Somebody wants to buy one of my hens. Price?

[Dogfish]

So I'm saving my 5 heritage birds for brood stock for next year. I have 1 bronze (eastern cross?) tom, 3 naragansett hens (2 light, one slightly darker), and a blue slate hen. All were hatched in May/June. A co-worker of my wife has a lonely tom, and needs a new hen. How do I determine the value of a semi-mature hen?

I told my wife that I wanted to get some eggs from all of the hens prior to selling any of them. Not really interested in selling a brood stock bird, but... (the blue slate hen is the oddball, and I wouldn't have an issue giving her up. She was my bonus bird for buying 4 poults for $10 each.)

What should I expect to pay for the tom, and should I counter-offer with 3 or 4 poults for the tom? This way they could start a new flock, and I could gain an experienced tom.

Thanks!

 

[impis]

Why not loan him/her a hen, on condition you have some of the fertilised eggs once they start appearing. The hen remains your property, but the food bill is paid by someone else.

 

[Enchanted Sunrise Farms]

Poults around here go for $8-$10, and adult turkeys go for $20-$25.

 

[abhaya]

I would sell her the bird for like $20 with the condition that you get a few of the eggs That way you have eggs from all your birds and she can start her flock everyone wins.

 

[ColbyNTX]

Here in Texas, heritage birds of this age go for $40-45. You have atleast that much feed in them. I wouldn't sell for less and expect some eggs in the spring. What if something happens to the 1 Tom or 1 hen?

 

[bishopschickens]

Around here I have seen $25-50.00 for a hen. You will have to see how your area is and what interest is out there. Poultry seem to be between $8-10.00 each.

Brandon

 

[A.T. Hagan]

Back in November I sold the last of my sale birds. April hatched went for $25 apiece and June hatched went for $20.

I won't do that again though because as Colby notes that's just getting most of the feed costs back. I wouldn't sell any for less than $35.

Next year I intend to move all of mine out before they hit 90 days.

 

[jrsqlc]

i sell my bourbon reds for 35 up to 60 at auction. birds are usually 4-6 months

 

[MovieFanz]

I sold my Thanksgiving turkeys (live) for $150.

 

[jrsqlc]

Quote:
How many? What breed?

That is a MAJOR factor in price~