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Post by Kathy on Mar 27, 2008 9:18:04 GMT -5
What is a fair price to pay for fertile eggs? These would be from a mixed flock, all heavy brown egg layers. I've never bought eggs for hatching so I need input!  |
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Post by bbird on Mar 27, 2008 11:19:06 GMT -5
I wouldn't pay more then a dollar an egg...and that would be if they were taken right out of the nesting box and handed to me.
If they are being mailed to you, I wouldn't pay more then 50 cents an egg.
I didn't buy any chicks this year, but our feedstore just got done with "chick days" and prices for baby chicks sure went up. It use to be $2.25 per chick and now its hovering around $3.00. I don't know if getting the chicks from the hatcheries is cheaper but buying eggs and hatching them yourself is more economical now.
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Post by Kathy on Mar 27, 2008 12:37:37 GMT -5
No shipping, these would be from a lady the next town over. She has a nice healthy flock of probaly 30-35 hens & a few really pretty, huge roosters. Normally just uses the eggs for her own table and cooks the rest for her dogs.   I just didn't want to cheat her since she has no idea how much to charge. |
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Post by bbird on Mar 27, 2008 13:36:10 GMT -5
Your a good person kathy, and I bet the lady would be happy with just getting what would normally be the price farm eggs are going for in your area. Plus since she isn't in the business of selling fertile eggs, maybe even doing a swap of some kind would be nice. A nice loaf of homemade bread or something crafty you have made in exchange for eggs.
I'm going to drift a little here but we have a little farmers stand that just opened up down in town. Not much veggies coming through but people are already selling plants, homemade crafts, ect. We stopped in there last weekend, and it is the first time I overheard lots of bartering going on. People were trading eggs for plants, homemade dishtowels for carrots. It was nice to see, especially knowing what direction our economy is going in that at least the folks working the farmers market were open to bartering.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 28, 2008 17:54:26 GMT -5
I'd offer 25 cents an egg. (check em under the lamp tho) Good luck!!!! (do you have an incubator?) Kaza |
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Post by Kathy on Mar 28, 2008 21:29:57 GMT -5
I'd offer 25 cents an egg. (check em under the lamp tho) Good luck!!!! (do you have an incubator?) Kaza No incubator of my own(yet) but Bob who's Buddy's brother just bought a 600 egg incubator.  Don't ask me why he bought that huge version but he told me I can incubate as many eggs as I want! |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 29, 2008 3:10:12 GMT -5
can't beat that!!! (does he know how to incubate??)
**yeah, yeah, call be distrusting**
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Kaza
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Post by Kathy on Mar 29, 2008 8:20:28 GMT -5
can't beat that!!! (does he know how to incubate??) **yeah, yeah, call be distrusting** lol Kaza Yes he does, he had a huge 1000 egg commercial ones that he used to incubate quail eggs in, he sold the quail to hunt & environmental clubs. His ex wife(who's mobility impaired & can't walk on uneven ground) insisted she wanted it when they did the property settlement. |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 30, 2008 11:21:31 GMT -5
Oh, that bites!!
Good luck on the eggs Kathy!! How many are you gonna try to get hatched?
Kaza
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Post by Kathy on Mar 30, 2008 11:50:45 GMT -5
We're discussing how many to do; including should we hatch extras and try to sell them as started chicks or not. I have always had very good luck with chicks, so raising them through the crucial, they want to die period isn't a problem. Seems that many people would like to have chickens but either don't know how brood them successfully or else don't have the secure spot to do so. If I could get them to the 'ugly getting feathers' stage, they should sell better than 1 day olds to people who are a little nervous about working with the tiny newly hatched chick.  I've been putting together a little booklet of info for new chicken owners. Nothing too involved but some basics as well as a few helpful hints for the newbie. I am even going to include plans with pics of various coop/chicken tractor designs. I'm thinking of going with the title "OK, I Bought These Cute Chicks, Now What?" So to answer your question, we're thinking about starting with 96 eggs, that would be 24 for me, 24 for Bob and 48 to try to sell. Even if they didn't sell, then we wouldn't be overwhelmed with chickens; we'd just raise out the pullets and when they mature, we'd butcher the roo's.  |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 30, 2008 12:37:02 GMT -5
Sounds like a plan!!
Did you get a price settled for the eggs yet?
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Post by Kathy on Mar 30, 2008 13:04:36 GMT -5
Sounds like a plan!! Did you get a price settled for the eggs yet? No, I'm going over to her place tomorrow. With the toilet disaster & the garden, time got away from me. Hopefully, she'll be home and we can get the ball rolling for my future chick business!  |
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