which bird has made the most money for you?

[Sir Birdaholic]

My biggest $$ is selling 2 week old turkey poults for $5 each.

 

[TimG]

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No way!

 

[Bedste]

Easter Egger day old chicks I sell unsexed for $1 each

 

[onthespot]

Muscovies, sold every egg for $4 each. Marans pullets, I can sell those for $50 each, any age. They don't always sell fast, but they all sell. EE or ameraucanas, barred olive eggers, most pullets sell from $10 at a couple weeks old, to $30 point of lay.

 

[Red Maple Farms]

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Wow..... I participated in a fur and feather swap today where four to five week old muscovy ducks were selling four three to four dollars each. Two year old muscovy hens were four to five dollars each. Silver Cuckoo Marans hens were seven dollars each.

 

[onthespot]

I think the difference is location, location, location. Southern California has a lot of people that just want a very few pullets. They want them to look pretty, and they want the eggs to look unique. They don't want the moral pressure of dealing with a rooster, so I have a 100% no questions asked return policy for any roos. I will either give their money back or another bird of comparable value (to what they spent on the original bird) If they bought a $10 chick, they don't get a $30 hen just because they grew out their roo a bunch. I would give them $10 credit toward a $30 bird, if that makes sense.

Another reason some of my eggs sold high is because of the combo of breeds i had to choose from. People could combine orders and save a bundle on shipping, and get better hatch from a bigger, heavier package of eggs. The breeds I had or have now included Bourbon Red Turkeys, Midget White Turkeys, Blue Bearded Olive eggers, Barred olive eggers, BBS silkies, White Showgirl/Silkies, Dark Brahmas, Copper Black Marans from Wade Gene/Ron Presley, and BBS copper marans from Bev Davis, Mottled Javas, Mille Fleur Cochin, Lavender Orpington Project.

Other varieites I am adding for next season are Coronation Sussex/Light Sussex, Blue Laced Red Wyandottes from Barber, Foley, Paul's Poultry and Katy's lines. Working on Ameraucanas in BBS and lavender (blues split to lavender, so a lot of breeding and unravelling of the puzzle to do there) Black Jersey Giants, Auburn and Sweetgrass Turkeys, possibly bantam BLRW, wating to see how they grow out... so people get a lot of hard to find varieties to choose from and save on shipping is partly why they sell for more, not that they are particularly worth more.

 

[Elite Silkies]

Onthespot your right that location makes the difference. I can't even give away my birds sometimes. But, I live in a small town.

I have some cuckoo marans, I wish I had another pen so I could breed a couple more. I really like that you can tell the sex of them by 1-2 weeks old.

 

[rinmpit]

a marran is a chicken isnt it

 

[Elite Silkies]

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Yes it's a chicken. I called mine Cuckoo Marans but they are actually just called Maran without the s.

 

[Nava]

They make money but, they don't make enough to break even, but at least they try, those would be my Blue Naked Necks, I've sold more of those eggs than any other kind.