Breeding to sell question

Most people want purebred. Ask the guy at the feedstore about mixed breed chicks. Most feedstores sell purebreds for $3 or less, so with mutts you're going to make very little profit.

 

I incubate and sell chicks and I can tell you my customers do not want mixed chicks. If you really want to sell alot of chicks you will need alot more hens. I have around 150 laying hens and 4 different breeds. You will have to have as many coops as you do breeds to keep them pure. You can make a profit doing this but it is alot of work. I run 5 cabinet incubators and just ordered another brand new Sportsman(with my $600. stimulas check!) I have sold hundreds and hundreds, and hundreds of chicks already and cannot keep them. They sell out as soon as they are hatched and people are still calling for more. This is my third year and once word gets out you will sell your chicks. My local feed store and co-op give people my number when they ask for chicks also. I have four more breeds started so next year, Lord willing, I can offer 8 different pure breeds to my customers. I am working toward making this my full time job.

 

Most people dont want mixed chicks they want PUREBRED chicks.

 

I leave my rooster with the hens through breeding season. I'd ask the feed store which breed people are most asking about. I would et some Rhode Island Red hens and roosters. That will give you a possibility of 3 breeds, the barred rocks,the RIR, and if you put your RIR roo with your barred rock hens, you can get black sex-link.

 

No, it has to be a red roo over barred hens.