A Bielefelder Thread !

[RWD]

DMRippy, what is your marketing? Do you have ad's on Craigslist, do you have a facebook page you promote, how do people know you have chicks for sale? We live 60 miles from Nashville and I have not known you had any Heritage Breed chicks for sale. Without aggressive marketing people will not know what you have for sale. If I only depended on what coops I sell locally, I would starve to death. We sell in a 5 state area and deliver for a fee. You have to make your products different than everybody else. Be creative and set your operation apart. Be specific in you ads, not general. Spell out exacty what breed and price with age sex, etc.. Every day for 2 weeks open up a new avenue of advertising. (free is good). Craigslist ads in at least 3 cities,, Facebook buy sell pages for your area, online marketplaces, newspapers, flyers at feed stores, etc.. It aint easy, but it can be done.

 

[DMRippy]

DMRippy, what is your marketing? Do you have ad's on Craigslist, do you have a facebook page you promote, how do people know you have chicks for sale? We live 60 miles from Nashville and I have not known you had any Heritage Breed chicks for sale. Without aggressive marketing people will not know what you have for sale. If I only depended on what coops I sell locally, I would starve to death. We sell in a 5 state area and deliver for a fee. You have to make your products different than everybody else. Be creative and set your operation apart. Be specific in you ads, not general. Spell out exacty what breed and price with age sex, etc.. Every day for 2 weeks open up a new avenue of advertising. (free is good). Craigslist ads in at least 3 cities,, Facebook buy sell pages for your area, online marketplaces, newspapers, flyers at feed stores, etc.. It aint easy, but it can be done.

I have been doing this awhile. I don't advertise in 3 cities as I will not deliver a $20 chicken. I have FB pages and groups I post in. CL is my main source for juvies and adults. BYC is my mine way to sell hatching eggs. I put up ads in the Feed Stores. Just not a market for high dollar chickens in this area.

I am not complaining just stating facts. People want the REGULAR chickens and when you tell them the price they want to know is that EACH? LOL. Yes Mauve Eng Orpingtons are $100 each for a pullet....that goes over like a lead balloon.

 

[n3kms]

I have limited knowledge but I follow this thread because I am wanting at some point to get some biels. If the major appeal to English orps is attractiveness and rarity, that may not go over as well in Tennessee as the bielefelders that will be great for meat and have been reported to have such a mild temperament. That is what appeals to me. Of course they are also quite attractive. DMRippy, I have really enjoyed the chicks I got from you, who are now laying pretty blue eggs.

 

[DCchicken]

Here in South East PA I can not find a Biel to save my life.
Only about 5-10 websites can be found that even sell Biel eggs and or chicks.
Biels first imported in 2011 and pair of chicks sold for $1,000.00
1 dozen eggs sell for $35-$75.00 plus shipping on Ebay and only 1-5 auctions are seen at any given time.

  We can all see the value here that's easy but what is the best price for eggs, chicks, juv. and 1 year old egg layers ???  You can base your price off of what you see on the web in regards to the eggs and chicks  but 1 yr. old adults nothing is found.  I base their value off of egg production and selling these eggs to people that wish to hatch them, not for eating.  My wyandottes are for eating.  I know I made some eye brows go up when I stated 8 hens and 2 roosters were worth $1,000 to me but they truly are.  8 hens that will give me 200 eggs a year times 8 equals 1600 eggs at $5 each (low $) comes out to $8,000.00 per year minus feed of say $500 (high)  that's $7,500.00.  Sounds crazy but right now its true.  That's why I took my green house and made it a coop that has 7 females and 6 roosters (hatched from $5.00 eggs)  Come Spring 4 roosters will go and I'll be making $1,000.00's of $.  
  Please do not under sell your Biels they are not just chickens maybe in 5-10 years but NOT now.

I am in Maryland and the average price for day old Bieles is around $20-25. They are actually quite common in the DC/Maryland/VA area. Last year I could sell laying Bielefelder pullets for $45. But now I surprised if I get $30 each.

Maybe I should start selling In PA? I have 15 rare breeds and find the rare chicken market has become overrun with people trying to become rich off rare breeds. The irony is that while The price of Bieles is falling, I am actually raising the prices of my Ayam Cemani and Svart Hona for the Spring as demand is higher than what I can hatch. A day old Cemani goes for $300 each and I sell every single one.

 

[DCchicken]

Would anyone happen to have a pic of an egg? sounds silly i know but i think one of my pullets is laying but because i run them with Malines i cannot be sure.. interesting conversation on pricing, i paid 20$ per each chick, got mine as a couple day olds, sexed. I have a trio.

Here you go.

The Biele eggs are the brown ones..

 

[DMRippy]

I have limited knowledge but I follow this thread because I am wanting at some point to get some biels. If the major appeal to English orps is attractiveness and rarity, that may not go over as well in Tennessee as the bielefelders that will be great for meat and have been reported to have such a mild temperament. That is what appeals to me. Of course they are also quite attractive. DMRippy, I have really enjoyed the chicks I got from you, who are now laying pretty blue eggs.

Good! I was going to ask if that was a CCL that was eaten by the dog the other day but forgot LOL. My brain is fried with everything I have on my plate right now with the remodel.

 

[treefarmer42]

I am in Maryland and the average price for day old Bieles is around $20-25. They are actually quite common in the DC/Maryland/VA area. Last year I could sell laying Bielefelder pullets for $45. But now I surprised if I get $30 each.

Maybe I should start selling In PA? I have 15 rare breeds and find the rare chicken market has become overrun with people trying to become rich off rare breeds. The irony is that while The price of Bieles is falling, I am actually raising the prices of my Ayam Cemani and Svart Hona for the Spring as demand is higher than what I can hatch. A day old Cemani goes for $300 each and I sell every single one.

Bummer about the price drop for chicks but $20 per chick is good $ to me. I don't limit myself to PA, I sell and ship eggs across the US. I don't know how long this gravy train will run but I'm jumping on for the ride. Beside the $, Biels are perfect for PA. Heavy breed that does well in the cold WInters.

 

[DMRippy]

Quote: I couldn't keep the AC's alive. I have 4-5 of them and slowly but surely they all died.

 

[DMRippy]

Quote: Some money for them would be good but the main reason I am replacing my Rhodebars with Belies is because they are more of a meat birds. I want to be able to raise some for us. I don't like the idea of what they are doing with chicken you get at the store these days. I am not a person who will go totally organic but anything I can do to make our food better for us I want to do. I am growing out some Breese too. The best meat birds will win but so far my reg breeds are not really meat birds of any kind. If we process birds it needs to worth our time as far as the amount of meat goes. We will eventually get turkeys but maybe just enough for us to eat and to keep to breed for the next year.

 

[treefarmer42]

I forgot to comment on the Ayam Cemani in regards to your post. I checked them out but to "gothic" for me but they are sure big bucks if you have the buyers.