Blue Orp & BR Cockerels (((SOLD))) / N. GA.

[MRNpoultry]

How much did you sell them for, the more you pay the less chance of them being ate.

 

[speckledhen]

I know that, believe me I do, but I had to get them out of here before the end of April, so I sold them cheap. To BYCers, they were free, but I took just $2 each for them, sadly. Sometimes, you just have to do that. I won't sell the Orpingtons cheap like that, though. If I hadn't had so many of them, you can bet they'd have been priced higher. I have a feeling these guys will buy lots of my extra roos at a younger age, but they also breed them, so it's possible that some would be used as breeders. They tried to sell me BR chicks, LOL.

 

[MRNpoultry]

I understand what your saying about having no choice. I am thinking about selling chickens and hatching eggs. I don't know if I can sell all of them though.

 

[speckledhen]

That's the one thing about hatching that is the hardest, selling the extra roos when you know they wont all be pets. Now, the man who paid $20 for my Blue Orpington cockerel today at the feedstore was thrilled to get him and you know that boy will be a breeder not soup. But, he's rare and utility BRs are not. People here don't even know there's a difference in Doms and BRs, nor do they care. They want them to lay eggs, big eggs and lots of them and that's all.

 

[MRNpoultry]

I keep all my chickens as pets and for egg laying. My cousin thought all chickens were white.

 

[speckledhen]

LOL, I hear ya! We just have to teach them, don't we?

 

[MRNpoultry]

Yep, since I have got chickens they want them now.

 

[KingsCalls]

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Cyn.........I hope you aint raised the price on me!!! LOL You know the saying...."money talks, +#@% walks"

If you are going to have welsummers at the same time that you have the Orps hatch, I may take a few of those if they are not spoken for already. I will be down the weekend of my birthday (the 26th will be Saturday) Thanks once more Cyn !

 

[speckledhen]

No, buddy, I haven't raised the price on you. They were $5 listed in BST, then you were going to throw me a few bucks for their upkeep to hold them a little longer. I wouldn't do that to you! I just told those guys that today to see their eyes bug out of their heads, although the feedstore lady really did sell that other boy for $20-her decision, not mine. I get half of that in store credit to buy feed or whatever.
The Welsummers I may need to keep because I have one customer who wants a pullet from them and I need to keep a couple of girls as well. We'll see, though, depending on how many I can get to hatch. I just want my Orp girls to lay enough eggs this week for me to collect for your hatch! They took a break today, both of them, so maybe now they'll lay well the next few.

 

[KingsCalls]

That's cool. I would have to build more pens anyways!!!