Price of hatching eggs, aka, Update: $ 1070.25 for 12 eggs on BYC

[scbatz33]

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Thanks for our start and we continue to work on our projects!

Same here!! What Jody and Charlie have done is an amazing thing for folks who are wanting to really get a good start on breeding nice stock.

Side Note: How's the weather down in NC Blue???

 

[usschicago1]

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&& Mine

 

[usschicago1]

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For some reason, this most makes me feel terribly sad

 

[Faverolle]

What ended up being the final price? I saw them earlier at around 222.00 but I didn't save the auction in my watch list to see the final price.

 

[HallFamilyFarm]

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$265.00

 

[HallFamilyFarm]

I have been out of poultry for about 15 years. Got a few in 2004 but divorce ended that. But I knew when I saw the photo on ebay something was wrong. Have raised Orps since 1979. Did not always have good ones, but know quality! Have looked over hink's site and the Lavendor is looking good. Obviously a lot of hard work. But still not quite there yet.

In the 1990's I was working on a Buff Colombian Orp Bantam project. Made a lot of mistakes. Edgar Petty (OKC) helped a lot with advice. May try it again someday. But will learn from those mistakes. Was advised then that it would take at least three years to have anything that I could call a Buff Cololmbian Orpington and that was using a Buff Colombian Wyandotte. Starting with a totally different body type is a challenge I would not want to even try. So I will watch (as I have done for some time from the shadows) and see what you guys end up with the Lavendor project.

 

[onthespot]

Well then, the way I see it, if hinkjc is not making the "better" ones available, then the "lesser" ones are the only game in town. In that case, I see no other option for people wanting to work on the project themselves and they have to buy in at a "lower level" if they want in now. The price must just be an indicator of the number of people that want "in" and how badly they want to be a part of the project, or they may even want them for some other project they have in mind, not even orpingtons. To them, the lanky frame may be a plus, who knows? It is not an indication of greed on the seller's part, other than not disclosing the "project" stage of the birds. Anyone who plunks down crazy money for off colored birds (which is all they are at this point) is either badly misinformed or they have a plan in mind and this is the right move for them at this point in their plan.

 

[Big Blue]

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Thanks for our start and we continue to work on our projects!

Same here!! What Jody and Charlie have done is an amazing thing for folks who are wanting to really get a good start on breeding nice stock.

Side Note: How's the weather down in NC Blue???

Can't complain because it is worse somewhere else!

 

[scbatz33]

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Same here!! What Jody and Charlie have done is an amazing thing for folks who are wanting to really get a good start on breeding nice stock.

Side Note: How's the weather down in NC Blue???

Can't complain because it is worse somewhere else!

Like here! OMG we've had 41" of snow in the month of Feb. Normally this part of PA gets 40" in 5 months, not one!!!

 

[Cara]

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The issue is that Jody and Charlie made these birds available on the understanding that firstly they are a work in progress, a project, and that they should be improved upon. This seller makes no mention of the need for improvement and is selling them as the real deal. They're doing the breed a disservice, as will anyone who believes that they have purchased actual Lavender Orpingtons.

It isn't up to the Hinkles to do all the work, seriously!! Those who bought project eggs should be improving upon what they have, not expecting to have everything handed to them on a plate. The lesser ones are the only ones available in this case because the seller is more concerned about a quick buck.