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[Sc_chickengirl]

Hi I need some help! How much is a reasonable price for Easter Egger chicks? I was asking $8 but my costumer offered me $5. What should I do?

 

[Isadora]

Have you done any research to see how much people can get them for locally near you? Check craigslist, Facebook, etc.

 

[3KillerBs]

When I sell chicks I check to see the going price on Craigslist in my area and set my prices accordingly.

Are they straight run or sexed?

Are you guaranteeing blue eggs or is it an "Easter eggers can lay any color" situation?

Are they young and needing to be in a brooder or started and off heat?

I would expect people to pay less for straight-run, any-color-eggs, and needing to be in a brooder than for started pullets with guaranteed blue/green eggs.

 

[Sc_chickengirl]

Have you done any research to see how much people can get them for locally near you? Check craigslist, Facebook, etc.

Yes I have posted on both.

When I sell chicks I check to see the going price on Craigslist in my area and set my prices accordingly.

Are they straight run or sexed?

Are you guaranteeing blue eggs or is it an "Easter eggers can lay any color" situation?

Are they young and needing to be in a brooder or started and off heat?

I would expect people to pay less for straight-run, any-color-eggs, and needing to be in a brooder than for started pullets with guaranteed blue/green eggs.

They are unsexed since they're just a few days old. They are guaranteed to lay green eggs. Should I bother taking the price down to $7 or $6? Some people in our area were selling chicks for $9 or $10 apiece.

 

[Dottie the Chicken]

How long have they been for sale? Is this the only person interested so far?

 

[3KillerBs]

Some people in our area were selling chicks for $9 or $10 apiece.

What kind of chicks are going for that price?

I would pay that for sexed pullets of a specific breed I wanted in a color/pattern I particularly wanted -- like a guaranteed blue-layer sexed pullet that's silver-laced or silver-penciled -- but I can get straight-run hatchery Easter Eggers for $3.44 each from Ideal.

I'm actually doing this kind of research right now to set a pricing schedule for mixed breeds, straight run, started pullets, POL pullets, cockerels, known breeds, etc. I have to look at both Craigslist AND my local feed store as my competition.

This past year I offered a discount for buying a certain number at once.

 

[Dottie the Chicken]

How long are you willing to feed them, and/or risk not being able to sell them for the price you are asking? How much do you need to make to cover the time and costs of incubating, hatching, and taking care of the chicks until they are sold?

 

[Sc_chickengirl]

How long have they been for sale? Is this the only person interested so far?

They have only been for sale for a couple days. And yes she was the only person interested so far.

What kind of chicks are going for that price?

I would pay that for sexed pullets of a specific breed I wanted in a color/pattern I particularly wanted -- like a guaranteed blue-layer sexed pullet that's silver-laced or silver-penciled -- but I can get straight-run hatchery Easter Eggers for $3.44 each from Ideal.

I'm actually doing this kind of research right now to set a pricing schedule for mixed breeds, straight run, started pullets, POL pullets, cockerels, known breeds, etc. I have to look at both Craigslist AND my local feed store as my competition.

This past year I offered a discount for buying a certain number at once.

Silkies are going for that price. Do you think $7 is fair?

 

[3KillerBs]

They have only been for sale for a couple days. And yes she was the only person interested so far.

Silkies are going for that price. Do you think $7 is fair?

Are they show-standard Silkies? Particularly desirable colors like Blue or Lavender? That sounds high to me, but I'm not into Silkies so I never researched them.

I can't say about prices in your area because they vary wildly from place to place, but I would not PERSONALLY pay $7 for straight-run Easter Eggers at that age -- as I said, I could get them for half the price from Ideal. Some people might pay it for the convenience of not having to deal with shipped chicks.

When they hit "started" stage -- off heat and ready to go straight into the coop -- I can see that being worth the extra money to people who can't/don't want to set up a brooder.

 

[Sc_chickengirl]

Are they show-standard Silkies? Particularly desirable colors like Blue or Lavender? That sounds high to me, but I'm not into Silkies so I never researched them.

I can't say about prices in your area because they vary wildly from place to place, but I would not PERSONALLY pay $7 for straight-run Easter Eggers at that age -- as I said, I could get them for half the price from Ideal. Some people might pay it for the convenience of not having to deal with shipped chicks.

When they hit "started" stage -- off heat and ready to go straight into the coop -- I can see that being worth the extra money to people who can't/don't want to set up a brooder.

Okay thanks for the advice.