In all the best ways possible, you look like a farmer version of MrBeast. I appreciate all the great info!! Will for sure take it into my considerations in my plans. Thanks!!

As a die-hard water carrying enthusiast, I feel attacked. Other than that, wonderful video! Thanks for putting in all of the work to get the info out there :)

Good job man! Appreciate your willingness to be as detailed as you are!

This was incredibly helpful. I truly appreciate you taking the time to make this content for those of us interested in getting into pastured poultry

Thanks for watching our videos and mentioning us in the description!

Good to know someone in Michigan doing this. We’re in the UP. We recently took on 75 Freedom Rangers. We’re finding them quite fun and are considering getting on a large scale. Thanks for the video!

Damn fine video!! Well done! Very informative. All of the details in one video. The first hand experience is a real plus. Thanks for your effort. You’ve got a new subscriber!!

Thanks for this video. I was looking for this info & you guys did it all. Great detail.

My husband and I recently started chicken farming. We did our first match and start to finish processing everything and our first batch that we did we did it just for our freezers and family and friends. Last night we were laying in bed and we discovered you on KZfaq. So we were going through and we were watching your videos and when you were discussing your breakdown of money and things like that and what you spent out when it showed like the garden hoses and you put next to it carrying water is stupid I laughed so hard till I cried because for the longest time for the first few couple weeks I was carrying the water and I thought gosh this really sucks. And then I started using a wagon and just here and the last 3 weeks or I should say two and a half weeks before we processed my husband said to me I've been waiting to see how long it was going to take you to go get hoses out of the barn and connect them and run them out to the pasture and I said why would I do that and he said so you won't have to carry the water no more. And I thought to myself I'll be damned all this time I forgot that I could easily hook up the hoses and run them out in the pasture. So when I seen what you had put I laughed till I cried to the point that my husband was crying laughing at me. We enjoyed your videos and some of the things actually were pretty good tips for us and we appreciate it. See we've had a farm for a long time and we've had chickens for our eggs etc but we weren't raising chickens to sell and we just started this journey not very long ago and we've always succeeded in farming so I know that this won't be that hard for us we love it. We have a big farm and lots of animals so it's just natural for us.. one thing I did want to ask them where you live at does the department of agriculture make you guys carry a business license as well with the state or are you good with just your permit

This is an excellent video. Showing and telling your real-life experience is very valuable especially to those who are researching like us.

I appreciate the transparency. I've been wondering as I've watched other videos of other chicken producers about all the extra expenses. Thank you & Happy New Year!!

This was a great help! Thank you, we are getting ready to launch our tractors in Georgia and this really firmed my resolve.

I'm glad to see smaller videos and people taking about this. I knew Joel salatin makes money but I didn't know if it was from farming or selling farming information

I greatly appreciate you spending your time to make this video, very helpful information. Thank you!

@haven - Awesome video! Great breakdown and comments around some of the variables. I have to admit though, my favorite part was in the beginning when you said, "When things kind of go weird...a little bit!" Keep up the great vids!

Thanks for this informative video and being so open with the numbers.

Wow! Thank you for the clear numbers that is awesome and hard to find!

A great amount of information. Practically explained .Thank you for taking the time and effort to share this.

Thank you 😊 and happy Easter 🐣 your information is great young man keep bringing us your videos

Thank you for taking the trouble to actually cost this out for us. Very well done and presented.👍

Wonderful video! Thanks for all the numbers!

thank you for making this, very helpful to the community

Great video - thanks for high level of detail

Cool, you are In Northern MI. We are in Six Lakes right now, but plan on moving further up to a new homestead in a couple months. Thanks for the very informative video! Crushing

Very thoughtful video. Thanks!

Great content! Much appreciated.

This was amazing. Thank you.

Great video! I bought a place in upstate ny in the 3rd quarter of 2020. I'm moving to my place soon.

Extremely helpful. Thank you!

This is fantastic info.

I really appreciate this. I was trying to figure out the up front cost.

We did about 100 chickens to sell in 2021. We made about $40, but like you said, we won't have those equipment expenses this year. Really, we probably didn't make anything, with electricity costs for the freezers. We hope to pre-sell most of the chickens next time so we're not storing that many. We won't do any until end of summer/fall, because here in Arizona it's too hot in spring and summer. We did some in spring last year, but it was hard on the birds, so we're waiting.

Very helpful information! Thank you for the breakdown.

If you're looking for other sources, however he's a long journey across the pond; Richard Perkins is a wealth of knowledge. Great information, even better presentation. Thank you Haven and I'm curious when ya gonna start grass feeding all those cows!? 😆

I hauled water to mine about 150 yards a trip, decided that was too much work at 65 :p So now I use my lawn tractor to get it out there. Still work, but not passing out from the exertion work.

Thank you for this brother

Great job!!

I'm in Michigan too! About to purchase our new homestead. Thanks for the breakdown on this model (I've been studying intently). Your numbers match up pretty close with what I've already put down for a predictive PNL . Would love to have you visit once we get set up! Blessings 🙌 ❤

Great video! Thank you!

This is awesome! Thank you

Great video, thanks!

Great video!

I actually lol'd at "carrying water is stupid".

Haven, subbed, this was a wealth of knowledge.

Make more videos !!!! Thank you!! Great Video 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻💪🏼💪🏼💪🏼

Very informative thank you

Great video, job well done.

Thanks for sharing this information really appreciate the candour

Great great video, thank you

Nice job, I grew south of you around Midland. A year out of high school I moved back to S. FL

Very helpful, thank you

Very interesting. Thank you!

Great topic.

Thank you for this video

Awesome video! New sub

Good content, I'll have to take a look at your other videos. I have the same processing equipment. I always hated the amount of time it took to heat that 50 gallon tank (mine takes like 3-4 hours to heat) so this year I filled it at the house with our tankless water heater. I was able to turn it up to 140 degrees, so by starting with 140 degree water instead of tap water it cut down on the heat time to like 45 minutes. I'm thinking of adding a tankless water heater at the barn, thought you might want to do the same some day. Time is money after all.

Great video. This is very helpful. One topic you haven’t covered is the taste of these birds. Is it worth the time and cost? What have your customers said and did they create more customers for you hosting a dinner party?

Nice video. Thank you! 👍

Thanks for the quality info Farmer MrBeast.

well done. Informative . thanks

I really appreciate you putting this video together. Concise and articulate. You presented the information really well.

Good job!

dude thank you !!

This is great

I'm looking for land right now to start a farm on. It's very, very nice to see what an example of profit vs expense breakdowns look like.

Great video! Tell parker i said hi! 👋

As far as aprons go I'm pretty sure you can find a leather worker around your area and they can make leather aprons for you or you can try to find blacksmithing aprons they won't cut them

Love this vidio

Fantastic video! Thank you for all the priceless info! Have been looking into this & would love to do it-just not sure my area would support anybody spending $24/chicken.

Very nice! I am in southeast Michigan. We run about 100 birds a year, but we don't butcher. How do you dispose of the waste? Do you do it Salatin style?

Instead of buying ice if you have a deep freezer get some buckets from the dollar store fill them with water freeze them the night before and you can save on ice for your processing. Dump the block or blocks in the water and there you go.

10/10 video

Although cost will vary based on your climate, cost of materials in your area and where on your property you are basing this operation.

Ive heard muscovy ducks are good for protecting a flock. Theyre giant woodland ducks that kind of look like turkeys, except much more docile with a shy quite attitude unless they detect danger.

We've been going 7 months and are back-tracking, having just sold half our livestock. Biggest hurdle is INFRASTRUCTURE!!! Fencing, elec solar fencing, shelters, WATERRRRRRRRRRR, mobile coops, goose house, milking parlor, sheep barn, duck area ... the list goes on and on. We have resorted to rotating cows between two fields that cut the property in half, due to the elec fencing and movable WATERRRRRRRR being too complicated and expensive. So disheartening that we're not doing it the way that regenerates the land AND saves us heaps of $ in bought feed. :-(

I noticed that in your capital equipment costs you didn’t include a stainless steel processing table or station or something like that. Where did you process your broilers?

20:30 "Farming like a crack dealer..." cracking me up.

Hello from southern Ontario Canada great video! wondering after you bag the chicken do you freeze it? how long in the ice bath? and do customer come to your door to pickup or do you deliver? thanks

Thank you for the information son of Dunkey and Mr Beast. Looking to get some chickens started this summer or the next depending on how much free time we have to spare!

Joel is fairly specific but I do think Richard Perkins at ridgedale permaculture in Sweden does the best job on KZfaq he also has a book and honorable mention goes to John suskovich

great video, i was wondering what amount of land do you need for just one tractor? i have an acre and close to half could be used for grazing probably. im also wondering if you get eggs and if you get more than one group of birds in a year? thanks!

Great content, but I think you may be missing a few line items in expenses. Would you not add in the cost for land (lease/ mortgage, taxes), water if metered electricity for well pumps and freezers? Labor cost, your time is worth something. It's one thing to put it in your own freezer, but to sell it you have time in marketing, customer interaction, delivery cost (gas, vehicle, insurance). Income taxes

Did you guys only sell to friends and family the first year or did you make a website and ship? Thanks. Great video

Great video 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻 ❗❗❗ PLEASE, I HAVE QUESTION ❗❗❗ How long it takes to grow a full chicken ? How many cycles can you run per year ? What is the temperature needs to bye outside ? Thank you!!

Good video! Any advice on marketing? Where and how did you sell . Kept on ice or did you have to freeze?

Its me or this guy really looks like MrBeast

U CAN'T FOOL US MR BEAST!

Great video! Is your math off for the processing expenses?

Bro the "crack dealer" comment is gold lmao!

What do you do for storing the processed birds until they’re sold

Do you account for the price of the land, and the costs associated with owning it, taxes etc..? What are the opportunity costs for it's use?

Did you have to have an FDA inspection before selling? Everything I read seems to point to that requirement. If so, how difficult was that process? Any tips? I’m also guessing you sold them under an LLC or similar structure? Can you go into detail about the business side of things? What did you find was the best marketing tool for your area: Facebook, flyers, newspaper? Thanks for your time.

I have been reading Joel Salatins “You Can Farm” and “Pastured Poultry Profits” is next on my list but I was excited to get a few chickens this summer and try to sell them just to see if I could establish a customer base and see if there is a good market for it but I was informed by a friend who has tried to do this that even though Louisiana says (online) that it has the 20,000 bird a year without federal regulation that they were going to fine her $5000 and told her that they no longer offer that. I asked her if she knew of any states that still offer the exemption and she said non of them. I’m really confused because I see people like you on KZfaq all the time doing this and surly not all these people are spending a half million dollars on federally regulated facilities. I’m really confused and am hoping maybe you have some wisdom to share on this. Thanks!

Muy bien. Claro. Sabes si los dos libros existen en español? Espero realisar este proyecto de pollos de engordo o gallinas por huevos en Republica Doninicana. Marc

Great video. My family is raising birds to sell for the first time this year as well. I gotta ask- how did you market your product to be able to sell 700 birds your first year in business?

If you had to guess, how many hours did you spend on the whole project? How were those hours split between one-time setup hours and ongoing hours that you will spend every year?

You didn't include how you stored your feed and how it was delivered? Did you invest in a multi-ton bin or was it delivered in 50# bags?

Amazing video!! I do thank you for that... Are you certified to sell? what is the Gov requirement/ regulation for a chicken coop? any idea?

very good breakdown, how did you sell them , same base as selling your milk ?

All those up front costs are amortized over their useful life. You need to account for them & take depreciation and add that to your budget. Even if it's a side gig, start an LLC & expense EVERYTHING, even your KZfaq stuff. You will improve your bottom line a lot when you do.