Anyone have their own small hatchery?

[CANDLE98]

Has anyone does this? I just found out that my Great-Great grandparents owned their own hatchery in the 1930's until it burned down in the 1950's. I guess that is where I get my chicken crazyness from! But I was interested in starting a hatchery maybe in the future. What do you guys think?

I am going to start off with just selling eggs, and then ask around my small town to see if there would be anyone interested in buying chicks when mine start hatching. I also want to trademark the name of my Great-Great grandparents hatchery.

Anyone with small hatcherys out there?

 

[CANDLE98]

So I think I should have posted this in the breeders/hatchery topic. Could someone move it for me? Thanks!

Jessica

 

[ruth]

I bought a Sportsman incubator and in the off season, when the two feed stores in town are no longer selling chicks, I sell all that I can hatch at $3 each. But, we live in a rural, farming community in the country and there's always a need for chicks.

 

[monarc23]

I have a tiny hatching business

It's fun theres something so fun about hatching eggs for someone else

Ofcourse its' fun hatching for myself too but it's fun making life for someone else to enjoy cute lil fuzz butts

my grandpa had a guinea pig farm and my great grandpa had a miniature horse farm, OH and my other great grandpa had a netherland dwarf hobby...I think it's safe to say i got the animal hobby part right but not the animals

Though I did have a rabbitry and a rattery annnnd i've owned a few miniature horses in my time

I have a 70+ year old cabinet incubator I use, it works like brand new and i Love it

 

[Mahonri]

My wife thinks I do!

At present I have 42 chickens.

I'll be eating at least 3 of them and selling a goodly number so I'm going to try to get back down to 25.

We'll see how I do.