What did you do to MAKE money today?

[keenecowboy]

buying 14 more chickens which will add to the flock.
Sell all the eggs at the local market
Sold 22 doz last week

 

[deb4o]

Seem as if alot of us sell eggs.

I usually sell anywhere from 6dz or more a week.

I have a friend who lives in an retirement apt complex in town and she can sell as may as I can get to her.

I only charge 2$ a dz its a good deal for the poeple and off sets my feed bill.

So this morning I'am taking 5 dz to town on my way to work.

Hope to add more hens to my flock this spring, hence more eggs!

 

[keenecowboy]

Are you keeping track of your feed costs.
I cost out the price of each doz of eggs as the price of feed goes up or down.
I buy my feed from feed elevator and the cost per 100 is around 19.50.
Right now my feed cost is about 44 cents per doz,
What is your cost?

 

[me&thegals]

I sell 24-26 dozen per week at $3/dozen. I doubt it touches our time and labor, but it more than covers the feed and chick cost.

 

[Sebrightmom]

I also sold some eggs this week. I don't sell mine for eating but for hatching. I am glad spring is coming. More people are wanting to hatch out chicks and ducklings.

 

[deb4o]

I haven't kept that close of a track of the price of feed vs what I make.

I pay 13.00 for 50lbs of layercrumbles,no place around here to get it cheaper. I off set that price by feeding scrapes and stuff out of garden.I freeze veggies afor the hens so I have stuff year around and raise squash that also lasts over the winter.
So a 50lb bag last over 2 weeks and I feed 17 hens and 3 roosters.
I get at least a dz eggs a day So now you want me to doa math? lol

I really don't make a ton of $$ but it pays for our eggs.

 

[keenecowboy]

oK,
I keep track of exacty how many eggs a day so i can avg it out over the week and then by the month.
Your cost is 93 cents a doz for the direct feed cost it would be less if you can add can boost the number of eggs per day.
25 #s per week divided by 7 doz for the week. I suspect you may be getting a few more. If you use the extras for you own use that is fine your cost to sell is still 93 cents.

I don't want to be anal about this, but I didn't keep track of the bills when i had horses and lost my......

I want to pay for the feed and make a few dollars as well.

 

[Wannabefree]

Hmmm...just got ANOTHER order for laundry soap by saying I had an order for laundry soap from someone else

What is swagbucks? I clicked on the link on your post, and it brought me to a sign in page. Just curious.

It's a free search engine similar to google and bing where you can build up points for gift cards. Sign up! It's easy, and perfectly legitimate. I have been doing it for some time now and am saving for a KitchenAid I make about $40 a month on there just searching.


We hauled a load of steel today before the bottom fell out I found an old scythe blade washed up in the yard, and am cleaning it up to put a handle on it...free tools AND we went and looked at a job to haul scrap and split 60/40...looks promising, lots of aluminum and brass in it which sells higher

 

[elijahboy]

it would be so nice if we could sell scrap

you have to have a liscence to sell anything other than cans

 

[Wannabefree]

it would be so nice if we could sell scrap

you have to have a liscence to sell anything other than cans

seriously?! Sheesh! We can sell anything here, and have the best paying scrap yard in the tri state area right here in our little town The new job is just 8 miles from the yard, and we get 60% on account of fuel and use of our vehicle to haul it They are even helping to gather and load it! I love doing the scrap, so flexible and I am my own boss.