NY chicken lover!!!!

[rancher hicks]

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I like it. I have friends named Carrier, but they don't have chickens

 

[rancher hicks]

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Start a route, based on how often people need your services and charge mileage in addtion to your hourly rate. Give a discount to anyone who lets you sleep over so you don't have to return home each night when you are on the road a distance from home. Be sure to charge more for "deep cleaning" as opposed to regular weekly or monthly cleaning. You might want to start small, doing it weekends only....maybe one weekend a month to start to see if you can really make a living at it. Might want to advertise on local Craig's List as well as any area's CL that you plan to go to.

I would think you would be able to do 3 - 4 a day,maybe more, depending on the travel distance.

Be sure to pack a change of SHOES for driving (don't want poo in the car), a cage or two if you accept part of your pay in chickens and a cooler for hatching eggs.(hot water bottle optional depending on the season)

You mentioned some very good points/ ideas. Some things I have already been thinking about such as what exactly they would want done and how often.
I think I may already have one job lined up and will be waiting for Rancher's call if his current hired hand quits

Anybody else?

This last time Jesse rode over on his bike. I paid him and sent him home with two jars of jam. I wonder whether you'll be biking it over too. I didn't dare send him home with eggs, they never would have made it.

He's 15 and you know how that goes.

 

[rancher hicks]

For those who haven't looked at the SDWD posting here's two pics of the new hoop coop with doors on both side to make cleaning easier. I will make both runs with wide enough doors to get the wheel barrow in there. I wonder how many consider the cleaning aspect of building a new coop? If you intend to have a lot of chickens and have back problems seems to me it's a must. I'm always looking at the cleaning ease of things. If it were up to me my fridge would not be more than arms length deep. I hate having to climb inside to clean it.

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[greymane]

That is awesome, Rancher!! I love it.

 

[Muggsmagee]

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Looks good!

 

[vmdanielsen]

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After I work all day I love to grab a glass of wine(or two) and sit out with my chickens and just be a part of the flock!! I am glad there are others who enjoy this because people at work think that I am a little off because I sit with my chickens and have a glass of wine (or a beer!)

 

[Cydney83]

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Very nice and quite fitting..how did things fair at the home front?

 

[In His Service]

I am still building coops...working on the banty shanties now. I love it when the chickens come over to check out what I am doing.

 

[greymane]

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Better watch out! They can be tough little inspectors. They tend to peck...er, pick everything apart!

 

[happyhensny]

I love the fair but I too would like to relax with a beer and watch my own birds peck and scratch. We have almost 800 at the fair this week between chickens and waterfowl. Fun but not quite as peaceful as home.

Back to normal Monday.