What is required to breed and sale poultry

[Takeylla]

I’ve been wondering what you need to be able to breed and sell birds like, chickens, ducks, geese, oriental pheasants, quail, peafowl, etc...
because since I was little that’s what I wanted to do.

 

[ChickenCanoe]

You need lots of acreage for that variety of fowl. Lots of space and predator proof housing so you can separate every pairing otherwise you'll have mix breeds that won't have enough value for people to have an interest in buying them. Raising poultry is often a money losing venture, that goes in spades if you don't have high quality pure breed stock. Losing birds to predation will cause more money losses. It is best to start with one species and breed and add more predator proof housing as you earn money. It would cost several thousands of dollars to properly house the many species you are considering.
You'll also need multiple quality cabinet incubators and hatchers if you have the space for that many birds.
You can do it without multiple cabinet incubators but then you would be restricted to selling only hatching/eating eggs.
It isn't just a matter of putting a male and female together. To have quality stock, it will require culling 90% of your birds to maintain or improve breeds.
Then before you can sell any of the poultry, you'll need to have your flocks tested annually to be NPIP certified.
I have an acre and 8 housing options that I use to raise a single rare breed. I still lose money every year.

 

[Gray Farms]

You need lots of acreage for that variety of fowl. Lots of space and predator proof housing so you can separate every pairing otherwise you'll have mix breeds that won't have enough value for people to have an interest in buying them. Raising poultry is often a money losing venture, that goes in spaces if you don't have high quality pure bred stock. Losing birds to predation will cause more money losses. It is best to start with one species and breed and add more predator proof housing as you earn money. It would cost several thousands of dollars to properly house the many species you are considering.
You'll also need multiple quality cabinet incubators and hatchers if you have the space for that many birds.
It isn't just a matter of putting a male and female together. To have quality stock, it will require culling 90% of your birds to maintain or improve breeds.
Then before you can sell any of the poultry, you'll need to have your flocks tested annually to be NPIP certified.

Couldn't have said it better myself. Top notch information!

Quality not Quantity.
Selling 100 birds at $5 = $500
Selling 20 birds at $25 = $500
Which is less labor, less housing, and less feed?

 

[Takeylla]

You need lots of acreage for that variety of fowl. Lots of space and predator proof housing so you can separate every pairing otherwise you'll have mix breeds that won't have enough value for people to have an interest in buying them. Raising poultry is often a money losing venture, that goes in spades if you don't have high quality pure breed stock. Losing birds to predation will cause more money losses. It is best to start with one species and breed and add more predator proof housing as you earn money. It would cost several thousands of dollars to properly house the many species you are considering.
You'll also need multiple quality cabinet incubators and hatchers if you have the space for that many birds.
You can do it without multiple cabinet incubators but then you would be restricted to selling only hatching/eating eggs.
It isn't just a matter of putting a male and female together. To have quality stock, it will require culling 90% of your birds to maintain or improve breeds.
Then before you can sell any of the poultry, you'll need to have your flocks tested annually to be NPIP certified.
I have an acre and 8 housing options that I use to raise a single rare breed. I still lose money every year.

Oh ok thank you for your advise, I was thinking of starting with red golden pheasants first and then going from there.

 

[Takeylla]

Couldn't have said it better myself. Top notch information!

Quality not Quantity.
Selling 100 birds at $5 = $500
Selling 20 birds at $25 = $500
Which is less labor, less housing, and less feed?

Thank you

 

[Gray Farms]

Glad to help. Start with one breed "chickens would be my recommendation". Build a good, strong, spacious coop and run. See how you get along. Then next year add another. The next year maybe delve into something else like pheasants. If you jump in all at once your going to get overwhelmed. Poultry breeding is much more work than some people realize.

 

[Takeylla]

Glad to help. Start with one breed "chickens would be my recommendation". Build a good, strong, spacious coop and run. See how you get along. Then next year add another. The next year maybe delve into something else like pheasants. If you jump in all at once your going to get overwhelmed. Poultry breeding is much more work than some people realize.

Will do

 

[Gray Farms]

Please update with pics and progress with your endeavour.

 

[Takeylla]

Please update with pics and progress with your endeavour.

Will do, but it’ll be after I graduate high school in May, which isn’t that bad