Prices for sexed Lavender Orpingtons?

[Peachesbabychick]

Hi everyone!

So there is this lady who I am getting some Blue, Black, Splash, and possibly lavender chicks from. The total for the 6 BBS chicks is 50$. Then she told me that her 3-4 week old, sexed, lavenders were 100$ each! Then she said that because they are for 4H she would cut down the price to 50$ each. This still seems like alot to me. What do you guys think? What is a reasonable price?

Any help is much appreciated!

 

[RAREROO]

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It depends on what they are worth to you, its an insane price for a chicken in my opinion,but some people have paid more that that for them.

 

[Peachesbabychick]

Well I guess thats true. I'm not a breeder or anything. Just a girl who loves, and wants some more unique colors of Orpingtons.

Are there any Lav Orp breeders out there who can give me a reasonable price?

 

[kathyinmo]

First of all, they are "projects." Not even Orps yet. Few people are really even working on them. They need more work before they should be called Orpingtons. $100 each?

$50. each?

No way. Last year I gave away about 100 of them.

 

[Illia]

Agreed with Kathy.



With Lavender Orps, one must REALLY watch out and keep in mind that a huge majority of the population and "breeders" out there are just about profit, not actual Orpingtons. They're basically Lavender chickens. Because honestly more than half of what I see these days are less quality of an Orpington than even hatchery Buffs are. That's sad.


To me, most Lav's are worth normal price for chicks and adults. $8 max per chick is what I'd pay. Max. Unless the person had birds who truly looked nice and like an Orpington or nearly there, which there are a couple online that I've seen, then yes I'd pay more but not $50 per.



To sum up, that is NOT a fair price, that's someone who hopes to make quick cash off of putting chicken A with chicken B.

 

[Peachesbabychick]

Ok. Thankyou very much for your help! She claims that her birds are very nice, so I will have to assume she is very proud of her lavs. I think for a pure, 3 week old, sexed lav, 50$ is silly. I just don't know if I should ask for a lower price or not. She already "cut the price down". I just really would like a lavender from her.

Thanks again! Anyone else have an opinion on this?

 

[itsy]

I don't know if she ships, but in post #6923 in one of the NY threads here, someone has lav chicks for sale. I'm not sure what she's asking, either.... but I was just in that thread and I thought of it when I read this one.

 

[Peachesbabychick]

Thankyou!

 

[Talisman]

I think whatever makes you happy Just make sure you have good secure coops. Soooo many predators out there teens, coons,hawks etc. Good Luck. Life is beautiful so enjoy

 

[Matt1616]

Wow, some people never cease to amaze me. The Lavender Orpingtons that I have seen in person have in no way resembled a true Orpington. I would rank them right there with hatchery birds. I can't see why the chicks would be worth more than any standard hatchery chick. $5.00 a piece max is what I would say they are worth sexed or not. Adult birds no more than $15.00 per bird.
They are definitely a project and from what I have seen they have a long way to go to resemble an Orpington.