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Agree. Were I live I have to pay $50 per chick for good Light Sussex. It all depends how rare the breed is, right?I think much of it depends on where you are located, and whether there is a high demand for chicks/chickens. For me, when I lived in Austin, TX the price for common breed pullets averaged between $15-$20 and for chicks was $5 or so, and having backyard chickens is a really popular hobby there. The prices seemed to stay stable the last couple years to me. When I moved to Missouri last June, I was happy to find that the cost for chicks and birds was lower. Now that I'm raising my own birds, I often take chicks/chickens to sell at auction, and I notice there is a definite seasonal trend to the prices I get for my birds.
Are you purchasing your chicks from a different source, or has your vendor raised prices significantly? If you have a livestock auction near where you live, you might want to try buying there- I know you can often get chicks for $1 ea at my local auction. Good luck!
Yes definitely, chicks at the hatchery are a few cents more, but privately people are asking $5-$8 a day old chick!!
That why we picked up a rooster, time to make our own chicks ....
I agree. I hatch my own chicks cause I breed them for showing.Watching your hens hatch babies or incubating your eggs in an incubator is SO much fun! And if you end up with more chicks than you want, you can always sell the extras. It's been my experience that selling the extra chicks/hens totally covers the cost of my feed, supplies, etc.
Has anyone else noticed the rising cost of buying baby chicks over the past year???