Took 20 of 27 of my chickens to the auction today. Done real good. After commission I received $107.00 total. My Production Reds sold for $8.50 each, Brown Leghorns-$7.50 each, Auracannas-$7.50 each, White Leghorns-$3.75 each, Wyandot and Dominiquer-$6.50 each, Brown Leghorn rooster-$4.00, and Cornish roosters-$1.50 each.

Commission is 20%.

-- r.h. in okla. (rhays@sstelco.com), April 14, 2002

Answers

hmmmmm... you lost a dollar per chicken due to commission. I think I would have eaten the roosters.

-- Rose (open_rose@hotmail.com), April 15, 2002.

Thanks for posting this. I had no idea chickens sold so well! I'll sure keep this in mind for the future.

-- Carol - in Virginia (carollm@rockbridge.net), April 15, 2002.

Good job, RH! Roosters don't go for that much at the auctions that I've been do, so I think you did real well!

-- Cheryl in KS (klingonbunny@planetkc.com), April 15, 2002.

I gave away all my chickens before the move! I had no idea there were auctions that would take chickens. Congratulations. I think you did good.

-- mary (mlg@mlg.com), April 15, 2002.

How old were they? I have baby ducks, chickens, and turkeys. I thought we would partially raise them and then take them to auction!

-- Gailann Schrader (gtschrader@aol.com), April 15, 2002.

Galiean, all my red chickens were 1 year old and my leghorns were 2 years old. Baby ducks went for $3.00 each, baby chicks-$.85 each, there were no baby turkeys for sale but full grown Toms went for $20- 25 each. As of right now I think a person can make more money raising chickens then raising pigs.

-- r.h. in okla. (rhays@sstelco.com), April 15, 2002.