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Chickens for 10-20 years or more? Pull up a rockin' chair and lay some wisdom on us!
There is a lot of great information on selling eggs. You don't have to be certified organic if you sell under a certain dollar amount. I've been talking with a number of people who sell their eggs in a number of different ways; people come to their farm/home, farmers market, and co-ops. Some...- bestpractice
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Chickens for 10-20 years or more? Pull up a rockin' chair and lay some wisdom on us!
For current market price: http://www.ams.usda.gov/AMSv1.0/ams.fetchTemplateData.do?template=TemplateN&navID=MarketNewsAndTransportationData&leftNav=MarketNewsAndTransportationData&page=PYMarketNewsReportsOrganic&acct=pmn Click on a date to get the real world prices of organic poultry. There...- bestpractice
- Post #2,361
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Chickens for 10-20 years or more? Pull up a rockin' chair and lay some wisdom on us!
Sorry, I misunderstood the topic -- I would have expected brooders to be titled as such -- my bad!!! I came here for Chickens for 10-20 years or more? Pull up a rockin' chair and lay some wisdom on us! If your topic is brooders and you want comprehensive information with some great ideas go...- bestpractice
- Post #2,354
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Chickens for 10-20 years or more? Pull up a rockin' chair and lay some wisdom on us!
Okie dokie. Good luck "chicken farming". I wish you all the best.- bestpractice
- Post #2,348
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Chickens for 10-20 years or more? Pull up a rockin' chair and lay some wisdom on us!
Thank you.- bestpractice
- Post #2,332
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Chickens for 10-20 years or more? Pull up a rockin' chair and lay some wisdom on us!
Oh my, you really have an odd idea of what *my* life is. Good luck with counting your pennies and raising your chickens. I think I'll stay on topic, and that is raising chickens to make a profit versus "Hobby".- bestpractice
- Post #2,328
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Chickens for 10-20 years or more? Pull up a rockin' chair and lay some wisdom on us!
Holy Toledo! I want the name of that buyer :-) I could retire and not worry about supplemental income in my old age if I could get that much money for a chicken! :-)- bestpractice
- Post #2,326
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Chickens for 10-20 years or more? Pull up a rockin' chair and lay some wisdom on us!
If you are counting every dime you may want to consider looking at the cost of raising those chickens. In the summer "poor people" like me utilize farmers markets. I'm being honest and trying to be helpful -- I'm certainly having to watch all my pennies. It would probably be cheaper to...- bestpractice
- Post #2,323
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Chickens for 10-20 years or more? Pull up a rockin' chair and lay some wisdom on us!
Okay, so maybe we do agree on the basic premise of this thread. That is, this thread leans toward the hobby side.- bestpractice
- Post #2,320
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Chickens for 10-20 years or more? Pull up a rockin' chair and lay some wisdom on us!
Hi Stony. Our farm was paid for 75 years ago and hasn't carried a mortgage since that time. Please look at the SARES grants if you are truly interested in self sustaining agriculture, including chickens. There are grants for every type of operation; small, large, low income, minority...- bestpractice
- Post #2,319
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Chickens for 10-20 years or more? Pull up a rockin' chair and lay some wisdom on us!
My husband is 62. He started collecting eggs from our chicken house (the chicken house grandpa built) as a very young boy. On our farm there have been chickens, crops, hogs, sheep, cows, orchards, gardens, and horses for over 100 years. This is the definition of "self sustaining" agriculture...- bestpractice
- Post #2,318
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Chickens for 10-20 years or more? Pull up a rockin' chair and lay some wisdom on us!
I'm still trying to get through earlier posts, but as I'm reading I get pulled back to the end. If there are posts in the thread that you think may be beneficial please, feel free to copy them here.- bestpractice
- Post #2,313
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Chickens for 10-20 years or more? Pull up a rockin' chair and lay some wisdom on us!
I respect their experience as OT's too. I'm guessing that the differences here are semantics -- Small farm would indicate a profit, supplemental income. Are you keeping books? If so, congratulations on your income making venture! That is information I would like more of, information I can...- bestpractice
- Post #2,312
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Chickens for 10-20 years or more? Pull up a rockin' chair and lay some wisdom on us!
I will continue to be polite and discuss this rationally. Bee, how do you define a hobby? If it costs more to raise a chicken than buying it, I'm calling it a hobby. So, maybe we need to discuss the differences between "backyard hobby" and trying to supplement your income. If you want to say...- bestpractice
- Post #2,310
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Chickens for 10-20 years or more? Pull up a rockin' chair and lay some wisdom on us!
I respectfully disagree. Where I think we are disagreeing is a matter simple math, that is economics. At the end of the day, with the same size flock - 200 or 2000 -- good farm management makes money and waste does not -- good management expands, waste barely gets by. If any business, small or...- bestpractice
- Post #2,307
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