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Is running a chicken farm a good idea? A lot of my parents friends do it and make pretty good money

>> No.23052749

>>23052607
What about cows

>> No.23052810

i couldnt do it, morally feels wrong to subject animals to these kinds of conditions on such a massive scale. so much suffering

>> No.23052819

>>23052607
Everyone raises chickens. They have no value. $5 for a Costco rotisserie chicken. Very little profit. Most chicken farm owners make wage slave money like 50k a year. What you want to do is make things that have value. Like when they sell avocado dip for $20.

>> No.23052850

>>23052810
i know what you mean but from what ive heard the chicken farmers dont actually butcher the chicken, perdue or whoever comes buy with a huge truck and picks up the chickens every 6 weeks. you just feed them and give them a place to grow. perdue provide feed

>> No.23052862

>>23052607
You literally have to sell your soul to big chicken otherwise they will make it their mission to bury you.

>> No.23052881

>>23052819
ive heard the farmers make around 100k net a year. plus you own the land. i just hate the rat race i think this would be better for me

>> No.23052897

if u do this kind of shit for a living then you will probably be re-spawned as a poojeet amongst the lowest caste in ur next life

>> No.23052903

>>23052862
whats wrong with that though?

>> No.23052950

>>23052897
i dont believe in reincarnation

>> No.23052953

>>23052903
They control the feed which means they control the size of your chickens. And they pay based on a non-linear scaling formula which means you get more for big chickens and way way less for smaller than average chickens. It's all a huge fucking scam. Watch Super Size Me 2, it explains the current situation of big chicken having chicken farmers by the nutsack and keeping them basically in a cycle of perpetual poverty and debt.

>> No.23052975

Disgusting.

>> No.23053014

>>23052953
ok il watch it tonight. its weird because i know at least 3 people who run a chicken farm and they are pretty well off. they wont help me tho kek
>>23052975
what? trying to make money? yea i kno, gross

>> No.23053023
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My friend worked at a market near a large chicken farm. He said the mexicans who worked on the chicken farm smelled unbelievably bad, like chicken shit. Didn't matter if it was the weekend, before their shift or after. They always smelled terrible.

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>>23052950
>i dont believe fire will burn me if i douse myself in gasoline then set myself on fire
ok

>> No.23053060

>>23053023
yea i agree about the smell, putrid
>>23053024
what

>> No.23053148

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X9wHzt6gBgI

Think theres a good documentary on Nettflix about this

>> No.23053189

>>23053148
Thx broski. I will watch but you have to wonder if it's as bad as they say it is, would there be any farmers?

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>>23052607
Let me know if you guys need any help OP.

>> No.23053279

USA produces more than 8 billion chickens every year rofl. Thats more chickens than people

>> No.23053390

>>23053279
EXACTLY. the demand is there

>> No.23053412

>>23053189
The documentary I saw was about how people started sabotaging their neighbors because Perdue has a system where it cuts off the lowest achieving suppliers. Once you fall behind on production (sickness, breakdown etc) you are likely to get cut off and lose ur income all at once.

It seems nice at first since they provide u with chickens and feed, but the quota demands they make regarding weights and timelines can get stressful as fuck.

I work on a chicken farm btw lol (Not usa)

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>>23053390
>>23053279
>>23053215
>>23053189
>>23053148
>>23052607
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>> No.23053472

>>23052881
Good luck without a million to buy everything.

>> No.23053475

>>23053412
but there are more buyers than just perdue right?

>> No.23053491

>>23052607
Run a nice organic free range chicken farm. Factory chicken farms should be banned

>> No.23053511

>>23053472
the reason i bring it up is because my parents just got a settlement

>> No.23053533

>>23052819
Yeah but it’s very easy to raise chickens so even if margins are small you make really good money in the amount of effort you have to put in. Also Niggers are getting 500 billion. Demand is going to sky rocket

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>>23052819
>$5 for a Costco rotisserie chicken. Very little profit.
>he thinks costco or walmart sells the rotisserie chicken at a loss for a profit

everybody eats chicken. fried chicken shops couldnt get enough chicken for their chicken sandwiches. you can make decent amount of money (200k+ a year) selling them if you do it large scale.
A cornish chicken can reach 12 pounds in 2 months and can sell for around $10. You can raise thousands of chickens at a time in one of those buildings, while at a chicken farm you can have multiple buildings.

>> No.23053581

>>23053417
kys

>> No.23053625

>>23053475
I think USA has 4 of these big chicken chains.

All it means to me is that the market is already quite saturated. Farmers acting like Uber drivers almost.

In my country there are very little large scale poultry organisations, So prices are quite good and small companies still have chance to get into the game. Problem with the US model is that anyone can get into chicken rearing since all u need to buy is the infrastructure. But problem is they provide your feed and chickens. You have no way of reducing your overheads by formulating or storing your own feed.

Big corporations basically turned farming into pajeet level occupation. They take all the profit, all you get is market priced chickens.

>> No.23053716

>>23053625
>All it means to me is that the market is already quite saturated.
i dont think it is saturated. raising chickens requires you to own a big piece of land and most people cant even afford their home let alone land.
>You have no way of reducing your overheads by formulating or storing your own feed.
as far as i know, the grower doesnt pay for feed

>> No.23053748

Good way to make money with chicken farm.

Have your own feed mill
Grow and cull your own chickens
Market and package your own brand
Do your own deliveries

If you take part in the above operations you have multiple avenues of reducing your overheads and increasing income. Are you considering Layers or Broilers?

>> No.23053780

>>23053748
honestly i dont want to make my own chicken company i just want to have steady income while not dealing with customers all day
I was gonna get broilers.

>> No.23053781

I love chickens.
They're a very efficient source of meat, not bad for the environment either. Chicken is healthy too.

>> No.23053815

>>23052881
>ive heard the farmers make around 100k net a year

no, that's dogshit. 100K gross maybe. Most chicken farmers aren;t doing well at all. Most near me rely on federal buyups and still are in the red year-on-year.

It's also non-trivial to get into. people look down on Ag jobs as being easy but there's a reason people still go get degrees in Ag. If you don't have experience doing it, you won't know your ass from a hole in the ground.

>> No.23053820

>>23053625
>>23053716
everything is an option when you run one of those farms. you can take the easy route and buy everything ready, or you can of course find alternatives. no one is forcing you to use their feed, or buy their chickens. it's just that the alternative is the more expensive option

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>>23053815
>If you don't have experience doing it, you won't know your ass from a hole in the ground.

>> No.23053886

>>23053820
have u chicken farmed?

>> No.23054065

>>23052881
>>23053815
There are farmers, and then there are chicken farmers. I have relatives that run chicken farms. They make good money, but of course it depend on the location. There are a limite number of chicken farms, and they dont often go on sale! if you think chickens aren't selling, that's complete BS. Of course certain people and certain areas eat more chicken than other meats, thats why some areas have more KFCs and other chicken places, but they ALWAYS sell. It's not like people get quarantined and stop buying chicken.

>> No.23054084

>>23052607
I supply the feed. Yes it looks piss easy. You can pretty much set up anywhere. Chicken products are a growth sector and you can hire polish people.

Smaller farms are a little less profitable but it's not alot of work once set off. Big ass farms make insane profits for farming, but you have to sell your soul.

>> No.23054089

3 easiest ways to lose your money

Gaming Farming and Melatto butts

>> No.23054096

>>23054065
yes i was thinking the same thing. i live in georgia and obviously the chicken demand here will be high. the land here is also pretty cheap. this is an avenue i want to explore

>> No.23054125

>>23053886
only on a small scale, but I have relatives that run one of those big farms.

>> No.23054165

>>23054084
>>23054125
redpill me. if my family pooled our money together we'd have about 500k in cash. my dad has excellent credit so we can probably get a loan for a nice piece of land to build broilers

>> No.23054182

ment to write gambling my brain is fried lol

>> No.23054219

>>23053014
Consider why they wouldn't help you out--beyond them not wanting another competitor. Perhaps they want to keep you from following a path they know to be unfulfilling, or maybe they don't think you're cut out for it.

>> No.23054294

>>23053815
>Most chicken farmers aren;t doing well at all
the problem we had this year is not that chickens wont sell, but because of the quarantine, there weren't sufficient people working the farms, working the trucks.

>> No.23054354

>>23054219
i just hate the idea of a 9-5 and kissing ass for a corporate job, im socially awkward. i want to be a trader but im not smart enough to do it. just trying to think of ways to make money

>> No.23054384

>>23054165
I'm not sure about the cost of setting up a farm. buildings are actually not that expensive though! you can have one giant metal building like in OPs pic built for under $100k, and cost of land.
My dad wanted to buy a chicken farm a few years ago though, when he found one for sale. You might want to do that instead? I dont know.

>> No.23054412

It's very profitable senpai

>> No.23054414

>>23054294
every single restaurant sells some kind of chicken. plus there is a zaxbys, chick fila, popeyes, kfc (which are all chicken only)on every fucking street not to mention all the chicken wing stores

>> No.23054433

>>23054384
>>23054412
thx

>> No.23054458

>>23054412
do u run one?

>> No.23054802

>>23052607
chickenization is a thing for a reason
they don't tell you the prices until you load them off
you can only sell to one of three companies depending on where you are based
they regulate every last detail on how to run your coop
the prices are calculated algorithmically to make you just as miserable as possible and lose money every year
all this while keeping you in debt bondage
if you don't comply no one will buy your stuff
even talking to you could get them thrown out
highest suicide rate

>> No.23054967

dont do it.
you'll never stop hearing the clucking
im still in therapy

t. retired chicken farmer.

>> No.23055144

>>23054967
please be real

>> No.23055238

>>23054802
that just doesnt make sense, why would the supplier try the farmer out? seems dumb to get rid of people who supply your business

>> No.23055240

>>23054802
>all this while keeping you in debt bondage
that would be the biggest mistake with most people
going in with debt would make anything difficult
but being regulated, controlled, and systematic is not a bad thing here because this is food production, so it needs to be overseen.
what it does do though is limit what you can do in the process, but this also forcibly simplifies your options and actually really makes it basic enough that anyone can do it.
In the end what your main responsibly ends up being is keeping the chickens fed and clean. everything else basically happens by itself. and the amount of money you make comes down to how many chickens you raise, it's not going to be a big surprise.

>> No.23055265

>>23052607
If you are going to do it like pic related I hope you die

>> No.23055328

>>23052850
Oh well if someone else does all the dirty work that all of sudden makes it ethical : D

>> No.23055430

>>23055265
how else are you supposed to raise enough chickens to satisfy the demands of the us? btw these are specifically bred chickens and not the ones youre accustomed to seeing.
>>23055328
yes at least for me

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>>23055265
>chickens need to run outside on grass fields chasing butterflies
you can starve and go broke
these chickens live for 6-8 weeks and go on a dinner plate to feed families.

>> No.23056030

>>23052607
Where are you from?
Its a good idea if you can get stuff like EU gibs, but otherwise its a terrible job.

>> No.23056212

What about a puppy mill? You get 2 dogs and then sell their kids, you only really pay for food for 2 of them, seems easy enough.
I'm sure there's some drugs to make dogs fuck more to get more puppies to sell too.

>> No.23056473

>>23056212
im not sure the demand is there for puppy mills
>>23056030
i live in georgia, us