Welshies
Crowing
Ducks will be your best bet as I see way more people interested in them than geese. Good laying breeds or heritage breeds will make the most income. Good luckThanks! I will look into it more
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Ducks will be your best bet as I see way more people interested in them than geese. Good laying breeds or heritage breeds will make the most income. Good luckThanks! I will look into it more
That defiantly makes a lot of sense! Thanks! how much is a pair eating a week and how much is your feed? I buy layer feed in bulk and that averages about just under $8 a bag. I have raised waterfowl on a game bird maintenance/oats/scratch grain mix and have not noticed a difference at all in egg production or health.As a backyard breeder, absolutely not. The best you can hope for is that the sale of eggs/geese will cover the costs of care. Best case scenario you have a 2yo buff dewlap toulouse pair, and you do not factor initial investment costs. One pair will yield 30 eggs per year. Of those, you sell/hatch 20 eggs. Average sale is $25 each. So that pair will make $500 per year. That same pair costs approx $5 per week for grain, etc. Your profit is a whopping $240 per year, and you have not factored in cost of labor. If you estimate one hour per week in time to care, gather eggs, market, package/ship, etc., that is 52 hours/$240 is $4.62 per hour.
You can make $50-100 for the goslings, but assume of the 30 eggs, only 15 hatch, and with the time factor to hatch, market and ship babies (including factoring in cost of losses), you still only make a couple hundred per year.
As a backyard breeder, absolutely not. The best you can hope for is that the sale of eggs/geese will cover the costs of care. Best case scenario you have a 2yo buff dewlap toulouse pair, and you do not factor initial investment costs. One pair will yield 30 eggs per year. Of those, you sell/hatch 20 eggs. Average sale is $25 each. So that pair will make $500 per year. That same pair costs approx $5 per week for grain, etc. Your profit is a whopping $240 per year, and you have not factored in cost of labor. If you estimate one hour per week in time to care, gather eggs, market, package/ship, etc., that is 52 hours/$240 is $4.62 per hour.
You can make $50-100 for the goslings, but assume of the 30 eggs, only 15 hatch, and with the time factor to hatch, market and ship babies (including factoring in cost of losses), you still only make a couple hundred per year.