How Well Do They Sell?

[RollTideChicken]

A buddy of mine has 30+ Narragansett eggs and he has offered them to me for free just to hatch. I don't really want to raise turkeys but if I could sell the chicks and make a bit of $$ then I'd be willing.
I already have everything I need to hatch and temporarily brood the chicks and even have a grow-out pen if needed. So other than feed and time not much expense on my part. Any advise would be great! Thanks in advance.
RTC

 

[sourland]

Hard to say, but now seems to be a good time to sell poultry of any sort as many people are trying for a self sufficient sort of lifestyle.

 

[Molpet]

Sell them as young as possible or you will most likely lose money if you wait until you can sex them. Which is around 6 months.
Poults go for 10 to 15 USD around here.
6 months and up, 20 to 30 for jennies, 40 to 50 for jakes

 

[RollTideChicken]

Thanks for the replies!
He's already got 2 bators full and these eggs are his excess. I was thinking it'd be a fun little project until I read up on raising them and it turned me off keeping any. I looked around and no one in my area seems to have any for sale. When do you typically see turkey chicks for sell? Is it soon or would I be way ahead of the market?

 

[tn_artist]

Thanks for the replies!
He's already got 2 bators full and these eggs are his excess. I was thinking it'd be a fun little project until I read up on raising them and it turned me off keeping any. I looked around and no one in my area seems to have any for sale. When do you typically see turkey chicks for sell? Is it soon or would I be way ahead of the market?

Our tractor supply has had them most shipments. Just the white though.

 

[R2elk]

Thanks for the replies!
He's already got 2 bators full and these eggs are his excess. I was thinking it'd be a fun little project until I read up on raising them and it turned me off keeping any. I looked around and no one in my area seems to have any for sale. When do you typically see turkey chicks for sell? Is it soon or would I be way ahead of the market?

Normally turkey poults will start being available in about a month. I will be setting turkey eggs at the end of this week. They take 28 days to hatch. You may want to run an ad on craigslist to see if anyone will be interested. If they are, get a deposit since many people that express an interest don't show up when it is time to get the poults.

 

[R2elk]

Our tractor supply has had them most shipments. Just the white though.

The white ones that TSC is selling are broad breasted meat turkeys. The OP has the opportunity to hatch out heritage Narragansett turkeys.

 

[RollTideChicken]

Normally turkey poults will start being available in about a month. I will be setting turkey eggs at the end of this week. They take 28 days to hatch. You may want to run an ad on craigslist to see if anyone will be interested. If they are, get a deposit since many people that express an interest don't show up when it is time to get the poults.

Well that's good to hear. I didn't want to have a supply with no demand. Thanks!

 

[TrentT]

I've got one clutch that I hatched out 2 months ago. The second clutch is in the incubator now. You should butcher them in a few months, freeze them, and then sell for $6 a pound around Thanksgiving. There's a huge demand for pasture raised heritage breed turkeys. You can make a killing if you have the space and are willing to put in the work.

 

[R2elk]

I've got one clutch that I hatched out 2 months ago. The second clutch is in the incubator now. You should butcher them in a few months, freeze them, and then sell for $6 a pound around Thanksgiving. There's a huge demand for pasture raised heritage breed turkeys. You can make a killing if you have the space and are willing to put in the work.View attachment 2074153

This is entirely depending on the local market. A person would go broke here if they tried that. The local regulations are not the same everywhere and in most cases would require the turkeys to be USDA inspected in order to legally sell them to the public.