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I think the turkeys cost me a little less than $2/lb to raise (about $25/bird), not counting initial set-up costs or labor. I know we just raised our chickens for $1.35 per pound and sold them for $2.20. Next year we are going to ask $2.50/lb. Like the turkeys, we have people order before we get the birds so we don't have to worry about drumming up many customers at the last minute. A neighbor of ours sold his for $3/lb. That seems outrageous for a chicken and I don't think I could bring myself to ask that much...or could I?
I know our eggs are a good price compared to other parts of the country, but I don't think I could get more around here. Two hours south and they get $5/doz for eggs! I don't know what our eggs cost us. That was our entry into poultry, and our hen numbers go up and down with how many other things we are trying to do, and we just have never bothered to figure our losses on them.
If you add the cost of laber, maintenance, overhead, to our expenses, we are taking it in the shorts like all the other hobby farms
Concerning the laws, my understanding (I hope I'm right) is that if you sell right off the farm, and don't package the meat yourself, your OK. Once you leave the farm or do anything more than butcher, pluck and gut, the RULES begin.
Has this thread gotten a bit off topic?
