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How many Eggs did you Sell today?
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I sold 1 dozen today for $2 and have 5dozen I'm delivering to family this afternoon.
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That looks great as sales go but dont' forget, something has to go in the hen to make the eggs come out!!!
With that many hens, your feed bill must be a good one. I worked at a feed mill who's clients were large layer operations and would deliver tons of feed to the farms in a big huge bulk feed truck. You would auger feed up into various silos at the farms so they could distribute to the hens.
Point being, I wonder what the expenses are for a flock that large? Not asking you to divulge financial info but a general idea of how you are making out with your operation.....good/bad/indifferent/okay is it worth the time and investment?
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That looks great as sales go but dont' forget, something has to go in the hen to make the eggs come out!!!
With that many hens, your feed bill must be a good one. I worked at a feed mill who's clients were large layer operations and would deliver tons of feed to the farms in a big huge bulk feed truck. You would auger feed up into various silos at the farms so they could distribute to the hens.
Point being, I wonder what the expenses are for a flock that large? Not asking you to divulge financial info but a general idea of how you are making out with your operation.....good/bad/indifferent/okay is it worth the time and investment?
Flakey, they are bedded on straw in a deep litter system, although I did shovel out a small portion of the barn yesterday because of a big water leak. Six inches of sloppy wet manure...
It takes my wife and me about 2-3 hours in the morning to do chores around the barn and pack 2000 eggs depending upon how slow or fast we moving. We typically just turn on the radio and take our time. We could probably do it in an hour though. In the late afternoon it takes another 30 minutes doing chores and packing the remaining eggs.
They lay in roll away nests and the eggs roll out the back onto a nylon belt. We flip a switch in the egg collection room and the eggs are brought to us. It's really not as fancy as it sounds. We have two long rows of the nest box shown below. They have been pretty good about laying in the nests. We are only picking up 2 to 3 dozen off the floor each day. One of these days I'll make a web page here explaining our little operation.
It takes my wife and me about 2-3 hours in the morning to do chores around the barn and pack 2000 eggs depending upon how slow or fast we moving. We typically just turn on the radio and take our time. We could probably do it in an hour though. In the late afternoon it takes another 30 minutes doing chores and packing the remaining eggs.
They lay in roll away nests and the eggs roll out the back onto a nylon belt. We flip a switch in the egg collection room and the eggs are brought to us. It's really not as fancy as it sounds. We have two long rows of the nest box shown below. They have been pretty good about laying in the nests. We are only picking up 2 to 3 dozen off the floor each day. One of these days I'll make a web page here explaining our little operation.
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We've just been at this 10 weeks so I will give you my take on it so far.
Yes, it's fairly capital intense. The layer barn was here when we bought the place so it's just rolled up with our home mortgage and I don't have any large payments on it otherwise.
The hens cost $17K and in the first 8 weeks or so I fed them about $6K in feed before they were producing enough to pay for their own feed. They'll average around $8.5K a month in eggs over the next ten months, but eat about $4.5K a month. In the end they'll go to organic slaughter at around $1 a bird. When all is said and done I expect to make about $6 to $8 a bird or $15K to $20K in profit.
We've just been at this 10 weeks so I will give you my take on it so far.
Yes, it's fairly capital intense. The layer barn was here when we bought the place so it's just rolled up with our home mortgage and I don't have any large payments on it otherwise.
The hens cost $17K and in the first 8 weeks or so I fed them about $6K in feed before they were producing enough to pay for their own feed. They'll average around $8.5K a month in eggs over the next ten months, but eat about $4.5K a month. In the end they'll go to organic slaughter at around $1 a bird. When all is said and done I expect to make about $6 to $8 a bird or $15K to $20K in profit.
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We've just been at this 10 weeks so I will give you my take on it so far.
Yes, it's fairly capital intense. The layer barn was here when we bought the place so it's just rolled up with our home mortgage and I don't have any large payments on it otherwise.
The hens cost $17K and in the first 8 weeks or so I fed them about $6K in feed before they were producing enough to pay for their own feed. They'll average around $8.5K a month in eggs over the next ten months, but eat about $4.5K a month. In the end they'll go to organic slaughter at around $1 a bird. When all is said and done I expect to make about $6 to $8 a bird or $15K to $20K in profit.
Not a bad turnover and decent return on your money, how does that work out in hours spent working the chickens...or maybe you might not want to think about tha....lol...
Thank you so much for being candid and forthcoming with your details....much appreciated....
We've just been at this 10 weeks so I will give you my take on it so far.
Yes, it's fairly capital intense. The layer barn was here when we bought the place so it's just rolled up with our home mortgage and I don't have any large payments on it otherwise.
The hens cost $17K and in the first 8 weeks or so I fed them about $6K in feed before they were producing enough to pay for their own feed. They'll average around $8.5K a month in eggs over the next ten months, but eat about $4.5K a month. In the end they'll go to organic slaughter at around $1 a bird. When all is said and done I expect to make about $6 to $8 a bird or $15K to $20K in profit.
Not a bad turnover and decent return on your money, how does that work out in hours spent working the chickens...or maybe you might not want to think about tha....lol...
Thank you so much for being candid and forthcoming with your details....much appreciated....
One Dozen and gave away one dozen then our friend brought us and 18 pack of his eggs! LOL!!
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