HEXHAM - Sat. Fwd: 700-plus lots of rare & minority breed poultry, waterfowl, caged birds, small animals, hatching eggs & associated equipment.

Prices. - Poultry & waterfowl: £82(2) Lavender Pekin 2004 pullets; £80(2) Wyandotte pullets, £72(2), £68(2) Pekin pullets; £65 breeding pr Mandarin ducks (twice); £60 pr Mandarin ducks, £55 pr Reeves pheasants, £52(4) Rhode Island Red 2004 pullets (twice); £52(3) White Silkie pullets, £52 pr Silver pheasants; £52 quartet Buff Plymouth Rock bantams; £51 trio Lt Sussex; £50 trio Black Silkies; £50 pr Emben geese; £50 trio runner ducks; £50 trio Lavender Pekin bantams; £50 pr Lavender Pekin bantams; £50 trio White Pekin bantams; £50(4) Lt Sussex bantams (Jan 05); £48(3) Lt Sussex Pullets (20 wks); £48 quartet Buff Plymouth Rock bantams; £46(2) Guinea fowl 2004; £46 Quartet Brahma partridge large fowl: £45 pr black Turkeys 2004; £45(3) lt Sussex pullets (26 wks); 45(3) Silkie X Sussex; £42(4) RIR 2004 pullets; £42(3); Blue Belle hybrids; £42 (3) Khaki Campbell females; £42(3) lt Sussex pullets; £42 trio lt Sussex (26 wks); £42 trio Gold Partridge Dutch bantams; £42(3) Welsummer 2004 pullets; £42(4) yearling clockers; £40(4) RIR 2004 pullets; £40 breeding pr white call ducks;, £40 trio white Silkies; £40(3) Maran pullets (26 wks); £40(4) buff Sussex pullets (8 wks); £40(4) buff Sussex pullets (15 wks); £40 pr Lavender Pekins 2004; £40 trio Lt Sussex bantams 2004; £40 trio Buff Orpington large fowl; £40(3) RIR Pullets, £40 trio Silver Pencilled Wyandotte; £40 trio Silkie bantams; £40 quartet Barred Rock Bantams; £40(3) Welsummer 2004 pullets (twice); £40(4) Lt Sussex 2005 bantams; £38 trio Lt Sussex 2004 bantams; £38 trio buff Orpington large fowl; £37(3) Silver Spangled Bantam pullets; £36(4) Guinea Fowl; £36(3) Silkie X pullets; £36 pr Black Silkies 2004; £35 trio Lt Sussex; £35 pr European Shell ducks.

Caged birds: £55 pr Californian quail, £20 pr doves, £16, £13 pr Red Factor canaries, £16 pr Japanese quail (twice), £13 pr Japanese quail, £15, £13, £12 pr Red Factor Canaries.

Small animals: £26, £19 Netherland dwarf rabbit; £22, £16 dwarf lop rabbit; £22 young Chinchilla (twice); £21(4) black & white Dutch Guinea pigs; £17(4) tri-coloured Guinea pigs; £17(4) breeding coloured Guinea pigs; £16(4) self-coloured Guinea pigs; £16 Guinea pig (twice).

Equipment: £180 Brinsea 100-egg incubator; £125 plucking machine; £125 poultry shed; £81, £72 hen arks; £80 hen shed; £70 coop & run (twice); £70 incubator; £68, £65 hen huts & runs; £64, £60, £30 hen huts; £48 Brinsea 12-egg incubator; £48, £38, £32 roll aviary wire; £36(3) rolls chicken wire; £32 bird cage