Yes you can make money on chickens, this is what I did.
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 10 ก.ย. 2024
- I have heard many say that you cannot make money raising chickens, or that you don't even save money on eggs raising your own. I have found you can make some money on chickens and pay for the feed to get thousands of eggs. My plan includes buying chickens in early winter, say November or December. Raise these chicks for six months, until their point of production. (when they are laying) At this point the hens are at the most valuable point in their life. All their production is ahead of them. The cost of feeding them and the risk of losing them is behind them. I sold these hens at $25 a piece. The money I received selling these 24 birds paid for the cost of the chicks all the feed and a few hundred dollars to spare. I encourage you to get a variety of good laying hens that customers would like. I did four types. My favorite is the barred rock for its calm demeaner. I also got ameraucana, white leg horn, and Rhode Island red.
This video was just short enough that my tiny attention span could be captivated. Lol thank you for keeping it short and sweet!
Glad you like it. I try to mint waste time and get to the point.
@@FlanaganHomestead much appreciated!! my hens and I are grateful
I see hens in my area listed on craigslist every day. Thank you for the encouragement.
Thank you! My hubby wants to raise chickens so we dont have to buy eggs, they are so expensive! And I was looking around to see what other profit could be made. This selling off half of them thing is a great idea! Thank you so much!
Yep, we own a farm business here in florida and we sell chickens for 25 a piece here as well.
Great video! :) I like that you don't have a bunch of filler and that you're easy to hear and understand. Great stuff!
Thank you. I try not to waste people’s time.
Hey, just wanted to let you know how revolutionary your video was for me. But I think I even improved on your formula. I have very limited space (suburban backyard ). So why I do is I order 30 chicks. My favorite is the Meyer rare breed or colorful egg layer assortments. Meyer has a 100% sexing guarantee so they refund for any males. I can get a chick for $5 that they sell for $40! I identify what I get (there are online communities that help) I brood them all for a couple weeks. I feed organic /non gmo feed. When they’re feathered out or even around 4-6 weeks when they’re off heat (I’m in Texas so it’s warm ) I sell them for $15-20 each. And people buy them FAST. I get to keep a couple of my favorites but other people subsidize my chicken hobby and they’re grateful because most people think brooding is a PITA
Thanks for sharing your success story. Glad I could help encourage your attempts. You have developed a good business plan. I hope you have continued success
Where do you sell your chickens?
Instead of buying chicks, raise your own..... Chicks at this point are $5 each. Raising your own also allows you to keep a constant stock of hens/poults/chicks. Excess roosters also keeps the freezer full.
😂 I have 4 roosters I need help with..😮
At what age to you freeze your roosters? Thanks
Great info wish I would of seen it in december. 1st year guy here.
Well explained and good for many farmers. Stay blessed 😊😊😊
Thank so much. Great explanation. Best regards.
Thank you do much for showing the numbers. seems like no one does that.
You are welcome. I agree there is so many generalities being spoken. I thought it would be good to show real numbers.
Thank you for this! I was am considering this! We have a large barn and space for chickens.
250 eggs a year per bird?! Woah! Suck on that gross grocery stores! I’m eating breakfast everyday an hard boiled eggs an egg salad sandwiches… that’s that’s all I got lol 😂
You are getting a lot of protein. Good layers are amazing the amount of eggs they give you.
I am doing this too. It was cheaper to order the extra chicks. Otherwise they were going to charge me $35 small order fee and $50 shipping! I’ll take the birds and sell them. The birds I keep will be free!
That would have been a lot extra, really pushing up the price. Our feed store in town is real good about helping us get chicks cheap. Then we just keep coming back for feed and other supplies. Happy chicken raising.
Good info. May YAH Bless.
Thanks good information
Subscribed and liked cause this short and informative video is worth it! Thank you!
Thank you. I tried to get to the point.
Awesome video! Great explaination 😊
Thank you. And like your TH-cam name.
Not bad. Electric bills and your time are also deductions plus trips to the feed store, wear on your vehicle, bedding etc. Still you did pretty well to sell them at 25ea.
seems like chickens are quite expensive in America, Here in Belgium (Europe) You can get a laying hen for 12€ at laying age.
Thank you for making this video, EXCELLENT!!!!!
It's not that much of a stretch to sell $2000 of $2500 worth of produce from your small acreage, which isn't going to mak you rich, but in many areas you can pay farm property tax rate and save a lot of money. Makes a difference. This can be animals, sweet corn, fruits and veggies, eggs, etc.
Thank you for commenting. That is a very good point people don’t often realize. With generating small amounts of income through agriculture on your property you could potentially save a lot of money on property taxes if you qualify for agriculture, timberland, open space etc. whatever is allowed in your area.
The eggs taste really good too! 😋
That one dislike is from a ripped off chicken
Excellent video! Thank you
Nice job on the video👍 Thanks for the info😎
I really like how you detail all the expenses and revenues.
Preorder them before the spring rush. You will be ahead of the game.
Well I’m late watching this, but how many of those chicks ended up being roosters? Did you manage to sell those at a cheaper price? What did you do with the roosters?
@@hedvigjenson4902 none were roosters. The supplier I bought from did an excellent job selecting only hens for me.
new sub here. I need to make my chickens pay off
Keep them happy and they will keep you happy. Are you planning to make money on eggs or selling the birds themself?
@@FlanaganHomestead I’d like to sell birds. Seems more profitable. Naked necks, silkies and polish.
Great info. I like how you keep it quick and straight to the point. Some people take f o r e v e r to get to the point.
Thank you. I try not to waste time. I get frustrated with th guys that ramble on to get more minutes on their videos.
I like it, but electricity, cost too
True but not too much. I will have to figure out how much a heat lamp costs to run.
i want to raise chicks but im only 11 years old and i don't know how and i will be busy with school so how do i take care of them every day while im at school
Glad to hear you want to raise chicks. I go to work all day and they are fine on their own. They need food set out, water and warmth depending on the time of year. Obviously they need a place they are safe, no dogs, cats, raccoons etc. can get them. How many do you plan to raise? I might be able to give a better recommendation when o know how many you want to raise.
Do you have any updated costs?
how does that work, I have 30 birds atm, and I usually need 3 bags of feed in a month…granted they are all ages. Is that accurate for chicks? been a while since I only had chicks.
Do you have a lot of free range pasture for your birds. Currently I am only throwing at some feed in the morning they eat out in the field the rest of the day.
@@FlanaganHomestead they do free range, but everything is dead here in texas. the heat is bad.
@@youtubeKathy sorry about that, we still have a lot growing here. My son and daughter-in-law just moved back from Texas. They left before June because they wanted to miss the heat.
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Hi Quick question how are you doing now that the grain prices are going up we worked out how much I spend on my egg Chickens I spent a month st £130 so at that rate the chickens the broiler chickens would cost £16 each
My mother-in-law give me about 50 chicken wanted to start a small business
I hope you are doing well with your chicken business
Is there a lot of people in your area that makes it easier to sell?
I live in a smaller town but close enough to Vancouver that I drew some people from there.
Who do you order your chicks with, and where do you get your feed?
I get my chicks and supplies from remnant farms here in my home town. If I put in a special order of 30 or more I get them at their cost. They figure they will get my money in feed costs later.
Selling hens for $25 is gonna take awhile and gonna have to be a fancy one. Farmers markets and chicken auctions avg head price is +-$10 roosters go half. But say you did manage the $350 it took you 6 months to do it you avg around $2 a day, you could probly pick up change in front of quick marts and do better. As far as eggs go your breed would have to be one of the leghorns or those bovine browns to get a decent amount of eggs which sell around $2 a dozen. If you pick a fancy pretty bird 1 egg every few days and dont forget in the winter you eggs pretty much stop.
Thanks for your thoughts. I don’t know if I am happy for you things are so cheap there or sad you are in a suppressed market. Auction birds are the old wasted hens everyone is getting rid of. We get similar to what you mentioned here for old birds. We sold ours quickly for $25 because they had just reached point of production their most valuable stage. The hens I have lay way more than every other day. Also my neighbor sells more eggs than me and sells out at $6 a dozen. I sell mine for $4 and they never last more than 2 days.
@@FlanaganHomestead I live in central arkansas and those prices are for good hens usually pullets which are bout to lay. I noticed only slight differences when i lived in western oklahoma which has much less supply for chickens. What is you avg 50lb sack of chicken feed there cost? I feed organic and runs me $23 for 40lbs if i use regular its $16 for 50lbs but i see less egg production and hens "seem" less healthy but i do free range the hens at noon so i dont have to walk the pasture to find my eggs.
@@scottieshawn4814 thanks for the info. I pay a couple dollars more per bag than you. I also free range my chickens. I think the advantage I have is although I live out in the woods it is not too far from Portland. You can sell eggs a dozen organic free range eggs at the Portland farmers market for $9. I do not do this as I choose to stay away from Portland as much as possible. The market does extend out and give us good options for selling. I am about the lowest price I know of around here at $4 a dozen. Hope you do well with your farm.
You can make a profit sure, but can you make a living from chickens?
I cannot, I don’t have enough land. The big egg producers have so much automation it would be hard to work as efficiently as them. With what I have here I could upscale and have a solid supplemental income, but not completely support my family.
WHO is going to buy $25 chickens?
They sold very fast. If you have healthy birds at the perfect age they sell fast. It took me about 10 days.
@@FlanaganHomesteadI hatched out 12 eggs this spring, 3 died and 5 are roosters!😢 but I love my chickens. Trying to get up to freezing ir canning the roosters.
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Who else is here due to the sky high costs of eggs? Lol
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