I’VE RUN MY EGG BUSINESS FOR 4 YEARS. HERE ARE THE TRUE NUMBERS

[@johnny96888]

Awesome video, straight to the point!

[@thefarmingnurse]

I like that you don’t consider paying yourself as profit. Time budgeting is vital

[@tannerfarmstead]

Definitely. Labor is an expense even tho lots of folks don’t take that into account

[@davidoutdoors74]

Wow 8$ a dozen nice, new york state your lucky to get $3.00 a dozen. Nice channel you have.

[@Booneboarder]

Dude! First love the channel and just subscribed, but you need to find a local mill or farm to buy your feed. You shouldn't be paying that much for feed. I'm getting Organic Non-GMO, Non-corn and Non-soy for about .35¢ a pound. Sometimes .30¢ a pound. Yes! I'm buying 6500lbs per a season, but your paying way to much. Find a local mill or one driving distances. They can mix the same type of feed for cheaper. You might have to buy your feed for the year in one purchase, but you cut your feed cost in half. Good luck and awesome channel

[@BarlowRootsHomestead]

Good stuff! Our situation is similar, eggs aren’t a big money maker for us but they do bring people to the farmstand so we can sell them other products. Did an experiment this year and offered conventional, non gmo and organic eggs at $5, $6, $7 a dozen. The lowest priced eggs always sold first then the next lowest then the highest. I was shocked as I figured some of our customers would prefer the organic. We had maybe a couple people buy the organic while the other options were available. I was fascinated by that. All our veg is organic too… I still don’t really get it. Thought you would find that interesting!

[@tannerfarmstead]

Thanks for sharing! I’d say a lot of consumers don’t know the differences in non gmo, conventional, organic, etc. We have customers that do ask for at least non gmo but prefer organic feed

[@goliath200us]

After laying stops, do you get paid for the chickens meat? How long do they lay before the end?

[@SpYucaipaSoCal]

I never made any money selling eating eggs. Especially when you want $5 a dozen and the grocery stores sell them for $3. I did make money selling babies and still do. Im not in it for the money. I like the chickens and find them therapeutic and relaxing. Day old babies are found at every feed store. Started pullets can be sold for $15 at 6 weeks and I have 6 to 7 lbs of feed into one at that point. $25 for a 50 lb bag of starter at this age I have just under $4 in a bird. Most birds are sold by the 6 week time mark. Some do go longer and sell for more. A ready or layer is $25 and an easy sell at this point. I’ve even bought end of season close out birds that haven’t sold at the local Tractor supply and others and feed them a bit to finance the chicken hobby.

[@johnny96888]

What if someone were to grow their own grains?

[@rmd9032]

Would you pay someone else $20 per hour???

[@tannerfarmstead]

Yep! Paid my part time helper last summer $20 per hour

[@rmd9032]

@@tannerfarmstead good to hear Keep up the good work!