Black Copper Marans Eggs on eBay

[onthespot]

They don't all lay dark like that, even if they all hatch from dark eggs. It takes a lot of selection, breeding, culling, raising, culling, raising, culling, breeding, blood sweat and tears to get an entire flock that lays dark and produces dark layers. You couldn't pay anyone on this planet to do all the work, pay for all the feed, spend all the time, to make a flock like that for a couple hundred dollars. That represents years of sweat, gamble, sacrifice, tears, drama, and money most of us don't have to spare. I still stand by the theory that even at $225, it's a deal, especially if you live local and pay her to hatch. It's not like she will only put six in the bator and whatever happens, happens. Knowing the seller as I do, she would make certain the buyer ended up with six straight run chicks. The one time I saw her offer six straight run day olds on here for $50 apiece, buyer takes all, they were sold in less than a day. That is still more than if you bought the eggs for $225 and added another $15 for incubation, bringing your total to $240, a savings of $60, and a GUARANTEE of six healthy chicks. This lady has ethics and morals equal to any fine person you know and would never pick out a bunch of roo chicks for you to take home. If anything, she would skew it to pullets. Ask drom what she ended up with. I believe she took that deal and got four pullets and two roos.

 

[chickabator]

I don't know about hers and I am not doubting you one bit.
But I will tell everybody on here that everyone that says they are selling black copper maran eggs are not.
I bought some on there, 18 as a matter of fact. I was sent 6 what was suppose to be black copper and 12 what was suppose to be white maran The man promised that his eggs were pure, well they hatched 4 weeks ago tomorrow. out of them the ones that were suppose to be black copper maybe two are and I am not sure about them, the ones that were suppose to be white marans hatched black chicks, that look like cuckoo marans with feathered feet, 3 are solid white with the feathered feet and one is a mixed up color, the rest look like mutt chickens with feathered feet.
So please be careful about buying, not everyone is honest.

 

[onthespot]

That is terrible, and i am sorry you got taken. You should ask for your money back from ebay, using the SNAD, (significantly not as described) complaint procedure.

 

[pasofinofarm]

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You might want to direct that question to the emu farmer who, in 1990, routinely paid $40,000 for a pair of birds.

And we now have many feral emus around us in the woods as those who spent all that money could not even give away the birds in the end. It was very sad but a lesson some of those folks obviously needed. Some made a killing but it can work almost like a pyramid scheme... those at the top do well and those at the bottom are left holding the bag. I don't think getting into any kind of livestock as an investment is a good idea.

I now have BCMs... having traded my Golden Cuckoos for some Wade Jean egg for egg.... and I do still eat my eggs... and some best in show birds this year too as I raised 60 cockerels to pick breeding stock from... gotta do something with all those extra birds.

I have to agree that much more than most people will ever know goes in to raising a really good exhibition quality flock. It cost me time, money and stress to get the birds I have now. At one point I had spent all summer hatching and had raised my replacement layers to feathered birds and done my final cull when my doxie broke into my brooder and killed 39 chickens in one swoop and I had to start over. That is the part people don't see. Also a seller is not responsible for what someone is willing to pay in an auction. People spend money on drugs, alcohol, gambling, cars, clothes, etc. You can spend more than that on a pair of shoes and probably not have near the fun that those chickens will bring.

 

[drom]

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Exactly- She hatched mine for me and I just went to her place and picked up six chicks. She even offered me extras, but I just took my six.

I got 3 roos and 3 pullets. They are the healthiest birds. They feathered out fast and grew very fast and are very hearty, beautiful birds. I got mine in one of her e-bay auctions for $81. Last week someone got six eggs for $76, so her auctions vary. But, I agree with you Patty that if she is hatching them for you, the $224 is still OK, because you are getting a 100% hatch. She has one of those wonderful Sportsman cabinet incubators that everyone loves so much.

 

[chickabator]

OH I got my money back already. and I still have the chicks also. I will try to get a picture of them tomorrow and post it on here. I got my money back when I got the eggs and only six of them were dark eggs and the other 12 looked like barred rock eggs

 

[drom]

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You might want to direct that question to the emu farmer who, in 1990, routinely paid $40,000 for a pair of birds.

And we now have many feral emus around us in the woods as those who spent all that money could not even give away the birds in the end. It was very sad but a lesson some of those folks obviously needed. Some made a killing but it can work almost like a pyramid scheme... those at the top do well and those at the bottom are left holding the bag. I don't think getting into any kind of livestock as an investment is a good idea.

I don't want to go too far off topic here, but I know of one guy who made use of the large Emu supply after the bubble burst. He's a cowboy who breaks green horses, not just for the cutting and roping people, but for hunter/jumper riders like me. I sent him a warmblood filly years ago to start and he had a large flock of Emus that he used to train young horses to cut. Those birds look so primitive with their big long reptilian toes and claws. The first time my filly got a look at one of those creatures I swear her eyes just about rolled all the way back in to her head.

 

[silkiechicken]

Think you forgot the beanie baby bubble. LOL

That one really got me. People paying hundreds for a 5 dollar toy. Which is now worth... 5 dollars.

 

[chickabator]

here are what we ended up with out of our great purchase off of ebay. all of these (except the little chicks ) were suppose to be black copper marans

as you can see they were not bcm's

 

[Marlinchaser]

I like the black and white stripped ones.