tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8613339135823962078.post6475361140858285291..comments2024-03-15T08:01:40.449-04:00Comments on Murano Chicken Farm: How I make $1,000 a month from 15 chickens!LA Muranohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00827994015402999638noreply@blogger.comBlogger38125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8613339135823962078.post-2318962001409031502024-03-08T08:28:39.962-05:002024-03-08T08:28:39.962-05:00Sorry I just found this comment, I'm hoping yo...Sorry I just found this comment, I'm hoping you see my reply: Not much time at all actually. Only a few minutes a day to collect and sort the eggs, and I have to collect eggs every day anyway. Once a week I set new eggs in the incubator and candle the ones already in there ... that's maybe a half hour. At he same time I move the next set to lockdown. Once a week I remove the old lockdown tray and clean it, maybe 10 minutes. While they're hatching I pull chicks out and put them in the brooder about every other day so 5 minutes a day. The brooder is the time consuming part actually! It needs cleaned every few days so maybe 1/2 hour 3 times a week. Then meeting with customers and selling which varies in time from week to week. So other than selling the chicks, about 3 hours a week. Hope that hepls!LA Muranohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00827994015402999638noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8613339135823962078.post-23878477336373523072023-07-01T08:04:25.250-04:002023-07-01T08:04:25.250-04:00Thank you so much for this amazing article! It cha...Thank you so much for this amazing article! It changed my life and I am now excited to learn more from your website! About how many hours a week do you put in for the breeding along?Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10515882832148908206noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8613339135823962078.post-21305714585648764372022-06-30T12:25:55.766-04:002022-06-30T12:25:55.766-04:00To tell the males from the females you'll have...To tell the males from the females you'll have to wait for them to make noise. The females make a call that sort of sounds like "buck-wheat, buck-wheat". The males can't make that call BUT both make a call that is more like "chi chi chi" so it can get confusing. <br /><br />A few things come to mind. 1...guinea fowl flocks need more males than chicken flocks, so too few males could definitely be the problem. 2...how many of the eggs that don't hatch started to develop? You'll need to candle or break them open to find out. 3...have you tried dry incubation?LA Muranohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00827994015402999638noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8613339135823962078.post-5979267352346594062022-06-20T16:25:38.509-04:002022-06-20T16:25:38.509-04:00How do you tell the difference between your male a...How do you tell the difference between your male and female guineas?<br />After reading your article I think that maybe my problem I have too many females.<br />Have not had a very good success rate at hatching.<br />1. 4 out of 55. Friends incubator. <br />2. Have 41 in incubator 3 days before hatching. <br />3. Have 15 a chicken is on, about 7-10 to hatch.<br />4. Large nest that 2 guinea hens are setting on not sure of due date.<br />It has been very disappointing due to the fact I have people that would love to buy some guinea Keets.AJ Aliceahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07655798585992758377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8613339135823962078.post-88000357453788515032021-01-31T14:17:29.453-05:002021-01-31T14:17:29.453-05:00I prefer to sell chicks within the first week of h...I prefer to sell chicks within the first week of hatch. The longer I have them, the more they eat and chick feed cuts into the profit margin! <br /><br />LisaLA Muranohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00827994015402999638noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8613339135823962078.post-10332190619640260872021-01-20T22:42:47.182-05:002021-01-20T22:42:47.182-05:00What age do you sell your chicks at? What age do you sell your chicks at? Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00690177514528524472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8613339135823962078.post-50509050010821845512020-05-19T17:19:26.153-04:002020-05-19T17:19:26.153-04:00Hi Craig! I would love an update on how your busin...Hi Craig! I would love an update on how your business is doing. Are you doing ok through this lockdown thing?<br /><br />LisaLA Muranohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00827994015402999638noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8613339135823962078.post-82125126906577198932020-05-19T17:17:44.412-04:002020-05-19T17:17:44.412-04:00Hi Mary Ann! I'm sorry, I just saw this. I act...Hi Mary Ann! I'm sorry, I just saw this. I actually started hatching with 2 of those $40 Little Giant styrofoam incubators from Tractor Supply. I used one for an incubator (with turner) and the other as a hatcher and it worked great! Start with 1 and see how it goes! Good luck!<br /><br />LisaLA Muranohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00827994015402999638noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8613339135823962078.post-71200200190319141142020-05-19T17:15:22.482-04:002020-05-19T17:15:22.482-04:00I have a duck coop, a guinea coop, a marans coop a...I have a duck coop, a guinea coop, a marans coop and a silkie coop! lol Although, it didn't start that way. You can keep ducks, guinea fowl and chickens all on the same coop and obviously they won't cross breed. I had guineas in with my chickens for years. But yes, you'll probably need seperate coops for different breeds of chickens.<br /><br />LisaLA Muranohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00827994015402999638noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8613339135823962078.post-84946464592688313662020-03-24T01:22:24.543-04:002020-03-24T01:22:24.543-04:00I really like this idea but my question is: how do...I really like this idea but my question is: how do you keep the various breeds apart so that you have your different full breed baby chicks? Thanks. I've been trying to decide do you separate the roosters? Have separate coops and runs? Thanks<br />SheriAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08966035237525078187noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8613339135823962078.post-62433768216123832372019-12-21T12:47:35.483-05:002019-12-21T12:47:35.483-05:00Thank you Lisa. Thank you Lisa. Viatory Magesahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03276951325674750087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8613339135823962078.post-75022721516135685922019-11-07T17:17:36.845-05:002019-11-07T17:17:36.845-05:00I have just read your article and yes it is a grea...I have just read your article and yes it is a great way to make money from your hens. I have kept chickens for years and have sold the chicks, pullets for years also. I purchased a couple of acres here in the UK a couple of years ago to do it on a larger scale. I also ended up getting the land for nothing in the end, but that is another story. <br /><br />I have nearly finished setting up my small farming operation for the big roll out for next year. It all centres around this exact business model. <br /><br />I have been building chicken tractors to pasture raise them. I think this is safest way keeping them from harmful foxes in the area, while also giving them a good life and keeping healthy birds. <br /><br />Each chicken tractor will hold 6 - 8 hens and 1 cock, each tractor has 12sq meter area in size to pasture moved daily. Also each tractor holds all feed and grit, etc in seprated compartment. The compartment is just above the nesting boxes this makes it really easy to feed the chickens without carrying feed everywhere. <br /><br />They will have plenty of room to move around and plenty of bugs to scratch out and eat daily. They will get 14 moves before they go back to same spot. This gives the area 2 weeks to grow back grass tips and bugs to come back. I have at the moment 16 different breeds from white Silkies to Rode Island Reds. <br /><br />I will be selling everything from fertile eggs, day old chicks and pol hens and all the feed, accessories to go with them. I have also just started a YouTube channel to go with the small farm. The channel will show my ups and downs and also help people to spot problems with their hens before they get worse and lots more. How to build chicken tractors etc.<br /><br />I can only do this business model on this scale, because I have the space to do it. But I started on a small scale and everything you say in this article is true and the best way to make money from chickens. <br /><br />I have even started my own blog and this is not a to plug it or anything like that but it is called (thesmallfarmerlife.com). As this is also a way to bring in extra income for small farms. Its all about thinking outside the box and not just thinking that chickens only lay eggs to eat. <br /><br />I would love to guest post for you sometime. Maybe something around chicken farming in the Uk or anything you would like me to write to do with chickens or any of my experiences about starting my small farming adventure. <br /><br />Again the post was great :)Craig Langstaffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15308217677466871332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8613339135823962078.post-63851675004797416042019-10-08T10:05:46.477-04:002019-10-08T10:05:46.477-04:00Hi!! This is a really helpful article! I'm 15 ...Hi!! This is a really helpful article! I'm 15 and I really want to get into breeding chickens, but I don't have an incubator (I have hatched chicks from our broody hens) and you can imagine at 15 I don't a $1,000 I can whip out for one. Are there any other incubators that I could still make a decent profit from without going broke? Thanks!<br />Mary Annhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09368569193859278001noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8613339135823962078.post-79768932182974035512019-09-05T21:33:09.407-04:002019-09-05T21:33:09.407-04:00Loved your article!! Very new and am expecting chi...Loved your article!! Very new and am expecting chicks in about 10 days to arrive. All rare breeds, but no roosters. Not sure about that yet. Going to get silkies though. Just 4 and I’m sure a male will be one of them. Lol. I’ll have to see what happens. Thanks for all the info. It helps a newbie like me a lot!! It’s appreciated greatly!! Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09795047641424189538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8613339135823962078.post-33758243626518831922019-06-18T09:37:19.244-04:002019-06-18T09:37:19.244-04:00You actually only need 2 incubators, 1 to incubate...You actually only need 2 incubators, 1 to incubate in and 1 to hatch in. Just move the eggs to the hatching incubator each week. Some people do hatch in the same incubator they incubate in though. I have 2 cabinet incubators. One holds 190 eggs and the other holds 380. If you have smaller incubators then yes, you would need more. Hope that helps.<br /><br />LisaLA Muranohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00827994015402999638noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8613339135823962078.post-57205758041309742052019-06-14T20:32:21.850-04:002019-06-14T20:32:21.850-04:00I just want to clarify you would need at least 4 s...I just want to clarify you would need at least 4 separate incubators then? As you would be setting eggs each week to have the 50 chicks per week?Natshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16671255717964002064noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8613339135823962078.post-40025154745692637272019-05-26T12:12:35.760-04:002019-05-26T12:12:35.760-04:00Yes, I keep my breeding flocks separate because ro...Yes, I keep my breeding flocks separate because roosters will breed any hen that walks by!<br /><br /><br />LisaLA Muranohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00827994015402999638noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8613339135823962078.post-58144816958706995762019-05-21T01:32:47.032-04:002019-05-21T01:32:47.032-04:00Do you have to physically separate the breeding fl...Do you have to physically separate the breeding flocks? I always assumed roosters jumped any hen that walked by. <br /><br />This wouldn't work for me because I can't have roosters under the local zoning.Ballywizardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06533915776881955797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8613339135823962078.post-55373794901015117882019-05-13T15:08:34.212-04:002019-05-13T15:08:34.212-04:00Hi! To get started, do some research on your chose...Hi! To get started, do some research on your chosen breed and find 2 breeders that have good stock to buy from. For instance my first 2 Marans breeders were from Florida and Kentucky. Good luck!<br /><br />LisaLA Muranohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00827994015402999638noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8613339135823962078.post-63295673989584975652019-05-13T14:21:01.405-04:002019-05-13T14:21:01.405-04:00Awesome! I'm so glad that I could help you mak...Awesome! I'm so glad that I could help you make some extra money with your chickens. Good luck with the car!<br /><br /><br />LisaLA Muranohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00827994015402999638noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8613339135823962078.post-59839746010285879912019-05-13T09:09:27.999-04:002019-05-13T09:09:27.999-04:00I'm glad you decided to read it anyway! When I...I'm glad you decided to read it anyway! When I started selling chicks I couldn't believe how cheap some were selling their chicks for. I realized that people will pay a fair price for good quality and went from there. I'm really happy my info can help you!<br /><br /><br />LisaLA Muranohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00827994015402999638noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8613339135823962078.post-11689150291809092952019-05-10T08:38:45.234-04:002019-05-10T08:38:45.234-04:00Thank you!I found this article on Pinterest, and m...Thank you!I found this article on Pinterest, and my first thought was that it was too good to be true. But I read it anayway, and it was extremely helpful! you changed the way I look at chicken keeping. I'll use your simple, but brilliant method for sure!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8613339135823962078.post-83848120991981808032019-04-29T02:34:30.308-04:002019-04-29T02:34:30.308-04:00Thankyou for your EGGcellent advice!! McChickThankyou for your EGGcellent advice!! McChickAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11038604732369448640noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8613339135823962078.post-47287250547187529982019-03-27T07:09:45.653-04:002019-03-27T07:09:45.653-04:00I just wanted to let you know, this article will c...I just wanted to let you know, this article will change the way I will raise my chickens and help me save up for a car. Thank you!!! It was extremely helpful.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8613339135823962078.post-12443967717396882362019-03-19T08:57:01.687-04:002019-03-19T08:57:01.687-04:00Wow. This article literally changed the entire way...Wow. This article literally changed the entire way I'm going to do chickens. Thank you! I was going to get several girls,each a different breed, and free range them. I would have sold the eggs, butchered the roosters, and possibly occasionally hatched a few chicks. But now I plan to be a breeder! Your advice was very helpful:)Jgirlygirlnoreply@blogger.com