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  1. BigPeep

    Calling Meat Poultry Producers (Chicken, Turkey, Duck, Goose, ect.)

    Organic free range chickens are going online for $16.95 for a 3.3lb bird. I get $8 each for live cockerals from passing Mexicans. Why would you want to charge only $6.50 per bird?
  2. BigPeep

    Calling Meat Poultry Producers (Chicken, Turkey, Duck, Goose, ect.)

    As I pointed out above, you can do a CSA where you get the customers to pre pay for the birds before you even order or hatch the chicks. You give them a discount over what they would be paying if they waited and build in a set number of weeks they need to come and pick up the birds, or combine...
  3. BigPeep

    Calling Meat Poultry Producers (Chicken, Turkey, Duck, Goose, ect.)

    A CSA stands for "Consumer Supported Agriculture". In a CSA the customers pre pay for a certain number of weeks of produce or meat or eggs etc at the beginning of the year and then pick up a box every week. That way the farmer knows how much seed to order and how much to plant and doesn't...
  4. BigPeep

    Calling Meat Poultry Producers (Chicken, Turkey, Duck, Goose, ect.)

    I would go with dual purpose "heritage" type breeds. They will take much longer to raise than the Cornish/Rocks but the meat will be much better and you can sell it for a premium if you have buyers. I have a CSA so I can offer a chicken option and have the birds pre-sold before I even order...
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