Prices for Birds?

[destinduck]

Yea. I hate it. When it does happen I usually open it up and try to learn what killed it. But if its a very rare male or pr it will probably be on my or someones wall.

 

[kangababy]

Hottentant Teal.. what is a good price on them.. I think I have an opportunity to get a really good price on breeders...

I don;t need any more birds though!

 

[destinduck]

200 they usually go for but saw some recently for 150. they are probably sold by now though.

 

[kangababy]

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Then I need to jump on these.. less then the 150 and they are proven breeders and from a good breeder!! UGH I don't need anything else!!

He needs to stop calling me knowing where to find things I want.. I told him eventually.... not all this year..

Got my Breeders Smews ordered!! WOOH!!

 

[Boggy Bottom Bantams]

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haha, I know what you mean. I've got them all on the waterfowl thread so knock yourself out

More you get, they less I'll have to hunt down, just letting you do all the leg work!!

 

[Boggy Bottom Bantams]

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$150 normal $200 upper end for yearlings
so if they are proven breeders under that, GET THEM!!!

They dont take up any room

 

[Boggy Bottom Bantams]

Dr. Todd :

Thanks Destiny for the help with prices, looks like I'll have to save my pennies! Do you know anything about prices for stellar eiders or torrent river ducks? They are SHARP and I have a dog run that's in the shade that would probably work for them.

Mike:We have a nice flock of coscoroba swans, too many actually...we eat the eggs so no more hatch! They are fun to watch and they have such a beautiful call. When I hear it I imagine I'm in their native habitat in Africa! Other than that we have some harlequin ducks (not the super fancy ones destiny likes, it was a HOOT when they told me the difference

) and I feed lots of stray cats.

DT

Back to the coscoroba thing.
I just saw a current listing for them, they had blacks and them. The blacks were $400 pr, the coscorobas are $1500! Now how many of them ol homlet eggs can you send me??

Seriously, I'll take them all

 

[HottentotTeal]

For Hottentots, most of the prices i see are 150 to 200, a majority at 200 a pair.


I'm just wondering, how much does it cost to raise a pair of ducks to sell, like Ringed or Hottentot teals?

I don't plan on breeding mine, but i was just wondering if breeders actually make money off of selling ducks. (out side of the ones that sell for thousands of dollars) It seems like they spend a lot of money on food and other supplies, but maybe once the initial investment is made with housing and food, it starts to pay off.

 

[kangababy]

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I am hoping so... After you intial start up (building the avairy, nesting boxes and buying the birds) Which could be costly depending on what you go with you should start to see a profit from selling them after 2 years tops.. I can let you know better after this year though.

Just to raise a bird to 4-5 months of age and sell it... I would say maybe $5

I could be wrong since this is our first year with waterfowl like this. We normally raise mallards and let them go and that is what it cost to feed them before we put them n the pond. But in my accounting world.. (BA and MA in Accounting) that is what the numbers says!

but you know accounting.

 

[Boggy Bottom Bantams]

yes, I have to agree, after your initial set up and bird purchase, your first breeding year should generally pay back all your cost, from then on all you have to do is cover the feed and basic up keep, which in a per bird scheme of things, no isnt much, you many have 1/2 a bag of feed per bird to grow it up so, $10 tops on most migratory duck species, now geese and swans are another story, they are bottomless pits and you feed many barely be covered on most species time you raise them.
Say you have $15-$20 per pair in expense to raise one for a few months til fall when you sell them, now think of those $200 hottentots you just bought, yes they made a profit off it. Now most just turn that money around and put it back into the birds one way or another. More birds, new pens, incubators, etc, you'll never get rich doing this, but you can definately pay for your addiction with them.