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Re: Laying hens
[Re: grizzwald660]
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That seems high. We buy out as chicks only a few days old for $1.00-$2.00 depending on the breed.
Eh...wot?
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Re: Laying hens
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04/11/18 06:22 AM
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I just did a quick search on my local Craigslist and found this:
I have several chicks and chickens for sale:
$15 - Porcelain Silkie Cockerel (very buff), produced by Marsha's Silkies & Sizzles. 2.5 months old.
$15 - Splash Silkie Cockerel, produced by Marsha's Silkies & Sizzles. 2.5 months old.
$40 - PAIR of Ayam Cemani, Cockerel & Pullet; 1 white toe tip on each foot, and pink inside mouths. 5 weeks old.
$10 - Black Ameraucana Pullet, possibly carries Lavender (Self-Blue) gene. 5 weeks old. FREE if bought with Cemani.
Hatching on March 23, just in time for Easter, I will have several color varieties of Silkies, Sizzles, and (Wooly) Swedish Hedemoras. Silkies/Sizzles will be $15-20 each, and Hedemoras start at $35 and up. Find me on Facebook: The Good Egg.
Another guy wanted $50.00 for a p;air of marans, called them "rare."
Let the buyer beware!
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Re: Laying hens
[Re: Lugnut]
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04/11/18 08:52 AM
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I just did a quick search on my local Craigslist and found this:
I have several chicks and chickens for sale:
$15 - Porcelain Silkie Cockerel (very buff), produced by Marsha's Silkies & Sizzles. 2.5 months old.
$15 - Splash Silkie Cockerel, produced by Marsha's Silkies & Sizzles. 2.5 months old.
$40 - PAIR of Ayam Cemani, Cockerel & Pullet; 1 white toe tip on each foot, and pink inside mouths. 5 weeks old.
$10 - Black Ameraucana Pullet, possibly carries Lavender (Self-Blue) gene. 5 weeks old. FREE if bought with Cemani.
Hatching on March 23, just in time for Easter, I will have several color varieties of Silkies, Sizzles, and (Wooly) Swedish Hedemoras. Silkies/Sizzles will be $15-20 each, and Hedemoras start at $35 and up. Find me on Facebook: The Good Egg.
Another guy wanted $50.00 for a p;air of marans, called them "rare."
Let the buyer beware!
These prices are really cheap. The pair of Ayem Cemanis would go easily fr $300 IF the breed was right. But these aren't. Right in the ad it says white on toe, pink in mouth. NOT pure Ayem Cemanis. I know because i breed them. $50 for a pair of Marans is reasonable. He doesn't even specify what king of Marans,; birchen, blue, blue copper, splash. If you're just wanting chickens for eggs, then those are good prices. If you want, for example, Cemanis to breed and start a business, terrible price because you will have inferior birds.
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Re: Laying hens
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04/11/18 09:52 AM
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Get some chicks and go from there get extras and sell the excess for less then the others want, my chickens free range in the daytime and eat less feed in the summer months but in winter they eat all feeds and some scraps so the higher costs in holding them over the winter month.
Was born in a Big City Will die in the Country OK with that!
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Re: Laying hens
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04/11/18 10:07 AM
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the chick prices i've seen range from a dollar up to about 4, for the 'normal' laying breeds.
after you feed them for a year, I can absolutely see 20 to 25 bucks a bird.
I've got a dozen birds at any given time and I supplement I lot with free range and table scraps, and still easily spend 20 bucks a month on feed.
lights and water heaters in the winter, my time and efforts...anything less than that and they might as well give them away
Josh
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Re: Laying hens
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04/11/18 11:16 AM
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We are going to sell 21 week old pullets the first of July for $20 each. Brown leghorns and Easter eggers.
It is more blessed to give than to receive
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Re: Laying hens
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04/11/18 03:50 PM
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Add up the cost of the chicks and a years worth of food/care and then come back and let us know what seems reasonable. I see them for $10-12 on CL here and wonder why people even waste their time. They're probably losing money on some. I understand the costs. I’ve raised ring neck pheasants.
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Re: Laying hens
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04/11/18 03:53 PM
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Baby chicks about 4-5$ea at feed stores and year olds ~$6 average, but regularly see ad for unlimited numbers of hens for $2 each.
At auction they can be as high as $26 each..
Now, what difference does it make? if in Joplin they sell for $2 and near you they are $10, are you going to drive to Joplin and shop for used birds?
Producing farm eggs may cost about $2/doz and store bought are $.50, so keeping hens is not a great way to save money. Pay what you think they are worth to look at as entertainment and appreciate that you get higher quality eggs as a bonus. I can be there tonight. Ha ha. And stay at a friends house. We lived in Webb City for about 10 years. I might just have to take a road trip. Thanks
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Re: Laying hens
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04/11/18 04:11 PM
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Add up the cost of the chicks and a years worth of food/care and then come back and let us know what seems reasonable. I see them for $10-12 on CL here and wonder why people even waste their time. They're probably losing money on some. I understand the costs. I’ve raised ring neck pheasants. Then your question confuses me.
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Re: Laying hens
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04/11/18 05:30 PM
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I can be there tonight. Ha ha. And stay at a friends house. We lived in Webb City for about 10 years. I might just have to take a road trip. Thanks We have new chickens! SALE CHICKENS! CHICKENS! Chickens! Red laying hens, $2.50 each, 12-14 months old. 417-489-2062, 417-235-4282. YES....as long as there is an ad, there’s gonna be chickens! Th... Show more This or similar has been running for about a year, pretty sure they $2.00 one time. Monett number so you can save an hour round trip.
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