Fur-N-Fowl
Fluffy Dinosaur Breeder
You can't get any cuter than that!
How much do you sell them for and at what age? I want to start a silkie and OEG chick selling buisness as soon as my pullets start laying so I am trying to get all the information I can about prices.
They're all so cute! It was hard to pick growouts to keep.
I'm not really in the business of selling poultry, I'm just a hobby breeder that sells off chicks I'm not keeping to breed on or show.
Larger business that have many birds will sell them cheaper than me since they hatch more at once and are on a larger scale.
As for my prices, it varies quite a bit!
As of now, my pure whites are all £12 each as of 1 week old. I only sell my chicks after 1 week of age to make sure they're growing/eating/drinking ok etc.
Price increases with age and potential quality of each chick.
I've recently raised the prices of my partridges to the same price as my whites, especially the Moorhead partridges like this one:
Any that hatch with incorrect toes etc are sold for about £5 each as pet quality, sometimes free if I know they are going to a good home. I won't cull chicks just because of that, I rather sell as a pet.
I occasionally sell hatching eggs too but I'm also thinking of boosting up the price an extra 50p on my whites. So many people want them...
I sold this little pullet for £20 which I'm killing myself knowing I could have got more but nevermind, I needed the space freed up!
I think it's difficult to compare my prices though since what people will pay for a Silkie over here will be different to where you live. It can depend on how high the demand is, the quality you are providing, also if you are NPIP certified (over here we don't have to be) and the quantity you are hatching at once.
Have a look at some of your local selling sites and compare prices etc!
