Selling chickens for profit

[Silkie Princess]

Thanks for the info anymore tips please share

It depends on the breed. Are you thinking about hybrids or pure breeds? Rare breeds or popular breeds? Bantams or large fowl?

 

[swamphiker]

I sell started pullets but the profit margin is only $7-10 each. Pays for my chickens but a far cry from paying for school. I live in the metro Denver area and sell around 50/year. Could easily sell 200+ with a better set up. Figure out what you can sell in your market and who your customers are.

I think the only way to make any sort of reasonable returns on a farm-related venture is to do it in fairly large quantities. The folks who sell started pullets near me certainly sell thousands (or maybe 10s of thousands) per year.

A profit of $7-10/pullet is pretty reasonable, but will only really add up if you have the space/time/resources to do it at a large enough scale.

 

[salshep20]

It depends on the breed. Are you thinking about hybrids or pure breeds? Rare breeds or popular breeds? Bantams or large fowl?

maybe something like copper marans and meat birds

 

[Percheron chick]

Some markets will support rare and more expensive breeds that can command $30-40 that will bump your profit $5-7. The vast majority however will not and are only interested in egg producing bug eaters. Know who your customer is. You will quickly saturate your market if you focus on one type. Most people will not have the same taste as you. To be successful with rare breeds you really need to be NPIP and be willing to ship.

 

[CapricornFarm]

Just go get a part time job. Not too many folks actually make money on chickens. You would need to have purebred chickens, each type housed in their own quarters. Selling chicks and hatching eggs can produce some money, but with the price of feed it is very difficult. Plus, if you travel to swaps you have high gas prices, getting up early, loading, unloading and dealing with people who think $15 is too much for a purebred rooster. When you could sell it as a chick for $10.
Plus you deal with people who think they want chickens so they pick your brain but never buy any. After you get a bunch of pictures and spend hours talking to them.

 

[salshep20]

Just go get a part time job. Not too many folks actually make money on chickens. You would need to have purebred chickens, each type housed in their own quarters. Selling chicks and hatching eggs can produce some money, but with the price of feed it is very difficult. Plus, if you travel to swaps you have high gas prices, getting up early, loading, unloading and dealing with people who think $15 is too much for a purebred rooster. When you could sell it as a chick for $10.
Plus you deal with people who think they want chickens so they pick your brain but never buy any. After you get a bunch of pictures and spend hours talking to them. View attachment 3025679

Thanks for the info I was just considering this a side hustle I do have a primary way for me to earn my income but I see what your saying

 

[Chookwagn]

I have sold chicks and pullets for the last 2 years. Last year I hatched and sold just under 400 chicks.
By far the best way to sell chicks is at day old or up to a week old. Only sell as unsexed and you have to feed them very little.
I culled roosters as soon as I knew they were roosters (3-4 weeks old).
Any pullets that didn't sell I held onto until I could guarantee they were pullets and then sold them for $20 each average at about 8-16 weeks old.
I have found that between 6 - 18 weeks old they eat like pigs as they are doing 80% of their growing.

 

[salshep20]

First that’s amazing that you’re doing this And making your own way in the world. I sell anything I can get my hands on. Shipping eggs or chickens isn’t really preferred, mostly I would do pick up and if they need shipped that had they have to set it up and pay for that. But any chicks you hatch, sell. It’s baby chick season so get resdy now. And fertile eggs can be eaten and people will hatch them. I have show style mutt chickens, charging 20 a pieceand I’ve gotten that. and never promise results. Chicken genetics are super weird. I had had the same idea and with hard work I’m sure you can get your goal. Good luck

like genetics, heres one of my silkie mixes, she’s got black and everything.
but her siblings are orange and ones a bluish grey. View attachment 3025523View attachment 3025521

Yah thanks for the help!

 

[salshep20]

Just go get a part time job. Not too many folks actually make money on chickens. You would need to have purebred chickens, each type housed in their own quarters. Selling chicks and hatching eggs can produce some money, but with the price of feed it is very difficult. Plus, if you travel to swaps you have high gas prices, getting up early, loading, unloading and dealing with people who think $15 is too much for a purebred rooster. When you could sell it as a chick for $10.
Plus you deal with people who think they want chickens so they pick your brain but never buy any. After you get a bunch of pictures and spend hours talking to them. View attachment 3025679

I just made $80 yesterday I almost sure there making something! I have sold them all now thanks! So if I were to do it consistently daily I'm sure I can collect some amount of cash! But I don't know it might not go as planned might end up with that part time job

 

[salshep20]

I just made $80 yesterday I almost sure there making somethin

It depends on the breed. Are you thinking about hybrids or pure breeds? Rare breeds or popular breeds? Bantams or large fowl?

g! I have sold them all now thanks!

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