This year's Truro Autumn Poultry and Smallholders Sale was a huge success.
Held on Saturday, September 12, auctioneers Shaun Preece and Patrick Dennis said: "It was a hugely successful sale - all poultry pens being full, with something for everyone, selling on an extremely buoyant trade to a large audience of potential purchasers."
Top call of the day was £140 for a pair of Pennant parakeets sold by Mr. C.J. Rogers, of St. Wenn and in the poultry pens selling to £80 for four Legbar hens.
Other notable prices include:
Quartet Light Sussex £70
Young Pair Lemon Pekin Bantams £60
3 Cuckoo Maran Pullets (x2) £60
1 Cuckoo Silkie Bantam Hen £58
1 Buff Orpington Pullet (x2) £55
Trio Cuckoo Maran Bantams £55
3 Wheaten Maran Hens £55
Pair Millefleur Pekins £55
2 Devon Blue Pullets (x2) £52
2 French Copper Maran Pullets £52 & £50
Trio Buff Sussex 11 wks old £50
Pair Silver Indian Runners £50
3 Hubbard Hens £50
2 Devon Blue Pullets (x2) £45
1 Blue Americana Pullet (x2) £45
Trio Buff Laced Wyandottes £45
Trio Butterscotch Calls (x2) £42
1 Silver Laced Wyandotte Pullet (x3) £42
3 Red Turkey Poults (x2) £42
Pair Australorp Bantam Pullets (x2) £42
Pair Fawn & White Runners £42
Trio Chocolate & White Muscovies £42
Pair Bronze Turkeys £42
With a further fifteen pens achieving £40
Deadstock
A small entry of associated items with the best small poultry house making £60.
Hatching Eggs
A small entry selling to £6.50 twice for mixed Pekin eggs and again at £6 for two more lots with various other lots selling for £2+.
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