how should i start a chicken business???

[kev_kansas]

i need some advice on how to get started on a chicken business any ideas thanks.

 

[paddock36]

First you need......Hmmmmmmmm....chickens?

(Sorry couldn't help myself)

 

[jen5680]

Start off with getting some chickens that you like

 

[kuntrygirl]

What exactly do you plan on selling? Eggs, chicks, Adult Chickens???

 

[Louise's Country Closet]

Depends, what kind of chicken business do you want? lol There's lots of aspects you could get in on.

 

[pascopol]

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Very carefully and slow

 

[kev_kansas]

i got chickens. im trying to make some money off anything with poultry cause i like chickens.

 

[sourland]

Carefully, very very carefully.

 

[Mervin]

Take whatever I say with a grain of salt b/c I've never held the belief that I could make money off my chickens. If I can sell some eggs and recoup some of the cost of having them, the so be it. I have chickens b/c I like having hem and no other reason. That said, I think it depends upon where you are. I think somebody might be able do well so pasture-raised meat birds in the right market. For instance, if I had the time and space I think that I could sell a lot at the local farmers markets. Organic and cruelty-free would sell pretty well, I think. I just don't have the time or space though. Barring that, people seem to make a bit off of hatching eggs. I guess you'd have to have a breed others wanted and you have to have good stock to command good prices though.

Like some of the others have said, I think you'd have to take it very carefully and very slowly. I wouldn't want to go out and put 1,000 birds on range if I didn't have buyers lined up.

 

[MyKidLuvsGreenEgz]

there's a search function on this site, top right corner. type in the search box "how to make money raising chickens" ... lots of threads come up. takes a lot of research. lots of people (yes, including me) ask similar questions.

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