Cost of POL hens???

[Arielle]

If you buy POL hens, how much would you pay if they have a very large run, some free range, and children who play with them, oh yes, and fed fresh fruits and vegies?

 

[cybercat]

POL is only worth $10 unless a rare breed bred by a well known breeder. Upbring has no real play in cost sorry. Since it is not laying asking more is not worth it. If laying you could get up to $20 depending on breed.

 

[A.T. Hagan]

Depends on the area. Some places have lots of birds available so you can't really sell them for anything more than feed costs. Maybe not even that much.

Other places POL pullets are hard to come by so you can sell them for enough to make at least a small profit.

Here in the Gainesville, FL area they go in the $15-$20 range depending on the breed and quality.

 

[schellie69]

I payed $6.00 for my pullets some that where a month so away from laying a the ones that where laying. But that is here. It depends on your area and the going rate. If someone is selling them for $10.00 and you sell yours for $15.00 most people will go with the cheaper price even if your are raised better just the way people work I guess.

 

[Fred's Hens]

I have had success selling POL pullets. Too much, in fact. $15-$20, no problem. At that, however, no one gets rich. Initial chick cost, litter, electricity for brooding, bulbs, feed, and labor? There isn't much in it for the raiser. You'd literally have to raise 10's of 1000s to make any real money.

 

[2DogsFarm]

Around here the local livestock auction gets around $5-10 per hen.

Depends on the breed & you'd better know what you're looking at, since some are not in the best shape & may be past laying < & that's why they're there

 

[cybercat]

Buying chicks and raising them to POL is a waste of money. It cost too much in the raising to make a profit. Now if you bred your own you might be better off. But you better have them purebred for mix stock is a dime a dozen.

 

[Pinky]

I paid $6.00 for my POL pullets. Never got a chicken under $6 unless it was a chick.

 

[silkiechicken]

Depends on where you live. Here in the greater seattle area, I very easily sell POL or laying hens under a year old for 20-25 each. And these are sexlinks or production red's. But keep in mind, a bag of cheap feed is 15 bucks, and organic will easily run you near 30 each.