Considering hatching chicks to sell, advice?

[Cheekychook12]

By no means am I definitely doing this, I’m curious about it though, what I should advertise towards with my birds, and what the costs and what I should sell birds for
Curious if this would be worth doing or not
My goals would be maybe to make a little bit of money (not enough for a job or anything significant)
And to study the feather colour genetics of my birds
I have purebred pekin bantams and a couple of frizzles

 

[DarkWater1929]

I have been going back and forth with this same idea. This video was the one that really fueled my enthusiasm.

I think that, for me, I have not yet been willing or able to invest the neccessary money in the infrastructure and foundational supplies yet. I would want to have good, solid, predator proof housing for them, which I lack at the moment. I would also want to lay in a supply of medications and so forth, so that if a problem were to arise, I would not have to wait for an order to arrive before treating it.

I believe that people who are rigorous in enforcing strict biosecuruty policies have not only fewer problems with their flocks, but likely also earn a reputation for selling healthier birds, which is important to me. I would like to be known as a reputable, reliable breeder, if I were to embark upon such a venture. Biosecurity, when done properly, seems very overwhelming to me, however. I once bought a rooster from a lady who breeds Brahmas. She will not allow people to come to her property at all! She meets them down the road from her farm, to sell her birds. I can't quibble with her methods, as that rooster was healthy, docile, and absolutely lovely! But, I am not sure that I possess the discipline and consistency necessary to make it work.

As with so many ideas that interest me, I would have a great deal of learning to do, in order to avoid meeting with disaster, caused by rushing into such a project without fully understanding and preparing for the hazards.

So, my advice to both of us would be to spend a lot of time listening to folks who have built successful businesses around Chickens. What do they wish they had known going in? What would they do differently? How much did they invest, before they began to see returns? I will take the anecdotal knowledge of one who has been there, over a textbook blueprint, any day!

If you decide to do it, please consider sharing your process and results. I bet I am not the only one who would be fascinated to follow your journey!

 

[Cheekychook12]

I have been going back and forth with this same idea. This video was the one that really fueled my enthusiasm.

I think that, for me, I have not yet been willing or able to invest the neccessary money in the infrastructure and foundational supplies yet. I would want to have good, solid, predator proof housing for them, which I lack at the moment. I would also want to lay in a supply of medications and so forth, so that if a problem were to arise, I would not have to wait for an order to arrive before treating it.

I believe that people who are rigorous in enforcing strict biosecuruty policies have not only fewer problems with their flocks, but likely also earn a reputation for selling healthier birds, which is important to me. I would like to be known as a reputable, reliable breeder, if I were to embark upon such a venture. Biosecurity, when done properly, seems very overwhelming to me, however. I once bought a rooster from a lady who breeds Brahmas. She will not allow people to come to her property at all! She meets them down the road from her farm, to sell her birds. I can't quibble with her methods, as that rooster was healthy, docile, and absolutely lovely! But, I am not sure that I possess the discipline and consistency necessary to make it work.

As with so many ideas that interest me, I would have a great deal of learning to do, in order to avoid meeting with disaster, caused by rushing into such a project without fully understanding and preparing for the hazards.

So, my advice to both of us would be to spend a lot of time listening to folks who have built successful businesses around Chickens. What do they wish they had known going in? What would they do differently? How much did they invest, before they began to see returns? I will take the anecdotal knowledge of one who has been there, over a textbook blueprint, any day!

If you decide to do it, please consider sharing your process and results. I bet I am not the only one who would be fascinated to follow your journey!

I will definitely share results if I end up doing this
I’m lucky enough to live somewhere where there aren’t many predators and they are easy to defend against
And there isn’t as much risk of bird flu here either
I’ll watch that video, it is very intriguing! Making 1000 a week is an enticing proposition