I'm just starting with breeding banties for an actual project and I know I'm going to be drowning in birds at some point.
I've always kept birds just for pleasure and was able to give away, trade or butcher any excess because I hatched few chicks. But with this project I'll have to hatch a lot of babies and know my friends won't want all of them.
I thought I'd just sell what I can't give away....but I sold my first birds the other day...a trio of pure bred oegb creles that I couldn't give away. I checked local prices and set my price by the average for general chickens since these weren't exceptional birds for their type...though I noticed the pure bred stock selling for some (in my opinion as someone who normally doesn't sell birds) silly prices. It turns out the fellow who bought them buys and resells chickens at a higher price. He keeps them in awful conditions and I felt bad for my birds.
So, I'm wondering how people experienced in selling their birds try to make sure something like that doesn't happen? Do I have to sell at higher prices if I'm not selling to someone who I know why they're buying the birds, or is there a way I can keep my prices what I consider reasonable...in other words cheap...lol?
I've always kept birds just for pleasure and was able to give away, trade or butcher any excess because I hatched few chicks. But with this project I'll have to hatch a lot of babies and know my friends won't want all of them.
I thought I'd just sell what I can't give away....but I sold my first birds the other day...a trio of pure bred oegb creles that I couldn't give away. I checked local prices and set my price by the average for general chickens since these weren't exceptional birds for their type...though I noticed the pure bred stock selling for some (in my opinion as someone who normally doesn't sell birds) silly prices. It turns out the fellow who bought them buys and resells chickens at a higher price. He keeps them in awful conditions and I felt bad for my birds.
So, I'm wondering how people experienced in selling their birds try to make sure something like that doesn't happen? Do I have to sell at higher prices if I'm not selling to someone who I know why they're buying the birds, or is there a way I can keep my prices what I consider reasonable...in other words cheap...lol?