quit job, hatch for a living!

[mississippifarmboy]

My wife would never let me quit my job and just hatch for a living


or have a chicken ranch

quote;; just sayin'

 

[tallyho]

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Just googled it, lolol.

The place I got my Chickpea from is amazing. It's a family run hatchery that has been in business on the island for like 50 years or something, and they are so nice everytime I go in! Maybe it's cause they get to play with chicks all the time

Yeah, one may think twice about naming a farm Chicken Ranch. You could wind up with the wrong clientel.

Yes, I'm old enough to remember the high school boys talking about the Chicken Ranch in La Grange! I grew up in San Antonio.

 

[debilorrah]

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Yeah, one may think twice about naming a farm Chicken Ranch. You could wind up with the wrong clientel.

Yes, I'm old enough to remember the high school boys talking about the Chicken Ranch in La Grange! I grew up in San Antonio.

Google it. THE one is in Nevada, many movies have been made about it, including one with Dolly Parton. Big shock.

 

[tallyho]

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Yes, I'm old enough to remember the high school boys talking about the Chicken Ranch in La Grange! I grew up in San Antonio.

Google it. THE one is in Nevada, many movies have been made about it, including one with Dolly Parton. Big shock.

Hmm, Marvin Zindler was the reporter from Houston...maybe it was a franchise.

 

[minihorse927]

Now the boyfriend seen this and google, he wants to start a "chicken ranch".

 

[mylittlechickpea]

It looks a lot classier than some of the other places I've driven past in NV, lol. And they have free transportation from Vegas...

 

[debilorrah]

Dang. Sorry for the hijack!!!

 

[wolftracks]

OMG I remember the first time I googled that.

Didn't even bother this time.

 

[kathyinmo]

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There ya go! Yes, an infomercial would do it!

 

[Chicken.Lytle]

OK, since we are in a threadjacking mood....

How would you go about raising chickens for a living on a small scale? What activities generate the most revenue? How much?

Selling shell eggs at a farmers market?
Selling manure at a farmers market?
Selling fertile eggs by mail?
Selling chicks by mail?

There ought to be some point in between food safety (6 hens) and factory farming (60000 hens) that makes economic sense.