You wouldn't beleive what adult chickens in the feed store go for here in southern California--!

Roosters are $23.99
Hens are $13.99

Those are Los Angeles feed store prices, NOT from local chicken people though. It's laughable.

Anywhere else, where sanity reigns, I'd estimate around $4.00 to $6.00 each.

Velvet ~:>

In my area, a year old Red Star/Isa Brown/Golden Comet sell for $10@. In a poultry catalog the 5 month old pullets are $7 each but shipping is $45! Would be interesting to hear prices from other parts of the country.

cella jane

Since they are all 4 EEs, I would add a couple of dollars on to the "average" price - they are uncommon, and usually wanted, which makes a good selling point.

We sold a mixture of year-old EE's, Black Astrolorps, and New Hamp. Reds about three weeks ago. There were 35 of them and we sold them for $10 each. The buyers were very happy to get layers that were used to free-ranging on vegetation.

We posted on several different chicken forums and got several calls immediately. We also threw in two roosters, so that cut our flock in half. It is much more manageable (and quieter) around here now!

the weekly chicken/goat sale in Barnesville Ga would have any of the larger breeds going for $10-14. I usually dont stay for the bird sale, but the last couple of times I did, i was amazed at the prices they were bringing. Even when they quit laying, some hispanics around the area pay a pretty good price ($8 or so). I ask a hispanic fellow why, and he told me the flavor was so much better than the "no-taste" stuff that most of us are used to. They just have to cook those older hens longer. I tried to get an invite to his next feast, but he laughed. I havent had real bird in 35 years or so.

t

I drove to Lexington from E'town KY to get my dominiques for $10 each. The breeder said it was a special price as she was clearing out her stock.

I paid $20 each for the geese we bought in 1998.

When I sell ducks, I charger $7 each for the fully feathered moscovies, and 2 for $5 on the ducklings.

I had a Hispanic lady offer to buy my old, non-laying hens once, she was desperate to get one for her father. When I asked why the older hens, she said it was a belief in the Hispanic culture that the soup made from the old girls had special curative powers. Interesting...

Velvet ~:>