why are fertalized eggs more that the chick

[greggy]

I have necountered the same situation pricing eggs on line. I suppose I should concentrate my search locally, within a 10 mile radius of my home. When the weather breaks i'll ask at the Amish farm house down the road. I am also leary of the Hatchery chicks being of solid stock. I guess If they were there wouldn't be so many folks hatching their own!
Greggy

 

[skeeter]

one reason IMO is just to see the miracle of the hatching process,how amazing that in just 3 weeks an egg that we all eat (or most of us)can turn into such a beautiful animal with the help of a light bulb,Ive been around chickens all my life but Im still amazed,its a wonderful thing,anyone can go to the feed store and buy chicks simple,its so much more satisfying to hatch them

 

[NYREDS]

Because P T Barnum was right

 

[schroader]

I cant believe that chicks are that high there. I can go to Rural Kind and get all I want for $ 0.75 on sale with a 10 bird min. And I thought that was high.

 

[seagullplayer]

I have wondered the same thing myself, it seems crazy anyone would pay that.

I guess you can get under the min. chick order by buying fewer eggs?

I think hatcheries price their eggs so high to discourage you from buying them. They are in the business of selling chicks, not eggs.

Do many have a replacement policy? If so I’m sure they end up replacing a lot of eggs, if the eggs don’t hatch the customer is going to blame the quality of the egg, not anything they may have done wrong…

 

[halo]

I think a lot of it is that people want a higher quality bird than you can probably get from a huge hatchery, where the quality of the birds probably arent monitored like they are from a smaller personal hatchery.

 

[patandchickens]

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well sure, but what *kind* of chicks are they.


Pat

 

[schroader]

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well sure, but what *kind* of chicks are they.


Pat

They were buff orfingtons, BO, some dom and ! RIR Roo. I bought 75 and only lost 3 before the coons and owls got all them. They were all in good helth and looked good.

 

[speckledhen]

Gosh, I've never seen chicks at 75 cents each, even straight run! I'd take a chance on straight run at that price. My local feedstore buys thousands every year from Ideal of lots of different breeds. They charge $3.60 each for sexed pullets and sometimes, if the owner thinks they'll pay it, like for an Easter Egger, she'll charge $4 each. People here are paying it to get however few they want when they want them.

 

[schroader]

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A girl there at the store showed me how to sex them, I picked 50 the first time and broght home 43 pullets and 7 roos. She showed me how to sex them by there wing feathers.