Turkeys For 2013

[uphilljill]

 

[chicken pickin]

Just sold my 2nd Thanksgiving turkey

14lb Bourbon Red Tom at $5per lb = $70


Im so happy that my neighbors wanted to try some of my birds this year. I really hope they like them

 

[Arielle]

 

[Reyvaughn]

Wow. I should be raising to sell! My BBBs weighed out between 20-25lbs! I only needed 2. Selling the 3rd would have covered their cost to raise them!

 

[gardengoats11]

Is that $/# for birds you processed?

What price per pound live weight would be a fair price if you delivered to a processor? Not including the price for processing.

 

[chicken pickin]

Yes that is $ per lb, not live weight but dressed weight. It would be more accurate to charge the weight of the bird after processing and it was weighed. I sent my birds to a processor(though I do process my own birds) I wanted them to have a more professional look. I paid the process fee. If you send them out to a processor you need to decide whether to charge the customer the process fee also or not.

 

[larry529]

I think you have to ask yourself a few questions before thinking price per pound. 1. realize you will not get the cost of all your feed out of that 1 bird for all your birds and thats the tough thing as 1st thing you think is, I spent 500 in feed. Maybe that was for 20 birds though.

Next, and don't laugh, but are you trying to make money, break even, or believe in good karma and help someone out but not totally lose your *** on the selling.

If you google price per pound, you see a lot of #s from 3.00-15.00 a pound. I think 3 is low, and 15 is sky high, but they base it off a lot of factors. Free range? Organic? Free range and regular feed? penned up like at Tyson chicken? Also supply and demand.... Is this the 1st time your selling, and do people even know who you are? What I mean is, do you sell some to break even for a couple years so people get to know your passion you have, and understand the hard work,time, and money you have invested in your birds, and than you go to make money once you build up buyers in a year or two. If you only have 1-2 turkeys, its no big deal as you are not going to make much money even if thats what your in it for. When I roof, I try to think of it as this... I could charge you an arm and a leg and most would pay it, or I could charge you what I think is fair considering tough times in the economy, and I will not make as much as I know I can, but you will remember me for your friends, and you will call on me again in the future, so I call it Karma, I need to make something, but I do not need to get rich on your one roof, so I think of my birds like that.

If you go on live weight, I think your more about making money, and some ppl are, they are only about money know matter how they paint the picture, but you know better by how they word stuff. I am not saying live weight is bad, thats where you make your money. Let me give you an example. I had a 30 pound Tom 2 weeks ago, and I thought omg, when I butcher him it will be to big for my oven.. Once it was butchered, it weighed about 23 pounds, so if I was charging 3.00 a pound, I made an easy 21.00 off meat that ppl did not eat. That is life I know, but I would call my self a greedy &^%$. I got into the birds for my familys nutritional needs, and I want to also help others who are less fortunate, however, they are tired of the crap they buy at the store. So it all boils down to what you are in it for, a hobby or a job? If its a job, get what you can... if this is a hobby and about building relationships than you know what to do. I would like to compare building relationships to "working" and "networking" one word difference... If your working and nobody knows you, who will you sell too each year, besides the one or two random ppl? If you are networking, that means your building relationships, and people will not only most likely come back, but they will tell others how good your turkey tasted, talk about how caring you are as you can tell when ppl talk to you if they are passionate or not, and most importantly, you had great communication skills, and they look fwd to buying, and continuing on a relationship for future business in the future...


Sorry its rambled, but should help you decide what you want to do as far as your purpose on raising them and selling.

 

[gardengoats11]

My interest is that of a hobby, food for myself, and some sales to offset the feed bill. Wouldn't be many as I don't have the space to store many until they could be sold.

Thanks for the responses. Other responses still appreciated.

 

[kuntrygirl]

Just sold my 2nd Thanksgiving turkey

14lb Bourbon Red Tom at $5per lb = $70


Im so happy that my neighbors wanted to try some of my birds this year. I really hope they like them

BRAVO !!!!!

 

[kuntrygirl]

SOLD MY FIRST THANKSGIVING TURKEY TONIGHT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! e

25lb BBW Hen at $4per lb = $100

So excited! Can you tell?

WOW !!!!!!!!!!

EXCELLENT !!!!!! Way to go!