4 pair blue peacocks going to brighton bird swap 7/10/11

[Kedreeva]

Yeah, $35 would be too low if chicks were that much here... but usually you can get chicks anywhere from day olds to 4 weeks for between $5 and $10 here. Last year at the last swap of the year that I went to (indiana's big bird swap), some lady had day old BS chicks for $5 in a bin... with no heat

it was really cold, they were just laying in the bottom. I bought as many as I had the cash for, and resold them here to the lady who did my NPIP testing once I was sure they were going to make it. Thankfully most people take better care.

 

[SuperPeacockman]

Good thing you were there!

 

[little blue]

around here chicks are 25-35$ year olds go around 80-100 an 2 yearolds 100-140.we sell our sp chicks for 35$ each an have no trouble selling them.

 

[zazouse]

C&Rman :

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I dont know about where your located but here in KY thats a lil steep for IB's.

Agreed! Here yearling male IB's goes for $25 bucks each, and 60 bucks for a yearling pair. I would go $75-100 for the 2 year old, if he is pretty!​

The IB chicks go for 25 at hatch here and i paid 175 dollars for a 3 year old hen and an 18 month old peacock.

There is an add here for a pair of 4 year olds that are 500 but then they want 900 for a trio of blackshoulder and to me that is way too high.

 

[xlboergoats]

Around here, people will pay more for baby anythings than they will pay for older birds. Many people are looking for something that they can form a bond with. They are looking for something that is or will be "people friendly". We sell more chickens than peafowl. Most of our people don't want something that is bouncing off of the cage walls when someone walks up.

We buy for show birds or breeders. If something is just going to be used as a breeder, we can take something that is a little more high strung. We look for clean, healthy birds that are not crowded into cages. We have found that people who display their birds in crowded cages usually have little to no regards for how they are housed at home. We also talk to the seller and look at them as much as the birds. You can usually distinguish between and "breeder" and a "trader".

When we sell our birds at a public forum, we display them as singles, pairs, or trios in pens that are large enough to hold them comforably. We only haul birds that are clean and healthy. We try to be friendly to everyone who stops to look at our birds and answer all of their questions. We find that it is better to have a few good customers who return time after time than a building full of "One Time Willies". When we get a "One Time Willie" that wants to quote the prices that everyone else is selling for, we simply tell them that we know what ours are and how they have been raised. If they want cheap, we politely wish them well and direct them back to the people with the over-crowded cheap birds.

If you get there and feel that your birds are as good or better than the others there, price them as high or higher than the other birds. You know your financial situation and your space availablity at home. If you need to sell birds, you can always come down on your prices. Ocasionally, we have birds that we need to move simply due to space issues. We can always come down on the prices of our birds because we like the person and want to see them have something nice. We have given starter sets to people (usually young people) that we want to help get started with nice birds. You can always make deals with people that you want to, but there is just something that ain't right about going up on a person you don't particularly enjoy visiting with.

Good Luck,
Ernie Haire
Arp, Texas