Anyone ever sold point of lay pullets?

[Chicken Downunder]

Over here in NZ we pay between NZ$40-50 for a POL purebreed chook. Don't get the variety either due to the strict guaranteen/import laws. Would like to be able to get Jersey Giants..........sigh.......

 

[G Wiz Ranch]

I have been selling them for $15 at 12-18 weeks. I think on the next batch, I may bump it to $18. I can barely keep them long enough to get them to 12 weeks. I sell chicks like crazy.

 

[Dread Pirate Roberts]

I've sold them quickly at $20 each at 6-8 weeks old.

 

[littlethorn]

In this area they are sold for around $15-20. Not having to guess whether they are male or female is very desirable to many folks.

 

[Chickenaddict]

Around here the hens always sell quick but lots of folks laugh at the $10 most ask for the birds depending on the breeds of course. My POL serama pullets go for $15 each

 

[KKatknap]

This is most likely a location-based thing. So probably the answers closest to SC will be the most useful as far as what to charge...but, from the other side of the coin...

When I bought my first chickens, that is exactly what I did. I didn't know what I was doing, and was afraid I would probably kill baby chicks in my ignorance. Plus, I didn't want to get attached to a chick that turned out to be a roo. My pullets weren't at POL, but they were feathered out and past the need for a heat lamp. I bought them @ 8-9 weeks old for $12/ea. Except the "Ameraucanas", which were $15/ea. They were guaranteed to be pullets (and they all were

). For people who only want 4-6 chickens, and don't know what to do with babies, this is a great deal. At least, I thought so. I think it was a fair deal for the lady who sold them to me, too. I noticed her price increased as the chicks she had got closer to laying, which I think is also very fair.

The other really smart thing she (and her husband) did, was that he built a few chicken tractors, and had them for sale as well. That was genious. So they were also selling the tractors for @ $300- $400 apiece, and bam! A person was totally set up. She also had bags of feed and feeders and waterers available. She sold those at cost to anyone buying her chickens.

I will totally emulate what she did when I get to that point.

ETA - oops...said NC - shoulda said SC