What is a pair?

[Snadger]

Sounds daft, but if you were to buy 'A pair of Minorcas' at auction would you expect them to be two hens or a cock and hen?

[di]

Can I be really cheeky & not give an answer but add a similar question...please!

If you were to sell a trio(which I take to being two hens & one cock),does the cock need to be unrelated?

Sorry & Thanks Snadge!

[Snadger]

Can I be really cheeky & not give an answer but add a similar question...please!

If you were to sell a trio(which I take to being two hens & one cock),does the cock need to be unrelated?

Sorry & Thanks Snadge!

No it doesn't need to be, but sellers sometimes state 'with an unrelated cockerel' (Which you can probably take with a pinch of salt!)

I think most people buying trio's from auction accept that they will have come from the same brood unless there is a marked age difference!

[bluemoon]

I don't know for certain, but I would have expected a cock and a hen.

[RichmondHens]

Yep, a pair should be cock and hen. Very unlikely you would get two hens. It's the breeders way of getting rid of their cocks! A trio is two hens and one cock, and most probably will be related unless specifically stated otherwise. A pair most probably would be related too, again unless stated otherwise.

[di]

So I could actually try selling our two remaining Norfolk Greys & their brother?We had considered it but then my conscience got the better of me as I thought they had to be unrelated.
Are there any other specifications for selling poultry?Is it best to do it through an auction or free ads?

[Snadger]

Yep, a pair should be cock and hen. Very unlikely you would get two hens. It's the breeders way of getting rid of their cocks! A trio is two hens and one cock, and most probably will be related unless specifically stated otherwise. A pair most probably would be related too, again unless stated otherwise.

Ooops..........thought one Minorca was turning 'cockish' (Wondered where the eggs were also!)

Houston we have a problem................

[RichmondHens]

You could sell them as a "related trio", or just a trio and not specify relationships, but I always think honesty is the best policy. If they were mine I would state their relationship from the outset. In fact, I probably wouldn't bother trying to sell the cock, just the hens.

I have no experience in selling at auction or through free ads. The birds I have sold have usually gone to people I know, and they have been requested, rather than me having to advertise them.

[di]

Ooops..........thought one Minorca was turning 'cockish' (Wondered where the eggs were also!)

Oh No!!!

Might have a look to see if it might be worth out while to try selling them,but if it's not worth it he does seem to be the boy with the most meat on him.

[Snadger]

HE must be the most demure cockerel I've ever met then.............he doesn't crow and is second fiddle to a runt of a Light Sussex hen!

[Snadger]

I'm afraid I would have no scrubles about selling two hens and a cockerel from the same hatch as a trio at auction. Not that I've ever sold at auction!

[RichmondHens]

Always tough when you have a beautiful boy. It seems a waste to put them in the pot, but realistically you are never going to sell them all, or even a few. Our Welsummer cocks look gorgeous, but they usually end up on our plates (in fact we've just despatched and prepped another two today, ready for dinner tomorrow night).

[di]

It's actually the two men folk of the household that are struggling most about culling the Norfolk Grey....but they will stand at the run admiring him for hours!I admit he is an incredibly handsome chap,but I said to Andi,more than likely all NG boys are just as lovely.I've adopted a very strict approach with myself(and try to encourage the kiddies do the same)of doing the routine feeding/cleaning etc & then ignore them best I can.

Selling them was(is)just an idea to try a pull back a few pennies that we've spent on them all these last six months...lets just say they most certainly haven't paid for themselves!I wouldn't have the first clue of how to go about selling or trying to sell them.Does anyone have experience of selling at auction?

[MaureenHall]

I sold a pair of 13 week old Vorwerks at auction a couple of weeks ago. A really "interesting" experience,and one I'd do again. It was a "Special Poultry Auction" targeted at rare breeds, but there weren't that many rare ones there, mostly run-of-the-mill stuff. I had to register them about 2 - 3 weeks before the auction so they could be listed in the catalogue. I made sure I got them there early, mainly so they'd be settled, but also so that potential buyers had plenty of time to see them properly. As it was the last "big" auction of the year, prices weren't that high, but I was happy with the £15 I got for them. Hopefully I'll have raised some more chicks to saleable size by the next one next April.

[RichmondHens]

I feel uncomfortable about selling just to anyone. I like to know where my birds are going to, and that they will be properly cared for. Given that they are brought up free range, or at least in a large enclosure, I wouldn't want them to then go and sit in a tiny coop on someone's lawn.