Something other than chickens?

[LindseyM12]

Not sure if this is the best place to post. I'm wanting to raise something other than chickens ducks an geese. Something to make some money with, something that lays a decent amount of eggs for selling, something that sells good. Any ideas?

 

[3goodeggs]

quail

 

[GammaPoppyLilyFlutter]

I don't know about eggs, but I've heard of people renting white pigeons out to weddings...

 

[Southernbelle]

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Coturnix lay like crazy, hatch in 17 days and are mature at 6-8 weeks (breeding or butchering). There must not be many around here because I was able to sell the day-old chicks for $2 each and the adults for $6 each. I only had about a dozen breeders, but they managed to pay my feed bill for all my critters.

 

[caspernc]

Butterflies! We got a dozen for my DD wedding and it was $150.00 with overnight shipping in a cooler. It was SO worth it though. Many people get a butterflie for each guest to release but we had 150 guests and I couldn't do that one! We are native american and the legend is that if you whisper wour wish to the buttlerfly it will carry it to the sprit and your wish will come true. I have thought about it myself.

 

[ChickLover98]

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Whoa! Holy expensive!

That would be really cool, though. You should try quail. I think you'd like them.

 

[itsy]

What if you raised meat fowl or rabbits for meat? If you check out the Meat Birds ETC section, you could get more ideas along those lines.

 

[saddina]

If you have a city with a large asian population,
silkies for meat (black bone chicken) sels for $5lb, no butchering needed (they use feet and beaks so whole is perferred).

or quail eggs are also in demand, they're used alot in bento boxes (I got quail to provide me with my own stash).

 

[redhen]

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Yep! I paid a zillion bucks for them for my wedding!