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HarryS:
Well after being haunted by my culls that went to auction they will all be put down now even the day old chicks.  I have already started to cull the older birds the old fashion way.  I do not want to see these culls to come back into the breeding pool and a lot of them will be used and the offsprings sold as SQ IMO.   Especially the black split lavenders of all the breeds I have I see people using them as pure bred but they are not.  

Mike Gilbert:
Kudos to you Harry, for doing the right thing.  Even if they are labeled as culls, someone is inevitably going to drag your name in the mud because they are not A-1 stock.

vanalpaca:

--- Quote from: mustangsaguaro ---For those of you who sell and ship fertile eggs as well as sell chicks local how do you determine the price you will sell for?

How do you determine what you will sell a dozen eggs for to someone? I have seen eggs anywhere from $45 on up to $70 for Ameraucana eggs.


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When buying hatching eggs last year, they started at $10-$15 PLUS $10-$15 for shipping cost. So now the price is about $30 to get in that dozen eggs. So specify if price includes shipping and how many eggs at that shipped cost.

Consider mailing shells or stating what color number on the color chart your eggs are if customer is looking for BLUE eggs. A lot of disappointment out there because of shell color.

Third consideration is the quality of the birds that you are selling eggs from for hatching, include parent pictures and show results. For higher quality birds, people are willing to pay more for hatching eggs.

Currently on BYC auction, Blue Wheaton eggs from a certain seller are going for $80-$250 per dozen as they are being advertised and photo is of REALLY BLUE eggs. I have shells from them and they are pale mint green....

If you want to further the breed and establish good customers, and work with them to help cull their birds, then choose a reasonable price. Folks have LOTS of problems hatching them out, depending on their skills, packaging, and the PO.

Mike Gilbert:
\"Currently on BYC auction, Blue Wheaton eggs from a certain seller are going for $80-$250 per dozen as they are being advertised and photo is of REALLY BLUE eggs. I have shells from them and they are pale mint green.... \"

Was it P.T. Barnum that said, \"A sucker is born every minute?\"
The circus atmosphere surrounding egg color is what turned me off easter eggers, and is beginning to do the same with Ameraucanas.  Taking advantage of stupidity is not my idea of character.

John:
Bonnie,

Welcome to the club and forum.

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