How much should i sell for?

DO you know if they are fertile?If so I think 20 is good.You blog says 1 roo for 30hens I think you could use a few more roos 1 roo for 10hens is a good ratio or seperate into breeding trios for better fertility.If you have not sold before maybe start abit lower and see how the hatch rate turns out,post a couple pix etc.Are you shipping them?

 

i honestly/personally think that is a little high.. but, pricing might depend on location also..

 

Im in Tx and I'd pay $20 for some quality (non hatchery) d'Uccles. Also, I agree that 1 roo for 30 hens is not enough. Add at least 2 more roos and you'll be good.

Kristen

 

Most bantam breeds should have 1 roo per 5 hens, so I would think you would need at least 5 more if you only have one with 30 girls. I wouldn't pay that much for eggs unless shipping was included, but I'm cheap

 

If they are quality and you know that eggs are fertile they are worth every bit of $20 or more.

Maybe do a few tests runs first?

 

I'd pay 20 for those eggs if there were a higher roo to hen ratio (1/30 not to good) shesh I would pay 75 dollars a dozen if the eggs were from a breed I REALLY wanted like the black copper maran eggs I bought a month or so ago! Heck, I didnt even keep those eggs I sent them to by homie Tori in soldotna!!! (right Mrs_AK_bird Brain!!!)!!! I am not all that nice thought I want to have some of the birds from the second generation so it was a gift with strings!

 

Quote:I'm reading a common concern here: It's not the price, it's the quality.

Im a little confused, so lemme see if I get this. You have 30 hens, 28 are standard and 2 are banties. Your cock is not big enough to mate the standards, making him non-standard against them?

If he's too small to properly mate the standards, that cannot be viewed as a quality pairing. Quality would be like for like, at the very least. If there is a low cock to hen ratio, it only exacerbates the problem.

In fact, at least by the sound of it, you are breeding a bantam cock in a mixed flock, with improper cockn ratio.
If I've gotten it right, I would recommend you offer only the bantam Mille Fluer D'Uccle eggs, those being eggs only from the cock and bantam hens. Those would likely be worth $20, if you could trace some sort of lineage.

For all other cases, if your buyers want to purchase mixed eggs and the sex ratio is clear to them, then that is a different matter altogether.

 

Sounds like it is probably 1 banty roo and 2 banty hens to me. Or I could be reading wrong. If so that sounds like a ratio for some highly fertilized eggs to me. If that is right and you are offering the banties only, then by all means ask your $20 dollars.