Please I am begging!!! I really need help getting an A!

[DuckLady]

1. Where do you live? General area of the country is fine.
Oregon City Oregon
2. How many chickens do you have?
20
3. What breeds do you have?
many different kinds.
4. What do you sell? Eggs, birds, etc
Eggs
5. How much do you charge?
$2 a doz
6. Do you advertise, sell at health food stores, or a farmer's market?
Word of mouth, sell from my home
7. When pricing your product did you take into count the cost of production? Housing?
I priced by the norm in the area
8. Do you include the cost of your time in pricing?
No, No one would pay that much for the eggs.

9. Locally what do you pay for feed?
About $11 for 50 pounds

 

[tazcat70]

Thank you!!!! Thank you!!!!

I am printing these out now, and starting the paper.

Tonya

 

[tazcat70]

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Thank you for the encouragement! Thanks for being my first poster!

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No that is ok. Thank you for posting!

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That is a good thing!! You could be in the negative.

Thank you for posting!

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You are ahead of me! How are your rescues? Did you find homes for all of them? Thank you for posting!

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That is really nice! A wonderful way to pass on the love of chickens. Do you usually give them chicks or adults? Thank you for posting!

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Wow! That is alot of feed for 18 hens! If mine eat like that when they get older I KNOW my DH will try to make me get rid of them.

I hope so. The information that you all have provided is wonderful. Now it is up to me to put it together. I hope that I can figure out a way to make the chickens a good economic choice. If not making money then at least breaking even, cost wise. Because then the fresh eggs for the family would bump up the value. Bad thing is since it is economics I can't really count in the pleasure factor of owning chickens.

Thank you for posting!

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Amazing!!!

50 hives, can they be close together or do they have to be spread out?

How many acres do you plant in corn, millet, and quinoa?

I think one of my instructors mentioned quinoa. He was speaking of a trip he and a class made to Venezuela. That ity is a very popular crop in South America. They were trying to introduce a better variety and the locals did not want to try it because they could not take a chance that the harvest would be better, because they were so close to starvation.

How do you figure the cost? Since you have been doing this awhile do you just take an average?

Thank you for posting!

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This seems to be a common answer.

Our time is valuable, and the time that I spend watching my chickies is very enjoyable. Watching my daughter pick up and put in her coat her little bantam pullet, grinning ear to ear, then getting angry because I won't let her bring her in the house to show Cinnamon her room. How do you put a price on that? Can't.

Thank you for posting!

I want to thank you all for your time and knowledge.

Tonya

 

[justusnak]

tazcat....sounds like you are getting pretty good info here. I forgot to add...I have 58 chickens, and 3 turkeys....for the month I go through roughly 100 pounds of pellets,50 pounds of corn, and 50 pounds of scratch, Plus 50 pounds of Turkey feed. Not too bad....I make about $45 to $50 a month in just egg sales....and try to collect rain water when I can...so we dont use the water hose. And now I get my bedding material for free from a pallett company. So no cost there.

Oh, and the rescues were almost all placed, except for 3 little roosters.

 

[Frozen Feathers]

1. Where do you live? General area of the country is fine.
Maine
2. How many chickens do you have?
Currently 44.

3. What breeds do you have?
Phoenix, la Fleche, Yokohama, Silkies, EE's, 1 BR, 1RIR, 1 RSL, 1BSL, 1 Australorp and 1 white-faced black Spanish hen. Some mixes.
4. What do you sell? Eggs, birds, etc
Occasionally birds.
5. How much do you charge?
Depends on breed and quality anywhere from 3-10 a chick. 10-15 for young pullets.

6. Do you advertise, sell at health food stores, or a farmer's market?
No, just the local advertiser.
7. When pricing your product did you take into count the cost of production? Housing?
No
8. Do you include the cost of your time in pricing?
No
9. Locally what do you pay for feed?
I believe $12 for 50lbs of layer and $10 for Scratch.


Hope this helps!

 

[carugoman]

50 hives, can they be close together or do they have to be spread out?
Hives are spread out,four to an acre on those plants pollinated by bees. Corn and tomatoes are wind pollinated plants.
How many acres do you plant in corn, millet, and quinoa?
I use five season crop rotation on 15 acres of tillage;three acres each:corn,carrots/roots,fallow,legumes,millet and quinoa/amaranth respectively.

I think one of my instructors mentioned quinoa. He was speaking of a trip he and a class made to Venezuela. That ity is a very popular crop in South America. They were trying to introduce a better variety and the locals did not want to try it because they could not take a chance that the harvest would be better, because they were so close to starvation.
This might be a reason of cause as to why the Mayan civilization vanished so suddenly...inability or unwillingness to change i.e. stagnation.

How do you figure the cost? Since you have been doing this awhile do you just take an average?
Oh my,how do I explain the business formula for equating selling price? If you want to truly learn about this...go to the public library and ask the librarian about where to find about a basic business economic model and how a selling price is derived on perishable non-durable goods. A good start is to check with the industry averages and accountants/actuaries tables such as "Dunne & Bradstreet." Does this sound real complex? Well, these are just some of the things one might be required to study as Business Administration/Economics major in college. Or you could take the easy way out and charge what everyone else does and get a "C" and be satisfied with mediocrity?​

 

[Southern28Chick]

1. Youngsville, North Carolina
2. 23 pullets and 1 rooster
3. Rooster: dominique Pullets: White Leghorns, Barred Rocks, EE's and RIRs
4. Eggs
5. $2.00 a dozen
6. I have a sign at the end of my driveway.

7. Nope
8. Nope
9. 100 pounds every 2 weeks for about $25.00

 

[nuchickmama]

I know you probably don't need this now, but we pay $7.60 for 50 lbs. 16% layer pellet and $6.70 for 50 lbs. of scratch. I mix it 3 to 1 and throw scratch in the yard for them to pick at. We never have a problem getting rid of any eggs. In fact with the cold temps and decrease in production, we usually don't have enough for personal consumption.

 

[tazcat70]

Hives are spread out,four to an acre on those plants pollinated by bees. Corn and tomatoes are wind pollinated plants.

So do you move them to where you plant your legumes? Or do you leave them in the same location and have clover or such planted there all the time?

Oh my,how do I explain the business formula for equating selling price? If you want to truly learn about this...go to the public library and ask the librarian about where to find about a basic business economic model and how a selling price is derived on perishable non-durable goods. A good start is to check with the industry averages and accountants/actuaries tables such as "Dunne & Bradstreet." Does this sound real complex? Well, these are just some of the things one might be required to study as Business Administration/Economics major in college. Or you could take the easy way out and charge what everyone else does and get a "C" and be satisfied with mediocrity?

LOL!!! Yes. For some reason I seem to have a mental block when someone is speaking economics or algebra. I HATE being a "C" person at anything, so I will go to the library and see if they have an Economics For Dummies.

Tonya

 

[tazcat70]

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No, I had class tonight (a different one) and so I have not written my paper. I will probably do it tomorrow or this weekend.

I will continue to add any information I receive. Thank you for finding out the prices for me.

Tonya