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re: Any chicken farmers on the board?
Posted on 5/11/23 at 11:31 pm to cubsfan5150
Posted on 5/11/23 at 11:31 pm to cubsfan5150
My dads friend in Arkansas does it for Tyson and makes pretty good bank
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Posted on 5/11/23 at 11:34 pm to LegendInMyMind
As a catfish farmer I can tell everyone there is no such thing as raising live animals as a side hustle
You can’t even do it in normal work hours.
It’s 24 hours, 7 days a week, 365 days a year. It’s a lifestyle, not a job
You can’t even do it in normal work hours.
It’s 24 hours, 7 days a week, 365 days a year. It’s a lifestyle, not a job
Posted on 5/11/23 at 11:40 pm to deltaland
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As a catfish farmer
hi friend
Posted on 5/11/23 at 11:40 pm to deltaland
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As a catfish farmer I can tell everyone there is no such thing as raising live animals as a side hustle You can’t even do it in normal work hours. It’s 24 hours, 7 days a week, 365 days a year. It’s a lifestyle, not a job
I could be wrong, but I don’t think you have 100 illegal migrants working the fish ponds.
Posted on 5/12/23 at 1:26 am to cubsfan5150
Good work if you can get it.
We used to live in East Texas and there were many, many chicken farmers there. Can be very lucrative. A little labor involved in getting ready for a new batch (6000-20,000 fryers), and a little work getting ready for the pickup, but the rest of the time (6 weeks) not much to it other than making sure the feeders are working, the water is working, fans in the summer and heaters in the winter. Walk through every day to pickup any that have died.
The company you contract with will bring you a batch when they are a week old, and provide the feed. They pick them up at 7 weeks, and you get paid on the gain. Then they bring in bobcats to scoop out the litter, which is also sold.
Have some very good friends that do this, and they have paid for their farm with the chickens, and recently built several more houses.
We used to live in East Texas and there were many, many chicken farmers there. Can be very lucrative. A little labor involved in getting ready for a new batch (6000-20,000 fryers), and a little work getting ready for the pickup, but the rest of the time (6 weeks) not much to it other than making sure the feeders are working, the water is working, fans in the summer and heaters in the winter. Walk through every day to pickup any that have died.
The company you contract with will bring you a batch when they are a week old, and provide the feed. They pick them up at 7 weeks, and you get paid on the gain. Then they bring in bobcats to scoop out the litter, which is also sold.
Have some very good friends that do this, and they have paid for their farm with the chickens, and recently built several more houses.
This post was edited on 5/12/23 at 1:27 am
Posted on 5/12/23 at 2:08 am to cubsfan5150
Birds aren't real
Posted on 5/12/23 at 6:06 am to cubsfan5150
Like someone said, it’s expensive to get started.
A lot have a cow calf operation as their built in side hustle.
View the houses as equipment. The companies you contract with dictate what updates you have to do to the houses. You own the land and the houses.
If you owe on the land and the houses, life will be tough.
If you owe on one or the other, you can make a living.
If you don’t owe on anything, you can be rich. (But if you don’t owe on anything, you were probably rich already).
A lot have a cow calf operation as their built in side hustle.
View the houses as equipment. The companies you contract with dictate what updates you have to do to the houses. You own the land and the houses.
If you owe on the land and the houses, life will be tough.
If you owe on one or the other, you can make a living.
If you don’t owe on anything, you can be rich. (But if you don’t owe on anything, you were probably rich already).
Posted on 5/12/23 at 6:14 am to Sus-Scrofa
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View the houses as equipment. The companies you contract with dictate what updates you have to do to the houses. You own the land and the houses. If you owe on the land and the houses, life will be tough.
This. Most chicken farmers get caught on the perpetual hamster wheel of debt. Just when you start seeing the light at the end of the tunnel, you end up having to refinance to do major upgrades to the houses, and the cycle starts again.
Posted on 5/12/23 at 6:23 am to cubsfan5150
Google "John Oliver Tyson chicken" and watch how that shite works. Also, I should remind you that one of the people shot on the baseball field with Steve Scalise was a Tyson lobbyist. They got so much clout that they're on the fricking Republican congressional baseball team. As mentioned earlier, don't sell your soul to Tyson chicken.
Posted on 5/12/23 at 6:25 am to LPTReb
consider also the term "choke you chicken" to really understand the business
Posted on 5/12/23 at 6:27 am to Gee Grenouille
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Google "John Oliver Tyson chicken" and watch how that shite works. Also, I should remind you that one of the people shot on the baseball field with Steve Scalise was a Tyson lobbyist. They got so much clout that they're on the fricking Republican congressional baseball team. As mentioned earlier, don't sell your soul to Tyson chicken.
To be fair, most farmers of any kind face financial/debt challenges. Chicken farming just has easier targets for people to bitch about.
Posted on 5/12/23 at 6:29 am to cubsfan5150
Miniature goats and cows are all the rage and bring in lots of money. Look into that.
Posted on 5/12/23 at 6:33 am to cubsfan5150
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There are farms for sale that are already set up.
Many are for sale. Take that as a hint.
Posted on 5/12/23 at 6:40 am to CHEDBALLZ
What is the market for miniature goats? Milk meat pets?
Posted on 5/12/23 at 6:42 am to Odysseus32
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Not as high margin as a successful cattle
What kinda money do cattle farmers make? I thought it was a tough businesss now?
Posted on 5/12/23 at 7:12 am to cubsfan5150
If you want to be forever in debt with Tyson, etc., chicken houses are a great option. Constant very expensive upgrades are required or no chickens for you.
Posted on 5/12/23 at 7:22 am to cubsfan5150
Don't do it. My folks had a couple of farms while I was growing up. They made great money but constant upgrades, new regulations, and other shite that would go wrong isn't worth it. A generator failing to start was the last straw for them, they lost 2 houses of birds due to suffocation. If you do it, hire someone good to help run it.
Posted on 5/12/23 at 7:36 am to GeauxGutsy
Unless you just have to have a sad story about your ruined life stay away. Run, don't walk. Drive around and talk to failed chicken farmers who lost their farms or sold them to get away. Or buy yourself a chicken farm and just when you think you see a little daylight and can make a dollar you have to do $200,000 or more in upgrades or you don't get to have chickens. You are at the mercy of the huge vertically integrated poultry company. All the contract provisions favor them. Try putting truck scales on your place to weigh the feed coming in and the chickens going out. They will cut you off.
Posted on 5/12/23 at 7:39 am to CHEDBALLZ
I want some miniature cattle, but they can be a bit pricey and there's only a few farms in La that have them.
Posted on 5/12/23 at 7:45 am to cubsfan5150
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selling my soul to Tyson
I’m not sure they will let you do that anymore. 20 years ago you could have a 2 house farm and work a regular job but with full tunnel black out houses that are out there now, you have to be “around” them pretty much most of the time
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