Selling chickens and what are they worth?

[quails3]

I finally found out that we're officially selling our house.. and we'll have to be out in a little over a week! So I'm needing to sell some chickens real fast! My parents thought we had until the end of September until we closed on our house, but nope.. so I have 8 pullet who might be laying soon. They're 4 1/2 to 5 month old and they're barnyard mixes. How much should I sell them for? Keep in mind I want to sell them fast I don't care if I profit any I just don't want to loose too much money. Just having chicken was worth it in of itself though and should I sell them separately or all together?

 

[Farmgal101]

I say three dollars or two dollars a piece to sell them fast and that how much im selling mine and I already have two people buying them. If you want to make a bigger profit I say $8 dollars

 

[TattooedChicks]

You could easily get $10+ for point of lay pullets, but it really depends on the market and how saturated your area is. Craigslist is a great place to list and scope out the competition to see what the average prices are and to list a tad cheaper for faster movement.

 

[Farmgal101]

what state are you in? if its easier I can buy them from you and find them a good home since your moving soon.I finally found out that we're officially selling our house.. and we'll have to be out in a little over a week! So I'm needing to sell some chickens real fast! My parents thought we had until the end of September until we closed on our house, but nope.. so I have 8 pullet who might be laying soon. They're 4 1/2 to 5 month old and they're barnyard mixes. How much should I sell them for? Keep in mind I want to sell them fast I don't care if I profit any I just don't want to loose too much money. Just having chicken was worth it in of itself though and should I sell them separately or all together?

what state are you in? if its easier I can buy them from you and find them a good home since your moving soon.

 

[Farmgal101]

You could easily get $10+ for point of lay pullets, but it really depends on the market and how saturated your area is. Craigslist is a great place to list and scope out the competition to see what the average prices are and to list a tad cheaper for faster movement.

she is trying to sell them fast though

 

[TattooedChicks]

she is trying to sell them fast though

Free or Best Offer would be like lightning. I know in these parts a $10 pullet would be fair and gone fast, but depending on where the OP is that may not be the case.

 

[Farmgal101]

Free or Best Offer would be like lightning. I know in these parts a $10 pullet would be fair and gone fast, but depending on where the OP is that may not be the case.

I guess it would be different depending where you live

 

[Mrs. K]

point of lay is good, back yard mixes, not so good, but I have had good amount of eggs out of them too. $8.00 and they should sell like hotcakes, but I think you could easily start at $12-15 and see if you get any takers. A week is short notice. Hope you get back into chickens later on!

 

[21hens-incharge]

I would try to sell them as a group. They transition much easier with their flockmates with them.
I would start high and offer a deal if they buy all.

 

[The Moonshiner]

Craigslist here has several purebreds for $10 to $15 and seems a lot have been on here at least a month.
I think with mixes you're going to be lucky to get $5.
List them with best offer and see what happens. You might be giving them away with only a week to go.