Is this too much for hatching eggs?

[horsechick]

"Who here would bid $61 for four guppies? They still have more than a day to go on the auction! Just depends what you are into, and how "into" it you are.
http://www.aquabid.com/cgi-bin/auction/auction.cgi?fwguppies&1225416984"
I think this just completely captures in a nutshell what is wrong in America today.
I agree with depends on what your into and how into it you are.
But somethings amaze me, and it doesn't surprise me at all the economy situation we are in today..

 

[the simple life]

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I bet the people that are bidding on those guppies are saying who in their right mind would bid $100.00 on some chicken eggs!!

I agree though, its a strange world. I guess fish just don't do it for me though.

 

[Melilem]

Do not pay that kind of money for ebay eggs.

Take this good advice: learn all you can about the breed first, know the breeders. Just because you pay too much for something, does not make them valuable. Be careful.

 

[seedcorn]

No one but you can answer if that is too much.

1) how bad do you want them?
2) Is $$ an issue?
3) Do you want to hatch your own vs chicks vs buying a pair?


I'm cheap, I would buy chicks first, half grown stock second, mated pair, third, then and only then, eggs.

I'm tainted in that the only time I tried eggs, a very nice lady sent me some and nothing even started to develop. Between shipped eggs and me not knowing how to handle shipped eggs, not a good experience.

 

[Stimpy]

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Austin,

By extention, that comes to $180.00 to $200.00 per dozen. You shouldn't even have to ask if that is too much for some eggs. Figure that you are lucky to get 1 or 2 birds out of as dozen eggs. That is $100 per bird. You can buy show quality stock for less.

The eggs, of course, are not worth anywhere near that much and the only reason that anyone would even ask that price is because some people are willing to fork it over. If people would refuse to be extorted by such unscrupulous breeders, the prices would fall to realistic levels in no time.

If you want to raise some BC Marans, save your money until you find a breeder you can trust, with quality and the standards in mind rather than dollar signs and buy a trio of started, or even adult birds, and get what you want. Put the money you save toward feed. You're going to need it.

-Stimp-

 

[SundownWaterfowl]

I would never spend that much on eggs. I would try to find adult stock.

 

[Marlinchaser]

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It is not a bad breeder or seller in this case it is the stupidity of the BUYER, the auction started at $.99 (where is the cents sign???) how can you blame a buyer when it is the GREEDY buyers that think if they buy egg within 6 months they too can cash in on the Black Copper fad, which by the time they start getting eggs it will known as the black copper fade and they will be lucky to get 5 bucks for thier black copper eggs, and wondering where they went wrong by greedily buying 100 dollar eggs.

And no I am not the one selling, but if I was and I had SUCKERS lined up at my door with Hundred Dollar Bills I would be one egg selling Fool.

 

[onthespot]

I have paid $100 for six eggs last spring. I now have three pullets laying, and only one laying super dark eggs. I am not interested in selling her eggs nor her chicks any time soon. I don't care if anyone never buys an egg from me ever. I will scramble them up and feed them to the dogs if I want. or hatch them, or trade them with other people, or give them to needy people as I see fit. If I choose to put some on ebay and they get bid up that does not make me a crook or a dishonest person. It does not make the buyer a fool. It is just two people who agree on a price and it is between those two people, not for others to judge. I live a half an hour from Disneyland. I would NEVER pay four grand to spend three days there with my family. However, there are people in other parts of the country who save up all year to take a trip to Disneyland and feel like the money is well spent when all is said and done and they get home with their ovesized lollipops, Mickey Mouse ears embroidered caps and super-cool Tigger sweatshirts. I'd feel totally ripped off if someone dinged my account four grand and locked me in disneyland for three days and all I got when I left was a shirt, a hat and a sucker. To each his own, it's all about the journey, and your attitude about what you are doing.

 

[Stimpy]

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It is not a bad breeder or seller in this case it is the stupidity of the BUYER, the auction started at $.99 (where is the cents sign???) how can you blame a buyer when it is the GREEDY buyers that think if they buy egg within 6 months they too can cash in on the Black Copper fad, which by the time they start getting eggs it will known as the black copper fade and they will be lucky to get 5 bucks for thier black copper eggs, and wondering where they went wrong by greedily buying 100 dollar eggs.

And no I am not the one selling, but if I was and I had SUCKERS lined up at my door with Hundred Dollar Bills I would be one egg selling Fool.

All too often you find yourself bidding against the seller using a different account to run the price up. It's the same no matter if the auction is on-line or real life. You, as the buyer, have to set a reasonable limit that you're willing to pay for a thing, and stick to it. The seller might end up getting his high prices, but it won't be from an informed buyer.

-Stimp-

 

[KellyHM]

onthespot - I'm needy...want to send me some eggs?