I wanna raise chicken for a living?

[supremeguy]

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That's pretty much called farming... Do you really have room for a poultry business "in your house"? You aren't going to earn a living selling a few hundred birds. You need to think in the thousands, or tens of thousands, of birds.

It is things like that makes me depressed, I gotta do so much work in order to at least a minimum level of comfort in living, and I mean somebody else is raising chickens already so why would I raise chicken and make a living,I probably won't make any money, it's things like youtube, facebook and twitter that makes me so depressed because if I was the one who made one of these then right now I'm a millionaire, wish I can go back in time in the early 2000's and make them before anybody did.
But now back in reality, I'm thinking about raising rabbit for a living, would it be better than chicken? Because rabbit is exotic meat and should cost more, plus its meat is healthy and they reproduce fast

 

[Stacykins]

Any business has large, upfront cost. You need to make a business plan, figure out all the legal and insurance issues, and qualify for a loan in order to actually start up the business.

 

[supremeguy]

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I have 50k in savings, can I start small and let my business grow to something like mountaire?

 

[dirtsaver]

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That's pretty much called farming... Do you really have room for a poultry business "in your house"? You aren't going to earn a living selling a few hundred birds. You need to think in the thousands, or tens of thousands, of birds.

It is things like that makes me depressed, I gotta do so much work in order to at least a minimum level of comfort in living, and I mean somebody else is raising chickens already so why would I raise chicken and make a living,I probably won't make any money, it's things like youtube, facebook and twitter that makes me so depressed because if I was the one who made one of these then right now I'm a millionaire, wish I can go back in time in the early 2000's and make them before anybody did.
But now back in reality, I'm thinking about raising rabbit for a living, would it be better than chicken? Because rabbit is exotic meat and should cost more, plus its meat is healthy and they reproduce fast

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[awesomefowl]

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Only $9 a bird? Either you're not counting some expenses there, or you've found a veritable gold mine.

Sorry, i didn't mean to sound as whiny as I am. The nine dollars is for pastured broilers, not counting the cost of the chicken tractor building or plucker and killing cone rental, IF i can get two dollars a pound for them , assuming they are all about six pounds at eight weeks. I'm planning to experiment and see how it goes this summer. My goal is to sell at least twenty five birds by the end of the summer and see how people like them. Next year I can raise more of them since I will have experience. We have almost four acres so I should be able to raise a bunch in the summer and have a nice business going. But I'm going to start small.
To the OP: If you aren't willing to put a lot of work into this business, you won't suceed. Farming is hard work, day after day, and you have to LIKE it enough to work at it.
First thing you should figure out all your costs. Good luck whatever you decide to do!

 

[Mac in Wisco]

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Well if you don't like working much, I'd give up any thoughts of raising livestock for a profit...

You can make money at it though. Especially with alternative methods where people are willing to pay extra for local, humane, low volume, yet high quality products.

I make around $25K a year producing organic eggs with 2500 hens. I have $125,000 tied up in facilities, land, and equipment though. It is an extremely small operation as far as the egg industry goes, yet it does make money, sometimes less, sometimes more. It is a sideline for us though and isn't our main source of income that we need to rely upon.

Like I said read up on it. Raise and process a few backyard birds for yourself, and then maybe some for the neighbors. See if you can sell a few birds. In the meantime, FIND A JOB. Get some work experience under your belt. See what it takes to really make a living. Take some class at the local technical college. If you're truly interested, take some classes in small business management, take some ag courses. Save up some money to start that poultry business.

 

[EweSheep]

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Well if you don't like working much, I'd give up any thoughts of raising livestock for a profit...

You can make money at it though. Especially with alternative methods where people are willing to pay extra for local, humane, low volume, yet high quality products.

I make around $25K a year producing organic eggs with 2500 hens. I have $125,000 tied up in facilities, land, and equipment though. It is an extremely small operation as far as the egg industry goes, yet it does make money, sometimes less, sometimes more. It is a sideline for us though and isn't our main source of income that we need to rely upon.

Like I said read up on it. Raise and process a few backyard birds for yourself, and then maybe some for the neighbors. See if you can sell a few birds. In the meantime, FIND A JOB. Get some work experience under your belt. See what it takes to really make a living. Take some class at the local technical college. If you're truly interested, take some classes in small business management, take some ag courses. Save up some money to start that poultry business.

I can not stress this importance enough....get a job and go to college for these agriculture classes. I sure did and I did reap the benefits of knowledge to be put into use, even it has been since 1986. BHE educated!

 

[dirtsaver]

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Well if you don't like working much, I'd give up any thoughts of raising livestock for a profit...

You can make money at it though. Especially with alternative methods where people are willing to pay extra for local, humane, low volume, yet high quality products.

I make around $25K a year producing organic eggs with 2500 hens. I have $125,000 tied up in facilities, land, and equipment though. It is an extremely small operation as far as the egg industry goes, yet it does make money, sometimes less, sometimes more. It is a sideline for us though and isn't our main source of income that we need to rely upon.

Like I said read up on it. Raise and process a few backyard birds for yourself, and then maybe some for the neighbors. See if you can sell a few birds. In the meantime, FIND A JOB. Get some work experience under your belt. See what it takes to really make a living. Take some class at the local technical college. If you're truly interested, take some classes in small business management, take some ag courses. Save up some money to start that poultry business.

I agree with mac...... any type of (legal) farm operation is work. Hard ,dirty work if you make it pay. It is rewarding though. And you get to be your own boss. You do have to plan for the things a regular job provide,like insurance and retirement plans.

And above all,go for the educational assets mac suggested. They will help you in your own business and later,if you decide to go back into the workforce they will give you an up on the competition.

Larry

 

[Mac in Wisco]

Sorry if I jumped to some assumptions here. I took it that were you fresh out of high school and unemployed, but rereading your posts it sounds like you have been working some low paying jobs and are looking for a route to self-employment.

If you have $50K in savings, spend some of it on some education first. You need to invest some time (and a little money) in obtaining some skills that can lead to better paying job or give some better insight on what it takes to run your own business.

 

[supremeguy]

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Well I've worked in a chinese restaurant for 2 and a half years now, working 12hr a day, 6 days a wk, and $50k is what I saved, I got a car but no house, basically I got tired of working such long hours and I just wanna do some easy job and I like to have animals around so if I can just raise chickens and live day to day with food and internet I'm good, I dont wanna ask for a bmw or $300k house, if you know what I'm talking about.