Help with Pricing Salmon Faverolle?!

[jlaffeldt]

Hi all, I have recently started raising Salmon Faverolle, and I have someone interested in buying eggs from me to incubate already! Very exciting, but I'm struggling to settle on a price. Anyone have any ideas what fertilized eggs would go for of that breed? Or chicks/pullets for that matter? Thanks for any info!

 

[sylviethecochin]

It entirely depends on the quality of your breeding stock and the rarity of them in your area. Canadians and British can charge more than United Statesians can in most circumstances, due to scarcity and local feed costs. If you live in suburbia, you can generally charge more for birds. If you live in trailer park land, you're not going to be able to sell expensive birds (unless you're shipping. Obviously.)

(Someone, give me another word for "American,' please. One that acknowledges Canada's existence on the same continent?)

 

[jlaffeldt]

It entirely depends on the quality of your breeding stock and the rarity of them in your area. Canadians and British can charge more than United Statesians can in most circumstances, due to scarcity and local feed costs. If you live in suburbia, you can generally charge more for birds. If you live in trailer park land, you're not going to be able to sell expensive birds (unless you're shipping. Obviously.)

(Someone, give me another word for "American,' please. One that acknowledges Canada's existence on the same continent?)

I live the U.S, Virginia specifically. I'm one of the only breeders in the state and I have some really nice stock. And I live in a semi-rural area outside of several large cities. Not a trailer park to answer those questions!

 

[sylviethecochin]

You can probably get away with charging $3/egg, then. I'd go $5 apiece for unsexed chicks, and $20 for POL pullets.

That's just a rough guess, though. You could also check your local Facebook market and craigslist for hints.

EDT: If they're capable of competing on upper-chicken show level, you might want to go to some actual chicken shows (not county fairs) win some prizes, and up your prices.

 

[ColtHandorf]

15 years ago in East Texas I sold Salmon Faverolles at:

- Hatching eggs: $10 per dozen
- Day-old chicks: $2.00 each
- Started (sexable): $6.00 each.

Once they were older like a few months I sold pairs for $30 and trios for $45 I think? It's been a long time. I don't remember where the original birds came from, but they were good looking. I never showed them. Later I added some of Catalpa Farms' bloodline in but didn't adjust the prices. Their birds were beautiful but I had terrible luck with shipping in eggs from them, and didn't see any point in increasing the price because I added a couple of pullets into a breeding pen of 12 plus hens.

 

[jlaffeldt]

Thank you so much, that’s really helpful!

 

[Doublete]

Here in pa I’m not sure what the hatching eggs are but week old chicks are $10 (straight run).

 

[jlaffeldt]

Here in pa I’m not sure what the hatching eggs are but week old chicks are $10 (straight run).

Thank you for the feedback!

 

[feliciadawn]

Here in pa I’m not sure what the hatching eggs are but week old chicks are $10 (straight run).

I know this is an old message, but where do you get week-old Faverolles in PA? The only Fav breeder I could find in PA is Old Harrisburg Farm. Are there any others?