Chickens price?

[chickenchickenbutt]

what would yall recommend for a price? I was thinking it was a bit high myself but also I can be a little cheap too. I am going to try and talk him down.

 

[chickenchickenbutt]

Maybe he’ll give you a deal if you’ll take several of them. You might also want to check their health status before committing to taking any and also important to quarantine them for a month before adding to your flock.

of course!

 

[noormahmood]

my neighbor is selling his chickens, he has around 70 some chickens and had an egg laying business. Today he said he is now selling his chickens; they are mostly leghorns and some easter egger hens. I was interested in growing my flock, so I asked how much he wanted per chicken.... hes asking 25$ per hen (they are about 3-5yrs old). Is this fair or just ridiculous? I ended up buying some ornamental turkeys for 25 a piece a few weeks ago.

Baby chicks are usually $3-$5. Older hens are more expensive and I think 25 isn't bad. If I were you I would buy them. I had a guy selling his hens for 40 which is way too high even though the birds were beautiful.

 

[r21gloria3]

my neighbor is selling his chickens, he has around 70 some chickens and had an egg laying business. Today he said he is now selling his chickens; they are mostly leghorns and some easter egger hens. I was interested in growing my flock, so I asked how much he wanted per chicken.... hes asking 25$ per hen (they are about 3-5yrs old). Is this fair or just ridiculous? I ended up buying some ornamental turkeys for 25 a piece a few weeks ago.

Those birds aren’t in their prime any more. After two years their egg laying production slows down greatly.

 

[Debbie09011970]

Those birds aren’t in their prime any more. After two years their egg laying production slows down greatly.

At first I thought you said 25 cents lol. Then, I realized $25. HOLY COW! That's ridiculous. For a hen that old!!! I wouldn't sell them over $5 each. My last set that hit 2 years old I simply gave them away.

 

[Debbie09011970]

Those birds aren’t in their prime any more. After two years their egg laying production slows down greatly.

 

[Debbie09011970]

I've bought laying house chickens, twice. I won't ever do it again! I am now raising new babies to replace the hens who aren't laying much at all any more.

Me too! The first time, it didn't go too badly other than they don't lay eggs for long. The second time no eggs...and they have a disease. Never again!