Selling fertilized eggs...

[TamiHunter]

I was wondering on how much I could sell my fertilized silkie eggs for. How much per egg...

 

[KellyHM]

Are they pet quality or show quality? Where did you get them from? Do you have them penned separately by color or are they all together? There are a lot of factors.

 

[TamiHunter]

I have them all together. Got them from McMurray hatchery and I have papers for showing them if I want. Right now they are just pets. I have whites, buffs and blacks.

 

[Katy]

If they're from a hatchery people won't be willing to pay as much as if they were from a good breeder. I don't quite know what you mean about the paper for showing them.

 

[speckledhen]

I have papers for showing them if I want

Since chickens don't have pedigrees, do you mean NPIP certification or vet's certificate of health?​

 

[Katy]

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Since chickens don't have pedigrees, do you mean NPIP certification or vet's certificate of health?

I didn't think of that kind of paper.

 

[TamiHunter]

The hatchery sent me a "right to show" paper. That's all. They didn't send me any other paperwork.

 

[Katy]

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Anyone can show any bird they want to enter in a show, so I'm not sure what the point of that paper is. Honestly the birds that come from a hatchery that are show quality are few and far between.

 

[KellyHM]

Since they're hatchery birds and they're all mixed colors I would say you could sell a dozen for around $10-12.

 

[speckledhen]

Never heard of a "right to show" paper. Very weird. Depending on the quality of the parent stock, many charge 50 cents to $1 per egg, plus shipping, for hatching eggs. Some with great stock, a rare breed in a good quality, or just the fad breed of the moment, may charge more than that.