How about this (selling meat birds)

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I just posted this: http://mankato.craigslist.org/grd/1596398945.html

Is
there anything you would change or add???

As long as I process myself I will make some money. If I pay for processing I will be ok with the chickens, but the turkeys might be cutting it close.

If I have huge losses... I have never lost more than 2 out of 50 so lets not think about it
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I don't see the point in telling them the breed unless you are just trying to be up front about it. Cornish Cross and Broad Breasted are not exactly selling points. I'd just desincribe them (as you do) and how you are raising them (as you do) and not tell them the breed, if I wanted to maximize sales.

A lot of people aren't going to know what either term means, so will likely google them, which will return some unflattering information.
 
I realize that you are trying to give them alot of information but if you really want an honest opinion it is a little wordy and you may lose people after a few sentences.

They really do not need to know that you feed 22 percent protein, what would that mean to them? Some may even be put off by them being fed corn based food given the reputation it has right now, even though most feed is corn based the general public doesn't know that and it may give them the wrong idea.
I would also leave out how they are hatched and then shipped to you and brooded and all that, it would be sufficient to say that they are raised on your farm since day one.

I would not tell people that the chickens are from a hatchery and sent in the mail, if they asked I would be honest about it but I would not advertise it, there are alot of people against the idea of mailing live chicks.

I also agree with what Buster said about the cornish, don't mention it if they don't ask.
I really don't think people are looking for all that information and sometimes giving them too much is as bad as not enough.
Other than those couple of things which is maybe a paragraph its a good ad with the informatin regarding price and pick up.
 
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Right. Mainly because of all the criticism of feeding corn to herbivores like cattle, which is in the end bad for them if it is their primary diet. That's not the case with chickens, though, since chickens are not herbivorous. Still, the folks who are likely to be your customers are likely to take exception.

Reminds me of those organic companies that advertise their chickens as being fed vegetarian diets. Well, chickens aren't vegetarians. They are omnivores. But people don't know these things and so think a vegetarian diet is a good thing.
 
I agree, it's too long. I would remove all the 'wordy' stuff about shipped chicks, diet, weight gain, etc. Slim it down to just the approximate weights per bird.

I do like this line and would definitely keep it...
These are NOT the same mushy-meat birds you can by for $0.89 a pound in any grocery store. These are humanely raised, great tasting, free range, grown locally birds.

I'd also change the title to something like "Pastured Chicken and Turkey for sale". And get the word "pastured" into the ad text - maybe in that line quoted above. Point being "pastured" is the "in" thing with healthy food conscious people these days.

Also change the font to make it easier to read. Very easy to do...
Start the ad with this line
<font face=arial,helvetica>

At the end of the ad put this:
</font>

Here's one I recently have selling BSL pullets. Take a look at the font, you'll see what I mean, much easier on the eye for reading.
http://winstonsalem.craigslist.org/grd/1592726311.html

We're in a different part of the cointry, but FWIW, we get $3/lb for finshed whole chicken, and $6/lb for finished turkey. (Your local grocery price sounds the same as ours.)​
 

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