QUAIL CONTRACT scary (at least)

[DLS]

I spoke of the resturant chain that wanted 50 to 100 doz. quail eggs a week. YEAR ROUND no excptions From 1 supplier only. & If you can't produce you pay the resturants losses. ME? = NO!!.
...WELL I just had a guy buy 1/2 of my laying hens. & put a down payment on 100 that is in the brooder. I gave him some eggs a few years ago for a start on tuxcedo quail ... I have a feeling that he is going to give it a try. I hope this does not put him out of buisness. sounds like a dream customer .. BUT the catch is a BIG BIG BIG one what about if they stop laying? I have seen that happen.. OUCH Just think 1200 eggs a week, on the low end at least 600 .. that would be a burden

 

[possumhunter]

Wow...that does sound scary! Seems like you would need to keep so many extra birds just in case and then it wouldn't pay off.

 

[crash0330]

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I'm in with you waaaaay too risky!!!9

 

[UmbraVulpis]

This is actually something I'm considering getting into. From what I've been looking at, the numbers game is the easy part. Florida has tons of regulations for selling eggs for food.

For the numbers game, what you would likely be doing is estimating 5 eggs per hen per week. This sounds low for a cot hen but it accounts for their random days off, broken eggs, deformed eggs, etc. Then any changes you do would be done one set of birds at a time to minimize down time for the hens. The plus side is that if you have extras you can sell the extras to that business, another business that wants less and is less picky about consistency, or directly to individuals. Or you could enjoy 20 egg omelets one in a while.

 

[aprophet]

http://www.thatquailplace.com/smf/index.php?PHPSESSID=8e753ea54d01f1cc4c5598f416dedbf9&topic=3717.0

this seemed like a reasonable contract to me rather then trying to control/maniptulate a natural event

I have a feeling more bird farms probaly use this form/type then a resteraunts version

 

[JJMR794]

Dan maybe you and your customer need to form a partnership and start an egg company? Togather with twice the flock maybe it wouldnt be such a daunting commitment?

I agree with you... Performance contracts can be scarey. They are always sloped or biased toward performance. My question would be what happens when you dont buy my 18,000,000 eggs this week? How much are you going to pay ME for my losses? I mean afterall whats good for the goose is good for the gander right?

Think of this... Where would you be if this restraunt suddenly went belly up(like so many have these past years..) What would you do with 910,000 laying quail? No money for product means no money for operating expenses..... But then again creditors dont care, so long as they get their money. Yeah If it were me I'd pass too. Or at least find some other sucker that wants to go for it and sell my eggs to him... alot less risky this way.

 

[UmbraVulpis]

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By the time you are selling 18,000,000 eggs, chances are pretty good you're either selling to multiple restaurants or a good sized restaurant chains with many locations. It would be a hit if one of the restaurants went belly up but chances are it won't be all at once.

It is a good point though and not the sort of thing you want to jump into without doing your footwork.

 

[DLS]

I am content to sell hin birds

 

[JJMR794]

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I GIT IT!