Is there a more or less appropriate place to combine all the different ways one might make some money from their birds? Whether that's selling breeding stock, being a hatchery (from small scale to large,) selling meat birds or eggs? I know this started out as the Backyard Chicken Forum, but it would be nice to have one space where we can discuss all the different ways we can either pay for our hobby, or maybe even pay our rent. There are so many different ways to possibly do this with our birds, seems appropriate that there might be a separate board for discussing this topic, doesn't it?
Some of the discussions I would like to have:
-Diversify or Specialize? Is it better to have different streams of income coming in from different facets of poultry raising, or focus all your energy on just one, like eggs, or meat birds?
-Legal issues related to selling meat, eggs, chicks, etc. It would be nice to have this in the same place as the other discussions, since it is directly related.
-Marketing
-Discussing the market in various parts of the country.
-Management pertaining specifically to commercial or semi-commercial flocks.
-Breeding and selecting for commercial flocks.
-Funding and resources available for those wanting to raise chickens for profit.
-Sustainable advances in raising chickens for these different purposes.
I feel like there ARE places to talk about all of these already, but I think these threads would be more visible, more read, and more useful if there was a place to combine them all together.
Am I wrong?
Some of the discussions I would like to have:
-Diversify or Specialize? Is it better to have different streams of income coming in from different facets of poultry raising, or focus all your energy on just one, like eggs, or meat birds?
-Legal issues related to selling meat, eggs, chicks, etc. It would be nice to have this in the same place as the other discussions, since it is directly related.
-Marketing
-Discussing the market in various parts of the country.
-Management pertaining specifically to commercial or semi-commercial flocks.
-Breeding and selecting for commercial flocks.
-Funding and resources available for those wanting to raise chickens for profit.
-Sustainable advances in raising chickens for these different purposes.
I feel like there ARE places to talk about all of these already, but I think these threads would be more visible, more read, and more useful if there was a place to combine them all together.
Am I wrong?