I was thinking you were selling chick chicks....newly hatched ones. Around here the going rate is $1 for newly hatched or a week or two old chicks, junior birds of around a month or more go for around $3, point of lay grade (hatchery sourced genetics) go for $7 and hens of 2 yrs or older go for $5.
Supply and demand in your particular area, I'm guessing....chickens just aren't much of a novelty in rural WV like they are growing to be in the suburbs and urban sprawl areas. The only way I'd get more than $3 for that age of bird is to explain in detail about the heritage line breeding~and most getting into chickens right now wouldn't give a flying fling about all that....they want silkies and cochins~ and $3 won't even pay for the feed they've eaten during that grow out period.
I'll have to remember to mention the broody raising, all natural raising, foraging, etc. in any ads I place...that's a good tip!
I've never really sold chicks or birds before this Hootie Hatch....mostly I just raise the birds and eat the extras. If I start hatching for breeding purposes, I may learn how to capon so I can keep the cockerels long enough to get some size on them before butchering.
I would be brave enough to experiment with caponizing! Goodness the things we will have to try when I get back up north.
(I have already done crop surgery, patched up dog wounds and on the farm I castrated calves, pigs, lambs and kids.)
