Your thoughts on this craiglist post....

[Hellvagirl]

Found this post on craiglist chickens for sale....

http://atlanta.craigslist.org/grd/969718857.html

let me know what yall think about those prices.Thanks

 

[Birch Run Farm]

Seems OK to me, they do make a point to say they have rare breeds and that no one else has any now.

 

[gumpsgirl]

My personal opinion is that they are priced WAY to high. You would do much better to get some eggs and hatch them yourself. $10 for a chick is crazy, even if they are rare breeds.

Here's something else to think about. What if you go and pay $10 each for your chicks and 3/4 of them turn out to be roos? That would make me sick, personally. Just a thought...

 

[mamabird]

Seems high to me. Our local FFA has a chicken auction in the spring, as a fundraiser for their group. Lots of people go and bid on birds...they sell some of these breeds for $5-10 as 6 week old pullets. The other thing - if this is a new hatchery - are the birds sexed? or from healthy stock? guarantees? Personally, I would stick with the more well known hatcheries...or hook up with some BYC breeders!

Good luck!

 

[Scrambled Egg]

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Agree!!! You could buy a nice incubator with the money you wuold spend on a dozen that may or may not live "in the winter and with no one else having them"!!

 

[lockedhearts]

I have a trio of Lakenvelders, I had no trouble buying mine as chicks, they are not that rare.

 

[English Chick]

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Been there done that with the UK market.....5 roos and one female out of one batch of very expensive eggs! arghhhhh

 

[cubalaya]

if they can sell them at that price more power to them. $10 here will buy you pullets ready to lay or old hens.

 

[Mahonri]

Week olds? Even for rare breeds, that is:

Too high.

 

[debilorrah]

Since when are buff orpington's at 14 weeks rare???? $13???? that is way too much money. I paid $5 for mine at 15 weeks and $2.50 for chicks......