I have been in the shoot 25 years and we have great habitat and shoot 10 days a year. The last 2 years have seen shocking returns as have other local shoots due to the mild winters we have had. Fair enough Just unusual if great habitat and great predator control and not overshooting for birds to wander somewhere that all this is not available. I take it they have plenty of food and water ? What sort of returns are you talking about for interest please? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weihrauch17 Posted May 12, 2023 Report Share Posted May 12, 2023 We used to return 35 % or so but the last 2 years around 10%. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walker570 Posted May 13, 2023 Report Share Posted May 13, 2023 Yes, 35% on a do it yourself shoot is not bad, but a drop to 10% suddenly leads me to think there is so outside influence ..... two legged vermin ? next door providing better food etc? Perhaps purchasing thw wrong strain of bird because we had a similar problem when we purchased some blue backed birds but the following year went back to the good old English black necks (official names escape me) It was as bad as releasing grey partridge if not worse. A drop of that percentage needs examining closely. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weihrauch17 Posted May 13, 2023 Report Share Posted May 13, 2023 Our main Pen site is 44 acres and was sold 2 years ago by auction with many viewings but it is dense scrub so the only poaching would be with a shotgun and nothing has been heard locally. The shoot is 1700 acres across five farms. Other local shoots have reported similar results. Fox numbers have shot up but so have the numbers shot. It is becoming unviable TBH with the cost of everything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jall25 Posted May 14, 2023 Report Share Posted May 14, 2023 6 hours ago, Weihrauch17 said: Our main Pen site is 44 acres and was sold 2 years ago by auction with many viewings but it is dense scrub so the only poaching would be with a shotgun and nothing has been heard locally. The shoot is 1700 acres across five farms. Other local shoots have reported similar results. Fox numbers have shot up but so have the numbers shot. It is becoming unviable TBH with the cost of everything. Morning Thats a big shoot ! How many birds do you release ? Maybe try and condense it a bit - to manage over that area i would imagine is hard work Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
London Best Posted May 14, 2023 Report Share Posted May 14, 2023 Maybe the problem is 44 acres of dense scrub? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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