sorry, folks guess I forgot to sign out again - Kenny stopped by with that incubator, and I swapped him 4 chickens for it. Then I was putting the ducks in and fell on my butt, so when I finally came in I had to have a shower.
No idea when Casey County is, but I'm definately going this fall.
Chickens are selling great if ya sell them cheap enough - not sure how well higher priced ones are going.
I was adding up all the chickens sales I've had this year (added in ducks, geese and quail - not many of any of those three) and my grand total for the first half of 2009 is about 350 chickens
Seems like way more than that - maybe I forgot to write down a few sales...
I'm sure you more experienced chicken traders do better than that
but I'm just starting - this is really just my first year selling them.
My plan is to sell more cheaply this year, to get a customer base (I've already had a few multiple sales - folks coming back for more chickens) so next year when I have purebreds (been selling mutts, mostly) I can up my price and get better money for them. My thinking is that with the economy keeping the trend it is, sales ought to be even better next year.
Cristy - depending on who is buying your market can be good or bad - Sano usually has a lot of people trying to talk you down on price - this last time (maybe cause it was the first of the month?) I only had one guy try to talk me down at all. My best prices have come from people coming here to buy - I advertise on Craigslist and at the feedstore.
I left some business cards at the feedstore last time I was in there - I've had three calls from those so far (and I just left them there last wednesday). I had an ad up - little paper thing on the tack board - but the business cards are cool because people can take it with them. I only got two calls from the ad and it's been up since April.
So... make up some business cards to leave at the feedstores.
You can get blanks at Walmart, and get templates for free online if you don't have the program already in one of your word processors. Many of them have it, I have an older version of MS Office and it isn't included, so I had to get one online. The newer versions of MS Office have the template included in the program.
I need to print some more cards, actually....
Well, I'm gonna go and sit down and watch TV with hubby. I'm beat - literally beat after that tumble in the duck pen
- so I'm gonna gel for the rest of the night.
night all -
meri
No idea when Casey County is, but I'm definately going this fall.
Chickens are selling great if ya sell them cheap enough - not sure how well higher priced ones are going.
I was adding up all the chickens sales I've had this year (added in ducks, geese and quail - not many of any of those three) and my grand total for the first half of 2009 is about 350 chickens
I'm sure you more experienced chicken traders do better than that
My plan is to sell more cheaply this year, to get a customer base (I've already had a few multiple sales - folks coming back for more chickens) so next year when I have purebreds (been selling mutts, mostly) I can up my price and get better money for them. My thinking is that with the economy keeping the trend it is, sales ought to be even better next year.
Cristy - depending on who is buying your market can be good or bad - Sano usually has a lot of people trying to talk you down on price - this last time (maybe cause it was the first of the month?) I only had one guy try to talk me down at all. My best prices have come from people coming here to buy - I advertise on Craigslist and at the feedstore.
I left some business cards at the feedstore last time I was in there - I've had three calls from those so far (and I just left them there last wednesday). I had an ad up - little paper thing on the tack board - but the business cards are cool because people can take it with them. I only got two calls from the ad and it's been up since April.
So... make up some business cards to leave at the feedstores.
You can get blanks at Walmart, and get templates for free online if you don't have the program already in one of your word processors. Many of them have it, I have an older version of MS Office and it isn't included, so I had to get one online. The newer versions of MS Office have the template included in the program.
I need to print some more cards, actually....
Well, I'm gonna go and sit down and watch TV with hubby. I'm beat - literally beat after that tumble in the duck pen
night all -
meri
