I've been had!!!

[danielbrown]

They pay less than $4.00 for each guinea from Ideal

 

[Monk]

I got 6 pullets at Tractor Supply on sale $1.25 each and two weeks old, just last Wed.

 

[greenfamilyfarms]

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I thought maybe he had a churkey http://uncyclopedia.wikia.com/wiki/Churkey

He jerkied the turkey to make a churkey?! Oh my!

 

[lotzahenz]

I agree with it being worth extra to pay for just pullets, unless you LOVE roosters. Also, a hatchery has a reputation to protect, so you have that on your side (the farmer does too) but most importantly you are pretty sure to get healthy birds. I think it is wonderful you have such a great source though, but no, you were not HAD. I would love to have such a farm source, the knowledge is worth gold. But how dangerous to go there! You'd need a U-Haul loaded with traveling cages!

 

[Omran]

Don't feel bad at all, becaus you will get your chicks most of the time pullets, if the say so and if you order a vaccine, they will be vaccinated, I paied the same for mine and my friend sells chicks, but I just wanted certain breeds.

 

[angels4]

Don't feel badly. I paid $8 for each of my 4 eight week old girls. When you think about it that isn't a whole lot, as the lady I bought them from fed and raised them for eight weeks.

 

[Zahboo]

I buy unsexed chicks from a friend for $3, so you got a good price. The only reason I don't get from hatcheries is the shipping! WOWZA

 

[tls_ranch]

Well, I had some bad luck too. So, I wanted a couple of Blue/Splash Orpington and Wyandotte pullets and I found a local breeder selling straitrun chicks.I traded 4 pure Ameraucana chicks that were 3 weeks old (Cree farms lines) for 3 blue wyandotte chicks and one blue orpington chick. I also paid the breeder $18 more for 2 more strait run orpingtons. She was selling her chicks for $6 and $9 each as straight run day-olds. I had paid $12 for the Ameraucana eggs from another local breeder and hatched the 4 chicks. I think I had 2 pullets and 2 cockerels with the Ameraucanas. So for a total of $30 cash and the cost of hatching/raising the 4 Ameraucanas, I got ONE splash orpington pullet. JUST, ONE! At least I think she's a pullet, LOL. The other 5 turned out to be cockerels that I ended up giving to a 4-h family.