Well, after a skunk killed 14 of my chicks the other night, the wife and I were in the market for some chicks. I didn't want to waste 3 weeks with some more eggs in the incubator, so it was off to craigslist.
The wife found these yesterday:

My wife found us a deal with a supposed mix of Golden spitzhauben, Silver spitzhauben, Egyptian fayoumis, white rocks, production reds, buff orphingtons, and black sex links. 26 birds in total.

So far, I caught 3 coons, 2 skunks, and a mink within 100 yds of the coop. I trap year round on the farm, but I try to stay 250+yds away from the house because of my wifes stupid dog. I pulled some conibear traps in close for a few nights and baited with dead chickens.

They'll be layin before you know it! Chickens are nice to have around, and teach kids responsibility if there's any of them around. I don't see how in the heck the store can sell eggs for 80 cents a dozen though.....

Chickens are a real varmint magnet. Nothin any prettier than a bunch of chicks and they are real bug catchers too.

I've replaced a lot of them over the years. Maybe that's not a good thing ???

Nice. I have 20 eggs in the incubator now. 10 Buff Orpingtons, and 10 RReds mixed with some barred Rock. I been having tough luck on eggs shipped in from ebay. Only one chicken hatched last time. Its an Americana I think. I did get 21 quail though.

sounds like you found a good trapping bait make enough this winter with your bait to buy a lot of chickens and eggs lol.

There are usually lots of poults and chickens listed on Craigslist. Lots of folks seem to think they're worth more than they are although if you check regularly you can find good deals.

You can buy a lot of animals off of Craigslist at well below production costs. I make a lot of money buying animals at below my production cost and immediately selling them to my meat buyers. The reason is most sellers are hobbyists, who care little about profit. Anyone doing it for a living would quickly go broke selling at the prices many people sell livestock for.

Keith

Some of the laying hens I've seen listed were priced so high I was tempted to ask if they laid golden eggs!

I think some people price stuff they are selling really high, because they don't really care if they sell it. They probably figure there is some sucker out there who will pay an exorbitant price for their item, if it's up long enough. Often a spouse or significant other tells someone to get rid of something and by pricing the item high, the person can hold onto the item, without angering them.

Most people, often erroneously, equate higher price with better quality. It's often easier and quicker to sell something for a moderate price, than a really low price.

Keith

Most people, often erroneously, equate higher price with better quality. It's often easier and quicker to sell something for a moderate price, than a really low price.

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I used to have neighbor that ran a Army Navy store and would often say if something didn't sell he would raise the price. He said if it was priced too cheap people thought there was a catch or that there was something wrong with it.

This is our first year with chickens. So far no looses to predation . They free range all day, dog keeps a close eye on things. I stop putting corn out for deer and haven't seen a coon in months. My coop sit off the ground 2' and every night when I close up the coop I set a 220 on the plank going up to the door.

I think foxpaw has a good idea raise the price of furs so they all sell after all when we had 20 to 30 dollar averages on coon they sold a 100 percent