Anybody else watching this ebay auction?

[kera!]

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agree it is worth the wait and everyone can have some next year and still afford to eat until then too!

 

[kera!]

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or to smart..

 

[Suechick]

I have some eggs that I'd be willing to sell for that price... just don't hold me responsible for hatch rate on shipped eggs...

 

[rebelcowboysnb]

Why is there a reserve that high? Is he really going to eat the eggs if they dont meet the reserve?

$600 for 6 eggs or breakfast.... DUH...

 

[ThaJuicyJuice]

I've seen some backyard mutts that looks about as good as those brown clucks. I guess it's kind of like a Rolls Royce of the poultry community- It looks real nice, but we all know at the end of the day a chicken is a chicken.

 

[Desert Rooster]

I'd buy these in a heart beat if i won the lottery

 

[lucky123]

On their website their eggs are 250.00 a piece for the chocolate orpingtons large fowl, day old chicks 280.00 each, and juvenile pair is 1,600.00. I guess for some, rasing chickens is not so cheap!

 

[Gypsy07]

I can't believe the difference in price between a chick and an egg is so small. Considering the difficulties just about everybody has with shipped eggs, why would anybody NOT pay just $30 extra for a ready-hatched chick? Who'd be daft enough to buy 6 eggs and have maybe none of them hatch out, when you can get 6 chicks for just slightly more?

 

[Highlander]

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Agreed. I have a batchelor pen with some Orpington boys that i am trying to rehome. I have a black (split for chocolate) , a lemon cuckoo and a partridge. I have been advertising them for a couple of months now and I can't even give them away for free, no-one wants them. 6 months ago these colours were still big news. Now? It's done.

 

[SilverPhoenix]

I had a feeling the chocolate orps would be the next "big thing"! Personally, I don't see the big deal about chocolate orpingtons or most of the other "fad" birds, but to each their own of course.

I spend ridiculous amounts of money on toys for my collection, so I know that everyone has a right to spend their money how they see fit.

What really gets me is the reserve, though! Geez, people, they're eggs! If I was them, I'd accept hundreds of dollars for six eggs any day, no matter how much I spent on the parent birds!